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Lexicon :: Strong's H339 - 'î

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אִי
Transliteration
'î
Pronunciation
ee
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 39a

Strong’s Definitions

אִי ʼîy, ee; from H183; properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island:—country, isle, island.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's H339 in the following manner: isle(s) (30x), islands (5x), country (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's H339 in the following manner: isle(s) (30x), islands (5x), country (1x).

  1. coast, island, shore, region

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִי ʼîy, ee; from H183; properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island:—country, isle, island.
STRONGS H339: Abbreviations
† I. אִי noun masculineIsaiah 20:5 (feminineIsaiah 23:2) coast, region (contracted from אֱוִי so Ol§ 152 b; place whither one betakes oneself for resting, etc., originally from mariner's standpoint) — אִי absolute Isaiah 20:6 +; construct Jeremiah 47:4; (Job 22:30 see below IV. אִי compare Di) plural אִיִּים Psalm 72:10 +; אִיִּן Ezekiel 26:18 (Co איים) אִיֵּי Genesis 10:5 +; — coast, border, region (mostly late), of Philistia & Phenicia with adjacent country Isaiah 20:6; Isaiah 23:2, 6; so of Caphtor (= Crete) Jeremiah 47:4; מַלְכֵי הָאִי אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיָּם Jeremiah 25:22; elswhere plural, coasts of Chittim Jeremiah 2:10; Ezekiel 27:6, of Elishah Ezekiel 27:7; different countries (on or in sea) Ezekiel 27:3; Ezekiel 27:15; Ezekiel 27:35; Ezekiel 26:15, 18 (twice in verse) (last strike out Co compare Greek Version of the LXX) compare Ezekiel 39:6, so also אִיֵּי הַגּוֺיִם Genesis 10:5 (P); particular אִיֵּי הַיָּם = coast-lands & islands Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 24:15, || הָאָרֶץ Esther 10:1; see (without הַיָּם) Daniel 11:18, & Psalm 72:10; so often Isa2 including inhabitants, Psalm 41:1, 5; Psalm 42:4, 10 (אִיִּים וְישְׁבֵיהֶם || הַיָּם וּמְלֹאוֺ) Isaiah 42:12; Isaiah 49:1; Isaiah 51:5; Isaiah 59:18; Isaiah 60:9; Isaiah 66:19; compare Jeremiah 31:10; Psalm 97:1; Zephaniah 2:11 (אִיֵּי הַגּוֺיִם); islands, distinctly (taken up by א׳ as little things) Isaiah 40:15; coasts, banks, i.e. habitable lands Isaiah 42:15 (|| נְהָרוֺת).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

10:5; 10:5

Esther

10:1

Job

22:30

Psalms

41:1; 41:5; 42:4; 42:10; 72:10; 72:10; 97:1

Isaiah

11:11; 20:5; 20:6; 20:6; 23:2; 23:2; 23:6; 24:15; 40:15; 42:12; 42:15; 49:1; 51:5; 59:18; 60:9; 66:19

Jeremiah

2:10; 25:22; 31:10; 47:4; 47:4

Ezekiel

26:15; 26:18; 26:18; 27:3; 27:6; 27:7; 27:15; 27:35; 39:6

Daniel

11:18

Zephaniah

2:11

H339

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Strong's Number H339 matches the Hebrew אִי ('î),
which occurs 36 times in 35 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5 - From these were the islands of the Gentiles divided in their land, each according to his tongue, in their tribes and in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:1 - And the king levied a tax upon his kingdom both by land and sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:10 - (LXX 71:10) The kings of Tharsis, and the isles, shall bring presents: the kings of the Arabians and Saba shall offer gifts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1 - (LXX 96:1) For David, when his land is established. The Lord reigns, let the earth exult, let many islands rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - And it shall be in that day, that the Lord shall again shew his hand, to be zealous for the remnant that is left of the people, which shall be left by the Assyrians, and that from Egypt, and from the country of Babylon, and from Ethiopia, and from the Elamites, and from the rising of the sun, and out of Arabia.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - And they that dwell in this island shall say in that day, Behold, we trusted to flee to them for help, who could not save themselves from the king of the Assyrians: and how shall we be saved?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:2 - To whom are the dwellers in the island become like, the merchants of Phœnice, passing over the sea

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:6 - Depart ye to Carthage; howl, ye that dwell in this island.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15 - Therefore shall the glory of the Lord be in the isles of the sea; the name of the Lord shall be glorious.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15 - since all the nations are counted as a drop from a bucket, and as the turning of a balance, and shall be counted as spittle?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - Hold a feast to me, ye islands: for the princes shall renew their strength: let them draw nigh and speak together: then let them declare judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:5 - The nations saw, and feared; the ends of the earth drew nigh, and came together,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:4 - He shall shine out, and shall not be [fn]discouraged, until he have set judgment on the earth: and in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:10 - Sing a new hymn to the Lord: ye who are his dominion, glorify his name from the end of the earth: ye that go down to the sea, and sail upon it; the islands, and they that dwell in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:12 - They shall give glory to God, and shall proclaim his praises in the islands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:15 - I will make desolate mountains and hills, and will dry up all their grass; and I will make the rivers islands, and dry up the pools.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1 - Hearken to me, ye islands; and attend, ye Gentiles; after a long time it shall come to pass, saith the Lord: from my mother's womb he has called my name:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:5 - My righteousness speedily draws nigh, and my salvation shall go forth [fn]as light, and on mine arm shall the Gentiles trust: the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:18 - as one about to render a recompence, even reproach to his adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9 - The isles have waited for me, and the ships of Tharsis among the first, to bring thy children from afar, and their silver and their gold with them, and that for the sake of the holy name of the Lord, and because the Holy One of Israel is glorified.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - And I will leave a sign upon them, and I will send forth them that have escaped of them to the nations, to Tharsis, and Phud, and Lud, and Mosoch, and to Thobel, and to Greece, and to the isles afar off, to those who have not heard my name, nor seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10 - For go to the isles of the Chettians, and see; and send to Kedar, and observe accurately, and see if such things have been done;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:22 - (LXX 32:22) and the kings of Tyre, and the kings of Sidon, and the kings in the country beyond the sea,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - (LXX 38:10) Hear the words of the Lord, ye nations, and proclaim them to the islands afar off; say, He that scattered Israel will also gather him, and keep him as one that feeds his flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - (LXX 29:4) in the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines: and I will utterly destroy Tyre and Sidon, and all the rest of their allies: for the Lord will destroy the remaining inhabitants of the islands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - For thus saith the Lord God to Sor; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, while the wounded are groaning, while they have drawn a sword in the midst of thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:18 - And the isles shall be alarmed at the day of thy fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:3 - and thou shalt say to Sor that dwells at the entrance of the sea, to the mart of the nations coming from many islands, Thus saith the Lord to Sor; Thou hast said, I have clothed myself with my beauty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6 - They made thine oars of wood out of the land of Basan; thy sacred utensils they made of ivory, thy shady houses of wood from the isles of Chetiim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Fine linen with embroidery from Egypt supplied thy couch, to put honour upon thee, and to clothe thee with blue and purple from the isles of Elisai; and they became thy coverings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15 - The sons of the Rhodians were thy merchants; from the islands they multiplied thy merchandise, even elephants' teeth: and to them that came in thou didst return thy prices,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35 - All the dwellers in the islands have mourned over thee, and their kings have been utterly amazed, and their countenance has wept.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:6 - And I will send a fire upon Gog, and the islands shall be securely inhabited: and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:18 - And he shall turn his face to the islands, and shall take many, and cause princes to cease from their reproach: nevertheless his own reproach shall return to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:11 - The Lord shall appear against them, and shall utterly destroy all the gods of the nations of the earth; and they shall worship him every one from his place, even all the islands of the nations.
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