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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 Box Gen 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5 - From these came the distribution of the isles of the nations, according to their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 10:1 - And king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land and the isles of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:10 - The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer tribute:

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 97:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 97:1 - Jehovah reigneth: let the earth be glad, let the many isles rejoice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:11 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to acquire the remnant of his people which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 20:6 - And the inhabitants of this coast shall say in that day, Behold, such is our confidence, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and how shall we escape?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:2 - Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle! The merchants of Sidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 23:6 - Pass over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the coast!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:15 - Therefore glorify Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah, the God of Israel, in the isles of the west.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:15 - Behold, the nations are esteemed as a drop of the bucket, and as the fine dust on the scales; behold, he taketh up the isles as an atom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us draw near together to judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:5 - The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled: they drew near, and came.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:4 - He shall not faint nor be in haste, till he have set justice in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:10 - Sing unto Jehovah a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles and their inhabitants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:12 - let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 42:15

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1 - Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples from afar. Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:5 - My righteousness is near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples: the isles shall wait for me, and in mine arm shall they trust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 59:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:18 - According to deeds, so will he repay: fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:9 - For the isles shall await me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of Jehovah thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 66:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:19 - And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow; to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory: and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:10 - For pass over to the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there have been such a thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:22 - and all the kings of Tyre, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles that are beyond the sea;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:10 - Hear the word of Jehovah, ye nations, and declare it to the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd his flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:4 - because of the day that cometh to lay waste all the Philistines, to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper that remaineth; for Jehovah will lay waste the Philistines, the remnant of the island of Caphtor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:15 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah to Tyre: Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:18 - Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; and the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:3 - and say unto Tyre: O thou that art situate at the entries of the sea, and traffickest with the peoples in many isles, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou, Tyre, hast said, I am perfect in beauty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:6 - Of the oaks of Bashan did they make thine oars; they made thy benches of ivory, inlaid in box-wood, out of the isles of Chittim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:7 - Byssus with broidered work from Egypt was thy sail, to serve thee for a banner; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thine awning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:15 - The children of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they rendered in payment horns of ivory, and ebony.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 27:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 27:35 - All the inhabitants of the isles are amazed at thee, and their kings are horribly afraid, their countenance is troubled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:6 - And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell at ease in the isles: and they shall know that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:18 - And he shall turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many; but a captain for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease: he shall turn it upon him, without reproach for himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zep 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZep 2:11 - Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and all the isles of the nations shall worship him, every one from his place.
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