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Lexicon :: Strong's H370 - 'ayin

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אַיִן
Transliteration
'ayin
Pronunciation
ah-yin'
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Part of Speech
interrogative adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably identical with אִין (H369) in the sense of query (compare אִי (H336))
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TWOT Reference: 75f

Strong’s Definitions

אַיִן ʼayin, ah-yin'; probably identical with H369 in the sense of query (compare H336) where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence):—whence, where.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H370 in the following manner: whence (16x), where (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H370 in the following manner: whence (16x), where (1x).

  1. where?, whence?

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַיִן ʼayin, ah-yin'; probably identical with H369 in the sense of query (compare H336) where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence):—whence, where.
STRONGS H370: Abbreviations
I. [אַ֫יִן] adverb (from אַי; Assyrian aina, ainu, Arabic أَيْنَ where? أَيْنَ هِنْ whence?) only in the compound מֵאַ֫יִן 17 whence? Genesis 29:4; Genesis 42:7 (synonym אֵי־מִזֶּה e.g. Genesis 16:8; 1 Samuel 30:13) Judges 17:9; Judges 19:17; Job 1:7 (Job 2:2 אֵי־מִזֶּה); used in a rhetorical or poetic style (where אֵי־מִזֶּה would be too prosaic) Numbers 11:13 מֵאַיִן לִי בָּשָׂר whence have I flesh etc. ? 2 Kings 6:27; Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great; מֵאַיִן כָּמוֺהוּ whence is its like ? (see also II. אַיִן near the end) Nahum 3:7; Psalm 121:1; Job 28:12, 20; in an indirect sentence Joshua 2:4 (compare אֵי־מִזֶּה 1 Samuel 25:11).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:8; 29:4; 42:7

Numbers

11:13

Joshua

2:4

Judges

17:9; 19:17

1 Samuel

25:11; 30:13

2 Kings

6:27

Job

1:7; 2:2; 28:12; 28:20

Psalms

121:1

Jeremiah

30:7

Nahum

3:7

H370

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H370 matches the Hebrew אַיִן ('ayin),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4 - Ya`akov said to them, "My relatives, where are you from?" They said, "We are from Haran."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - Yosef saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Kana`an to buy food."

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:13 - Whence should I have flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4 - The woman took the two men, and hid them; and she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I didn't know whence they were:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:8 - They said to Yehoshua, We are your servants. Yehoshua said to them, Who are you? and from whence come you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - Mikhah said to him, Whence come you? He said to him, I am a Levite of Beit-Lechem-Yehudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - He lifted up his eyes, and saw the wayfaring man in the street of the city; and the old man said, Where go you? and whence come you?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:27 - He said, If the LORD doesn't help you, whence shall I help you? out of the threshing floor, or out of the winepress?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:14 - Then came Yesha`yahu the prophet to king Hizkiyahu, and said to him, What said these men? and from whence came they to you? Hizkiyahu said, They are come from a far country, even from Bavel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - The LORD said to Hasatan, "Where have you come from?" Then Hasatan answered the LORD, and said, "From going back and forth in the eretz, and from walking up and down in it."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 - "But where shall wisdom be found? Where is the place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 - Whence then comes wisdom? Where is the place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:1 - A Ma`alot Song. I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:3 - Then came Yesha`yahu the prophet to king Hizkiyahu, and said to him, What said these men? and from whence came they to you? Hizkiyahu said, They are come from a far country to me, even from Bavel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - Then they asked him, "Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 - It will happen that all those who look at you will flee from you, and say, 'Nineveh is laid waste Who will mourn for her?' Where will I seek comforters for you?"
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