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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 -

Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where H370 are you from?” And they said, “We are from Haran.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. He said to them, “Where H370 have you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:13 - “Where H370 am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me, saying, ‘Give us meat so that we may eat!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4 - But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them, and she said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where H370 they were from.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:8 - So they said to Joshua, “We are your servants.” Then Joshua said to them, “Who are you and where H370 do you come from?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - Micah said to him, “Where H370 do you come from?” And he said to him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to [fn]stay wherever I may find a place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - And he raised his eyes and saw the traveler in the public square of the city; and the old man said, “Where are you going, and where H370 do you come from?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:27 - But he said, “[fn]If the LORD does not help you, from where H370 am I to help you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:14 - Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where H370 have they come to you?” And Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, from Babylon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - The LORD said to Satan, “From where H370 do you come?” Satan answered the LORD and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 -

“But where H370 can wisdom be found?

And where is the place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 -

“Where H370 then does wisdom come from?

And where is this place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:1 -

A Song of Ascents.

I will raise my eyes to the mountains;

From where H370 will my help come?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:3 - Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where H370 did they come to you?” And Hezekiah said, “They came to me from a far country, from Babylon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - Then they said to him, “Tell us, now! On whose account has this catastrophe struck us? What is your occupation, and where H370 do you come from? What is your country, and from what people are you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 -

“And it will come about that all who see you

Will [fn]shrink from you and say,

‘Nineveh is devastated!

Who will have sympathy for her?’

Where H370 shall I seek comforters for you?”

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