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Lexicon :: Strong's H5857 - ʿay

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עַי
Transliteration
ʿay
Pronunciation
ah'ee
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

עַי ʻAy, ah'ee; or (feminine) עַיָּא ʻAyâʼ; (Nehemiah 11:31), or עַיָּת ʻAyâth; (Isaiah 10:28), for H5856; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine:—Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H5857 in the following manner: Ai (36x), Hai (2x), Aiath (1x), city (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H5857 in the following manner: Ai (36x), Hai (2x), Aiath (1x), city (1x).

  1. Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins"

    1. a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the second city taken on the invasion of Canaan

    2. a city of the Ammonites on the east of the Jordan and apparently attached to Heshbon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַי ʻAy, ah'ee; or (feminine) עַיָּא ʻAyâʼ; (Nehemiah 11:31), or עַיָּת ʻAyâth; (Isaiah 10:28), for H5856; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine:—Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.
STRONGS H5857: Abbreviations
עַי, עַיָּ֑ת, עַיָּה 40 proper name, of a location Αγγαι (Genesis), Γαι:
1. old Canaanite city, עַי always with article הָעַי (הָעָ֑י Genesis 13:3 +), near Bethel to the southeast (exact site unknown, compare DiJoshua 7:2 BuhlGeogr. 177), Genesis 12:8 (J), Genesis 13:3 (J), Joshua 7:2 (twice in verse); Joshua 7:3, 4, 5; Joshua 8:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:2, 3 + 18 times Joshua 8 (+ Qr Joshua 8:12; Joshua 8:16, but improbable, Kt עיר, compare Di), Joshua 9:3; Joshua 10:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:2 (all J E), Joshua 12:9 (D), Ezra 2:28 = Nehemiah 7:32; = עַיָּת Isaiah 10:28; עַיָּה (so Baer Ginsb, > עַיָּא van d. H.) Nehemiah 11:31, so read also (for עַזָּה whhich see near the end) 1 Chronicles 7:28.
2. east Jordan city Jeremiah 49:3 (+ חֶשְׁבוֺן), but read עָר city (?) Gf RothstKau Co (הָעִיר ?).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:8; 13:3; 13:3

Joshua

7:2; 7:2; 7:3; 7:4; 7:5; 8; 8:1; 8:2; 8:3; 8:12; 8:16; 9:3; 10:1; 10:2; 12:9

1 Chronicles

7:28

Ezra

2:28

Nehemiah

7:32; 11:31

Isaiah

10:28

Jeremiah

49:3

H5857

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Strong's Number H5857 matches the Hebrew עַי (ʿay),
which occurs 40 times in 34 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and worshiped the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2 - Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel) and instructed them, "Go up and spy on the land." So the men went up and spied on Ai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:3 - They returned and reported to Joshua, "Don't send the whole army. About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. Don't tire out the whole army, for Ai is small."

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:4 - So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:5 - The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people's courage melted away like water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:1 - The LORD told Joshua, "Don't be afraid and don't panic! Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! See, I am handing over to you the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:3 - Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:9 - Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent that night with the army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:10 - Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:11 - All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:12 - He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. But he did not realize men were hiding behind the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:16 - All the reinforcements in Ai were ordered to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:17 - No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:18 - The LORD told Joshua, "Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city over to you." So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:20 - When the men of Ai turned around, they saw the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. In the meantime the men who were retreating to the desert turned against their pursuers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:21 - When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:23 - But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:24 - When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had chased them toward the desert (they all fell by the sword), all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:25 - Twelve thousand men and women died that day, including all the men of Ai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:26 - Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:28 - Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound (it remains that way to this very day).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:3 - When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1 - Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho and its king. He also heard how the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 - All Jerusalem was terrified because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:9 - the king of Jericho (one), the king of Ai - located near Bethel - (one),

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:28 - the men of Bethel and Ai: 223;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:32 - the men of Bethel and Ai, 123;

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:31 - Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:28 - They attacked Aiath, moved through Migron, depositing their supplies at Micmash.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - Wail, you people in Heshbon, because Ai in Ammon is destroyed. Cry out in anguish, you people in the villages surrounding Rabbah. Put on sackcloth and cry out in mourning. Run about covered with gashes. For your god Milcom will go into exile along with his priests and officials.
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