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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 BoxGen 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4 - And Jacob said to them, Brethren, whence are ye? and they said, We are of Charrhan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - And when Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them, and estranged himself from them, and spoke hard words to them; and said to them, Whence are ye come? And they said, Out of the land of Chanaan, to buy food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:13 - Whence have I 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 BoxJos 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4 - And the woman took the two men and hid them; and she spoke to [fn]the messengers, saying, The men came in to me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:8 - And they said to Joshua, We are thy servants: and Joshua said to them, Whence are ye, and whence have ye come?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - And Michaias said to him, Whence comest thou? and he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethleem Juda, and I go to sojourn in any place I may find.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - And he lifted up his eyes, and saw a traveller in the street of the city; and the old man said to him, Whither goest thou, and whence comest thou?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:27 - And he said to her, Unless the Lord help thee, whence shall I help thee? from the corn-floor, or from the wine-press?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:14 - And Esaias the prophet went in to king Ezekias, and said to him, What said these men? and whence came they to thee? And Ezekias said, They came to me from a distant land, even from Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - And the Lord said to the devil, Whence art thou come? And the devil answered the Lord, and said, I am come from compassing the earth, and walking up and down in the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 - But whence has wisdom been discovered? and what is the place of knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 - Whence then is wisdom found? and of what kind is the place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:1 - (LXX 120:1) A Song of Degrees. I lifted up mine eyes to the mountains, whence my help shall come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:3 - And Esaias the prophet came to king Ezekias, and said to him, What say these men? and whence came they to thee? and Ezekias said, They are come to me from a land afar off, from Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - And they said to him, Tell us [fn]what is thine occupation, and whence comest thou, and of what country and what people art thou?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 - And it shall be that every one that sees thee shall go down from thee, and shall say, Wretched Nineve! who shall lament for her? whence shall I seek comfort for her?
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