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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))
Dictionary Aids

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4 -

Jacob asked the men at the well, “My brothers! Where are you from? ”

“We’re from Haran,” they answered.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 -

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them.

“Where do you come from? ” he asked.

“From the land of Canaan to buy food,” they replied.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:13 -

“Where can I get meat to give all these people? For they are weeping to me, ‘Give us meat to eat! ’

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4 -

But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I didn’t know where they were from.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:8 -

They said to Joshua, “We are your servants.”

Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where do you come from? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 -

“Where do you come from? ” Micah asked him.

He answered him, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I’m going to stay wherever I can find a place.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 -

When he looked up and saw the traveler in the city square, the old man asked, “Where are you going, and where do you come from? ”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:27 -

He answered, “If the LORD doesn’t help you, where can I get help for you? From the threshing floor or the winepress? ”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:14 -

Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “Where did these men come from and what did they say to you? ”

Hezekiah replied, “They came from a distant country, from Babylon.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 -

The LORD asked Satan, “Where have you come from? ”

“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered him, “and walking around on it.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 -

But where can wisdom be found,

and where is understanding located?

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 -

Where then does wisdom come from,

and where is understanding located?

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:1 -

I lift my eyes toward the mountains.

Where will my help come from?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:3 -

Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, “What did these men say, and where did they come to you from? ”

Hezekiah replied, “They came to me from a distant country, from Babylon.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 -

Then they said to him, “Tell us who is to blame for this trouble we’re in. What is your business, and where are you from? What is your country, and what people are you from? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 -

Then all who see you will recoil from you, saying,

“Nineveh is devastated;

who will show sympathy to her? ”

Where can I find anyone to comfort you?

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