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Lexicon :: Strong's H383 - 'îṯay

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אִיתַי
Transliteration
'îṯay
Pronunciation
ee-thah'ee
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Part of Speech
substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to יֵשׁ (H3426)
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TWOT Reference: 2572

Strong’s Definitions

אִיתַי ʼîythay, ee-thah'ee; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3426; properly, entity; used only as a particle of affirmation, there is:—art thou, can, do ye, have, it be, there is (are), × we will not.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H383 in the following manner: to be (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H383 in the following manner: to be (17x).

  1. there is, there are

  2. particle denoting existence

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִיתַי ʼîythay, ee-thah'ee; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3426; properly, entity; used only as a particle of affirmation, there is:—art thou, can, do ye, have, it be, there is (are), × we will not.
STRONGS H383: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† אִיתַי (Baer אִתַי, except before suffix, see BaerDaniel 2:10) particle there is, are... (properly a substantive following by a genitive, see Biblical Hebrew H3426 יֵשׁ : Egyptian Aramaic איתי RÉS361, S-CPap., Nabataean איתי, Palmyrene אית, Targum Talmud אִית (Dalm§ 44, 4), Syriac ty-A, Samaritan VJA, Mandean אית, עית (NöM §§ 213. 272): see further Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁ); — אִיתַי Daniel 2:10, suffix אִיתָיךְ Daniel 2:26 Kt (Qr אִיתָךְ K§ 53, 2 b), אִית֫וֺהִי Daniel 2:11, איתינא Kt (i.e. probably אִיתַ֫יְנָא : Kl.c.), Qr אִיתָ֫נָא Daniel 3:18, אִיתֵיכוֺן Daniel 3:14; Daniel 3:15; — there is (are)..., absolute Daniel 2:28 אִיתַי אֱלָהּ בִּשְׁמַיָּא there is a God in heaven, Daniel 2:30 not by wisdom דִּי־אִיתַי בִּי that is in me, Daniel 3:12; Daniel 5:11; followed by participle or adjective Daniel 2:26 הַאִיתָיךְ כָּהֵל art thou able...? Daniel 3:15, 17; followed by דִּי, Ezra 5:17 הֵן אִיתַי דִּי if it is that. With negative לָא אִיתַי (so S-CD 10 +; Targum Syriac, Mandean לַיִת tylf, Zenjirli suffix לישה (Cooke184); compare below Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁ) Daniel 2:10... לָא אִיתַי אֱנָשׁ כִּי, Daniel 3:29; Daniel 4:32; after the subject Daniel 2:11a; Daniel 3:25 בְּהוֺן וַחֲבָל לָא א׳, Ezra 4:16; followed by participle or adjective Daniel 3:14, 18; with pleonastic suffix, Daniel 2:11 מְדָֽרְהוֺן עִס־בִּשְׂרָא לָא אִיתוֺהִי.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:16; 5:17

Daniel

2:10; 2:10; 2:10; 2:11; 2:11; 2:11; 2:26; 2:26; 2:28; 2:30; 3:12; 3:14; 3:14; 3:15; 3:15; 3:17; 3:18; 3:18; 3:25; 3:29; 4:32; 5:11

H383

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Strong's Number H383 matches the Hebrew אִיתַי ('îṯay),
which occurs 19 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16 - We inform the king that if this city is built and its walls are restored, you will be left with nothing in Trans-Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17 - Now if it pleases the king, let a search be made in the royal archives of Babylon to see if King Cyrus did in fact issue a decree to rebuild this house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The astrologers answered the king, “There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among humans.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:26 - The king asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar), “Are you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28 - but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you were lying in bed are these:

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:30 - As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because I have greater wisdom than anyone else alive, but so that Your Majesty may know the interpretation and that you may understand what went through your mind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - But there are some Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego—who pay no attention to you, Your Majesty. They neither serve your gods nor worship the image of gold you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:14 - and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the image of gold I have set up?

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15 - Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:17 - If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us[fn] from Your Majesty’s hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:18 - But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25 - He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 - All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11 - There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners.
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