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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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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 - And he removeth from thence towards a mountain at the east of Beth-El, and stretcheth out the tent (Beth-El at the west, and Hai at the east), and he buildeth there an altar to Jehovah, and preacheth in the name of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - And he goeth on his journeyings from the south, even unto Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the commencement, between Bethel and Hai --

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:2 - And Joshua sendeth men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-Aven, on the east of Bethel, and speaketh unto them, saying, 'Go up and spy the land;' and the men go up and spy Ai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:3 - and they turn back unto Joshua, and say unto him, 'Let not all the people go up; let about two thousand men, or about three thousand men, go up, and they smite Ai; cause not all the people to labour thither; for they are few.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:4 - And there go up of the people thither about three thousand men, and they flee before the men of Ai,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:5 - and the men of Ai smite of them about thirty and six men, and pursue them before the gate unto Shebarim, and they smite them in Morad; and the heart of the people is melted, and becometh water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:1 - And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'Fear not, nor be affrighted, take with thee all the people of war, and rise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:2 - and thou hast done to Ai and to her king as thou hast done to Jericho and to her king; only, its spoil and its cattle ye spoil for yourselves; set for thee an ambush for the city at its rear.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:3 - And Joshua riseth, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai, and Joshua chooseth thirty thousand men, mighty ones of valour, and sendeth them away by night,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:9 - And Joshua sendeth them away, and they go unto the ambush, and abide between Bethel and Ai, on the west of Ai; and Joshua lodgeth on that night in the midst of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:10 - And Joshua riseth early in the morning, and inspecteth the people, and goeth up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:11 - and all the people of war who are with him have gone up, and draw nigh and come in over-against the city, and encamp on the north of Ai; and the valley is between him and Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:12 - And he taketh about five thousand men, and setteth them an ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west of the city;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:14 - And it cometh to pass, when the king of Ai seeth it, that hasten, and rise early, and go out do the men of the city to meet Israel for battle, he and all his people, at the appointed season, at the front of the plain, and he hath not known that an ambush is against him, on the rear of the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:16 - and all the people who are in the city are called to pursue after them, and they pursue after Joshua, and are drawn away out of the city,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:17 - and there hath not been left a man in Ai and Bethel who hath not gone out after Israel, and they leave the city open, and pursue after Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:18 - And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, 'Stretch out with the javelin which is in thy hand towards Ai, for into thy hand I give it;' and Joshua stretcheth out with the javelin which is in his hand toward the city,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:20 - And the men of Ai look behind them, and see, and lo, the smoke of the city hath gone up unto the heavens, and there hath not been in them power to flee hither and thither -- and the people who are fleeing to the wilderness have turned against the pursuer, --

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:21 - and Joshua and all Israel have seen that the ambush hath captured the city, and that the smoke of the city hath gone up, and they turn back and smite the men of Ai;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:23 - and the king of Ai they caught alive, and bring him near unto Joshua.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:24 - And it cometh to pass, at Israel's finishing to slay all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness in which they pursued them (and they fall all of them by the mouth of the sword till their consumption), that all Israel turn back to Ai, and smite it by the mouth of the sword;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:25 - and all who fall during the day, of men and of women, are twelve thousand -- all men of Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:26 - And Joshua hath not brought back his hand which he stretched out with the javelin till that he hath devoted all the inhabitants of Ai;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:28 - And Joshua burneth Ai, and maketh it a heap age-during -- a desolation unto this day;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - and the king of Ai he hath hanged on the tree till even-time, and at the going in of the sun hath Joshua commanded, and they take down his carcase from the tree, and cast it unto the opening of the gate of the city, and raise over it a great heap of stones till this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:3 - And the inhabitants of Gibeon have heard that which Joshua hath done to Jericho and to Ai,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:1 - And it cometh to pass, when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heareth that Joshua hath captured Ai, and doth devote it (as he had done to Jericho and to her king so he hath done to Ai and to her king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon have made peace with Israel, and are in their midst, --

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:2 - that they are greatly afraid, because Gibeon is a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it is greater than Ai, and all its men -- heroes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:9 - The king of Jericho, one; The king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:28 - Men of Beth-El and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:32 - Men of Bethel and Ai: a hundred twenty and three.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:31 - And sons of Benjamin are at Geba, Michmash, and Aija, and Beth-El, and its small towns,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 10:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:28 - He hath come in against Aiath, He hath passed over into Migron, At Michmash he looketh after his vessels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:3 - Howl, Heshbon, for spoiled is Ai, Cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird on sackcloth, Lament, and go to and fro by the hedges, For Malcam into captivity doth go, His priests and his princes together.
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