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Lexicon :: Strong's H5869 - ʿayin

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עַיִן
Transliteration
ʿayin
Pronunciation
ah'-yin
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably a primitive word
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1612a,1613

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: עין.

Strong’s Definitions

עַיִן ʻayin, ah'-yin; probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape):—affliction, outward appearance, before, think best, colour, conceit, be content, countenance, displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), × him, humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), × me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, regard, resemblance, sight, × thee, × them, + think, × us, well, × you(-rselves).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 887x

The KJV translates Strong's H5869 in the following manner: eye (495x), sight (216x), seem (19x), colour (12x), fountain (11x), well (11x), face (10x), pleased (with H3190) (10x), presence (8x), displeased (with H3415) (8x), before (8x), pleased (with H3474) (4x), conceit (4x), think (4x), miscellaneous (66x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 887x
The KJV translates Strong's H5869 in the following manner: eye (495x), sight (216x), seem (19x), colour (12x), fountain (11x), well (11x), face (10x), pleased (with H3190) (10x), presence (8x), displeased (with H3415) (8x), before (8x), pleased (with H3474) (4x), conceit (4x), think (4x), miscellaneous (66x).
  1. eye

    1. eye

      1. of physical eye

      2. as showing mental qualities

      3. of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

  2. spring, fountain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַיִן ʻayin, ah'-yin; probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape):—affliction, outward appearance, before, think best, colour, conceit, be content, countenance, displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), × him, humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), × me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, regard, resemblance, sight, × thee, × them, + think, × us, well, × you(-rselves).
STRONGS H5869: Abbreviations
I. עַ֫יִן 859 noun feminineGenesis 3:7 and (Zechariah 3:9; 4:10 AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 75) masculine eye (ancient Semitic word; √ and relation to II. ע׳ unknown; Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ען; Targum עֵינָא, עַיְינָא Palmyrene עינא Zinjirli suffix עיני, עינך Syriac bdb074404; Assyrian ênu, enu, Tel Amarna suffix inaya and (apparently Canaanite gloss ḫinaya; Arabic bdb074406; Ethiopic bdb074407); — absolute ע׳ Exodus 21:4 +, construct עֵין Exodus 21:26 +; suffix עֵינִי Genesis 44:21 + (2 Samuel 16:12 read עָנְיִי Vrss Comm.), עֵינְךָ Deuteronomy 7:16 +, עֵינֵנוּ Psalm 35:21 (2 Samuel 20:6 see נצל Hiph.); suffix 3rd person masculine plural עֵינָם Isaiah 13:18 (Zechariah 5:6 read עֲוֺנָם Greek Version of the LXX We Gr Now), עֵינֵמוֺ Psalm 73:7 (but read עֲוֺנָמוֺ see Commentaries); usually dual עֵינַיִם Genesis 20:16 +, עֵינָ֑יִם Isaiah 3:16 +, especially construct עֵינֵי Genesis 3:7 +, עֵנֵי Isaiah 3:8; suffix עֵינַי Genesis 31:10 +, עֵינֶיךָ Judges 6:17 +, etc. (Hosea 10:10 read עֲוֺנֹתָם compare Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Che We Gr Now); — eye:
1. literally as physical organ,
a. of man Exodus 21:6 (3 times in verse) (E), Genesis 3:6 (J) +, Leviticus 21:20; Leviticus 24:20 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:16 (H; very rarely P, e.g. Deuteronomy 34:4, 7), 2 Kings 4:34 (twice in verse) +; once שְׁתֵּי עֵינַי Judges 16:28.
b. anthropomorph. of י׳ Psalm 33:18; Psalm 34:16 +.
c. of idols Psalm 115:5; Psalm 135:16.
d. of beasts Genesis 30:41 (J), Job 40:24 (hippop., si vera lectio, but probably corrupt Di Siegf Bu Du where see conjectures), Job 41:10 (crocodile); bird Job 28:7; Job 39:29; Proverbs 1:17.
†e. in wheels Ezekiel 1:18; compare Ezekiel 10:12; on stone Zechariah 3:9 (all in visions).
f. subject of ראה see Genesis 45:12 (twice in verse) (E), + (often Deuteronomy), with חזה Psalm 11:4; men see בְּע׳ Deuteronomy 3:27; 2 Kings 7:12 +; especially נָשָׂא ע׳ + ראה Genesis 13:10; Genesis 10:14 (J) +; compare לְכָלמַֿרְאֵה עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן Leviticus 13:12 = as far as the priest can see, מַרְאֵה ע׳ Deuteronomy 28:34 what is seen by the eyes = Deuteronomy 28:67; Ecclesiastes 6:9.
g. as affected by sleep, see שֵׁנָה below [יָשֵׁן].
h. as weeping, מְקוֺר דִּמְעָה ע׳ Jeremiah 8:23, נִגְּרָה ע׳ Lamentations 3:49, דָּֽלְפָה ע׳ Job 16:20; see also Jeremiah 31:16; Psalm 116:8, and ירד Qal 3 c.
i. as growing dim, see I. כָּהָה, חָשַׁךְ 3; with כָּבֵד Genesis 48:10 (E), קוּם 1 Samuel 4:15; 1 Kings 14:4, שָׁעַע Isaiah 32:3; Isaiah 6:10 (Hiph.); with כָּלָה pine, languish, see כ׳ Qal 2 b, Pi. 2 b, with דָּאַב Psalm 88:10, עָשַׁשׁ Psalm 6:8; Psalm 31:10, דָּלַל Isaiah 38:14.
j. with פָּקַח open, after sleep Job 27:19, sleep of death 2 Kings 4:35; = keep awake Proverbs 20:13 (opposed to שֵׁנָה); of new power of vision Genesis 3:5, 7 (J), given by God Genesis 21:19 (E), 2 Kings 6:17 (twice in verse); so (with וַיְגַל) Numbers 22:31 (JE); = give sight to blind 2 Kings 6:20 (twice in verse); Isaiah 35:5; Isaiah 42:7; Psalm 146:8; of God (י׳) opening his eyes, ע׳ פָּקַח 2 Kings 19:16 = Isaiah 37:17; Daniel 9:18, + עַלֿ Jeremiah 32:19; Zechariah 12:4; Job 14:3; with פָּתַח, + אֶל־ 1 Kings 8:29 2 Chronicles 6:20; 1 Kings 8:52; Nehemiah 1:6, + ל Nehemiah 1:40; Nehemiah 7:15; + infinitive Nehemiah 1:6. — Numbers 24:3, 15 see שׁתם
k. אוֺר ע׳ etc., = revive, see אור verb Qal, Hiph.; noun, 10.
†l. קָרַץ ע׳ = wink Psalm 35:19; Proverbs 10:10, בְּע׳ ק׳ Proverbs 6:13.
†m. יִרְזְמוּן ע׳ Job 15:12 i.e. roll (in anger).
n. ל׳ לָטַשׁ ע׳ Job 16:9 whet eyes against = 'look daggers at.'
o. put out eye, see עִוֵּר, נקר
p. as feature of beauty, יְפֵה ע׳ Deuteronomy 16:12; compare Songs 4:9; Songs 7:5, יוֺנִים ע׳ Songs 1:15; Songs 4:1; and Songs 5:12 (כְּיוֺנִים); on other hand, לֵאָה רַכּוֺת ע׳ Genesis 29:17 (E); ע׳ בַּפּוּךְ וַתָּשֶׂם2 Kings 9:30 (see פּוּךְ), compare Jeremiah 4:30, כָּחַל ע׳ Ezekiel 23:40 paint the eyes†.
q. apple of the eye, see אִישׁוֺן, [בָּבָה], בַּת 6.
r. גַּבֹּת ע׳ Leviticus 14:9 eyebrows.
s. חַכְלִילִי ע׳ מִָיּ֑יִן Genesis 49:12, חַכְלִילוּת ע׳ Proverbs 23:29 (see ח׳); מְאוֺר ע׳ Proverbs 15:30, see Toy.
2.
a. eyes as shewing mental qualities: arrogance גַבְהוּת ע׳ Isaiah 2:11, גְבֹהִים ע׳ Isaiah 5:15, גְּבַהּעֿ׳ Psalm 101:5, תִּפְאֶרֶת רוּם ע׳ Isaiah 10:12; with רוּם also Psalm 18:28 (so read also || 2 Samuel 22:28 Hup HPS), Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 6:17; Proverbs 21:4; humility, שַׁח ע׳ Job 22:29; mockery, תִּלְעַג לְ ע׳ Proverbs 30:17; compare בְּ רָעָה ע׳ Deuteronomy 15:9 (grudging), Deuteronomy 28:54, 56 (id.); especially (עַל) אַלתָּֿחֹס ע׳ not have pity on Deuteronomy 7:16 + 4 times Deuteronomy; Ezekiel 5:11 + 8 times Ezekiel; Isaiah 13:18, also Genesis 45:20 (E; = not regret); compare נֹחַם יִסָּתֵר מֵע׳ Hosea 13:14.
b. מַחְמַד ע׳ Ezekiel 24:16 desire of the eyes, so Ezekiel 24:21; Ezekiel 24:25; שִׁקּוּצֵי ע׳ Ezekiel 20:7 abominations of the eyes, so Ezekiel 20:8. — Psalm 73:7 see חֵלֶב.
3. Figurative of mental and spiritual faculties, acts and states:
a. ע׳ תִּפָּקַחְנָה Genesis 3:5, 7 (J) Isaiah 42:7, גְּלּוּי ע׳ Numbers 24:4, 16 (JE); also טַח מֵרְאוֺת ע׳ Isaiah 44:18; אֶליֿ׳ ע׳ Psalm 123:2 (see Psalm 123:2; Psalm 123:2 for origin of figurative), +; of י׳, Psalm 33:18 (i.e. his favour) Psalm 34:16 (id.) +.
b. הַזִּנוֺת ע׳ Ezekiel 6:9; תִּשְׂבַּע ע׳ Ecclesiastes 1:8; Ecclesiastes 4:8; שָֽׁאֲלוּ ע׳ Ecclesiastes 2:10; לְֹנכַח יַבִּיטוּ ע׳ Proverbs 4:25; טוֺבעֿ׳ Proverbs 22:9 = bountiful, רַע עָ֑יִן Proverbs 23:6 = niggardly one, so Proverbs 28:22; eye as avenue of temptation Job 31:1, 7; שִׁית ע׳ Psalm 17:11
c. especially בְּעֵינֵי, with adjective and intransitive verbs, in the view, opinion, of Genesis 16:4, 5 (J), Genesis 21:11, 12 (E), Genesis 34:18 (P), + often; with active verb 2 Samuel 10:3 = 1 Chronicles 19:3; Esther 1:17; Esther 3:6; הַטּוֺב בְּע׳ Genesis 16:6; Genesis 19:14 (J), +, i.e. what one pleases, Numbers 36:6 (P) whom they please; הַיָּשָׁר בְּע׳ Deuteronomy 12:8, 25 +, הַטּוֺב וְהַיָּשָׁר בְּע׳ Deuteronomy 12:28; Joshua 9:25 (D), הָרַע בְּע׳ Judges 2:11; Judges 3:7; Deuteronomy 4:25 + especially D and K (RD); so לְנֶגֶד עיניו 2 Samuel 22:25 = Psalm 18:25; אַחֲרֵי עֵינֵיכֶם Numbers 15:39 = according to your wish, fancy (+ לְבַבְכֶם).
d. נֶעְלָם מֵע׳ Leviticus 4:13 i.e. hid from knowledge of, so Numbers 5:13 (both P), Job 28:21; מֵע׳ Numbers 15:24 (P) without the knowledge of; מִן אַעְלִים ע׳ Isaiah 1:15 = disregard, pay no attention; compare Leviticus 20:4 (H) Ezekiel 22:26; without מִן, absolute, Proverbs 28:27; נִסְתְּרוּ מֵע׳ Isaiah 65:16, וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵע׳ Job 3:10; בּוֺ אַעְלִים ע׳ (i.e. בַּכֹּפֶר) 1 Samuel 12:3 (נעלים sandals + ענו בי Greek Version of the LXX Th We Kit, compare Ecclusxlvi. 19; Bu HPS insert ענו בי); הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר ע׳ Deuteronomy 16:19, compare כְּסוּת ע׳ Genesis 20:16 (E).
4. Transferred meanings:
a. visible surface of earth Exodus 10:5, 15 (J) Numbers 22:5, 11 (JE).
b. appearance Leviticus 13:5 (P; reading בְּעֵינוֺ Di Kau Dr-Wh), Leviticus 13:37 (P; reading id.), Leviticus 13:55 (P) Numbers 11:7 (twice in verse) (JE); so apparently dual 1 Samuel 16:7.
c. gleam, sparkle (of metal, jewels, etc.) Ezekiel 1:4, 7, 16, 22, 27; Ezekiel 8:2; Ezekiel 10:9; Daniel 10:6; of wine Proverbs 23:31.
5. Other phrases are: תַּחַת ע׳ ע׳ Exodus 21:24 (E) = Leviticus 24:20 (H), = בְּע׳ ע׳ Deuteronomy 19:21, all = an eye for an eye; בְּע׳ ע׳ = eye to eye, Numbers 14:14 (P) Isaiah 52:8 (figurative), compare תִּרְאֶינָה אֶתעֿ׳ וְע׳ Jeremiah 32:4; Jeremiah 34:3; especially לְעֵינֵי in the presence of, in full view of Genesis 42:24 (E) Genesis 47:19 (J) Exodus 4:30 (J) Numbers 19:5 (P), + oft; of business transaction Jeremiah 32:12 (twice in verse); Genesis 23:11, 18 (P); so נֶגֶד ע׳ Joel 1:16, לְנֶגֶד ע׳ Job 4:16, and even בְּע׳ 1 Samuel 21:14; Ezra 3:12; נִגְרַזְתּי מִנֶּגֶד ע׳ Psalm 31:23; בֵּין ע׳ = on the forehead Exodus 13:9, 16 (JE) Deuteronomy 6:8; Deuteronomy 11:18; Deuteronomy 14:1; Daniel 8:5, 21.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5870.

† II. עַ֫יִן noun feminine spring (of water) (connection with I. ע׳ dubious; Late Hebrew id., Phoenician ען; Assyrian ênu, înu; Arabic bdb074501; Ethiopic bdb074502; Palmyrene עינא, Targum עֵינָא, עַיְינָא; Syriac bdb074503); — absolute ע׳ 1 Samuel 29:1 +, עָ֑יִן Genesis 49:22 +, הָעַ֫יְנָה Genesis 24:16, 45; construct עֵין Genesis 24:13 +; plural עֲיָנֹת Deuteronomy 8:7, ־וֹת 2 Chronicles 32:3; construct עֵינוֺת Exodus 15:27 = Numbers 33:9, עִינוֺת Proverbs 8:28 (Ges§ 93 v); — spring Genesis 16:7; Genesis 24:16, 29, 30, 42, 45 (all J) Genesis 49:22 (poem in J), 1 Samuel 29:1; עֵין חַמַּיִם Genesis 16:7; Genesis 24:13, 43 (J), compare Exodus 15:27 (J) Numbers 33:9 (P); נַחֲלֵי מַיִם ע׳ וּתְחֹמֹת Deuteronomy 8:7; מֵימֵי הָעֲיָנוֺת 2 Chronicles 32:3; תְּהוֺם ְ׳ Proverbs 8:28 (i.e. of the sea); figurative עֵין יַעֲקֹב Deuteronomy 33:28 (poem), i.e. Jacob's descendants. Particular springs are:
a. חֲרֹד ע׳ [H5878 Judges 7:1] (on location compare GFM).
b. הַקּוֺרֵא ע׳ (partridge-spring) [H5875 Judges 15:19] (compare id.).
c. רֹגֵּל ע׳ near Jerusalem (early sanctuary RSSem i. 157, 2nd ed. 172)
[H5883 2 Samuel 17:17 compare 1 Kings 1:9, on border of Judah Joshua 15:7, and Benjamin Joshua 18:16].
d. הַתַּנִּין ע׳ (dragon-spring) [H5886 Nehemiah 2:13] (= c ? so RSl.c.).—
On שַׁעַר הָעַיִן Nehemiah 2:14; Nehemiah 3:15; Nehemiah 12:37 see H8179 שַׁעַר
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Genesis

3:5; 3:5; 3:6; 3:7; 3:7; 3:7; 3:7; 10:14; 13:10; 16:4; 16:5; 16:6; 16:7; 16:7; 19:14; 20:16; 20:16; 21:11; 21:12; 21:19; 23:11; 23:18; 24:13; 24:13; 24:16; 24:16; 24:29; 24:30; 24:42; 24:43; 24:45; 24:45; 29:17; 30:41; 31:10; 34:18; 42:24; 44:21; 45:12; 45:20; 47:19; 48:10; 49:12; 49:22; 49:22

Exodus

4:30; 10:5; 10:15; 13:9; 13:16; 15:27; 15:27; 21:4; 21:6; 21:24; 21:26

Leviticus

4:13; 13:5; 13:12; 13:37; 13:55; 14:9; 20:4; 21:20; 24:20; 24:20; 26:16

Numbers

5:13; 11:7; 14:14; 15:24; 15:39; 19:5; 22:5; 22:11; 22:31; 24:3; 24:4; 24:15; 24:16; 33:9; 33:9; 36:6

Deuteronomy

3:27; 4:25; 6:8; 7:16; 7:16; 8:7; 8:7; 11:18; 12:8; 12:25; 12:28; 14:1; 15:9; 16:12; 16:19; 19:21; 28:34; 28:54; 28:56; 28:67; 33:28; 34:4; 34:7

Joshua

9:25

Judges

2:11; 3:7; 6:17; 16:28

1 Samuel

4:15; 12:3; 16:7; 21:14; 29:1; 29:1

2 Samuel

10:3; 16:12; 20:6; 22:25; 22:28

1 Kings

8:29; 8:52; 14:4

2 Kings

4:34; 4:35; 6:17; 6:20; 7:12; 9:30; 19:16

1 Chronicles

19:3

2 Chronicles

6:20; 32:3; 32:3

Ezra

3:12

Nehemiah

1:6; 1:6; 2:14; 3:15; 7:15; 12:37

Esther

1:17; 3:6

Job

3:10; 4:16; 14:3; 15:12; 16:9; 16:20; 22:29; 27:19; 28:7; 28:21; 31:1; 31:7; 39:29; 40:24; 41:10

Psalms

6:8; 11:4; 17:11; 18:25; 18:28; 31:10; 31:23; 33:18; 33:18; 34:16; 34:16; 35:19; 35:21; 73:7; 73:7; 88:10; 101:5; 115:5; 116:8; 123:2; 123:2; 123:2; 131:1; 135:16; 146:8

Proverbs

1:17; 4:25; 6:13; 6:17; 8:28; 8:28; 10:10; 15:30; 20:13; 21:4; 22:9; 23:6; 23:29; 23:31; 28:22; 28:27; 30:17

Ecclesiastes

1:8; 2:10; 4:8; 6:9

Song of Songs

1:15; 4:1; 4:9; 5:12; 7:5

Isaiah

1:15; 2:11; 3:8; 3:16; 5:15; 6:10; 10:12; 13:18; 13:18; 32:3; 35:5; 37:17; 38:14; 42:7; 42:7; 44:18; 52:8; 65:16

Jeremiah

4:30; 31:16; 32:4; 32:12; 32:19; 34:3

Lamentations

3:49

Ezekiel

1:4; 1:7; 1:16; 1:18; 1:22; 1:27; 5:11; 6:9; 8:2; 10:9; 10:12; 20:7; 20:8; 22:26; 23:40; 24:16; 24:21; 24:25

Daniel

8:5; 8:21; 9:18; 10:6

Hosea

10:10; 13:14

Joel

1:16

Zechariah

3:9; 3:9; 4:10; 5:6; 12:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5869 matches the Hebrew עַיִן (ʿayin),
which occurs 43 times in 40 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - And she said, “Let your servant-woman find favor in your sight H5869.” So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - And Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what is good in your eyes H5869. Remain until you have weaned him; only may Yahweh establish His word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:33 - ‘Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar [fn]so that your eyes H5869 will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the increase of your house will be put to death [fn]in the prime of life.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:2 -

And it happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight H5869 had begun to fade, and he could not see well),

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:18 - So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is Yahweh; let Him do what seems good in His eyes H5869.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:15 - Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes H5869 had set so that he could not see.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:13 -

Now the people of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they raised their eyes H5869 and saw the ark and were glad to see it.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:6 - But the thing was evil in the sight H5869 of Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:2 - But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “I will cut it with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye H5869 of every one of you, thus I will make it a reproach on all Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:10 - Then the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good in your eyes H5869.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:3 - “Here I am; bear witness against me before Yahweh and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes H5869 with it? I will restore it to you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:16 - “Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which Yahweh will do before your eyes H5869.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:17 - “Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that He may send [fn]thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the eyes H5869 of Yahweh by asking for yourselves a king.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27 - But Jonathan had not heard when his father put the people under a sworn oath; therefore, he put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes H5869 brightened.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:29 - Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. See now, how my eyes H5869 have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:36 -

Then Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them.” And they said, “Do whatever seems good in your eyes H5869.” So the priest said, “Let us draw near to God here.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:40 - Then he said to all Israel, “You shall be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.” And the people said to Saul, “Do what seems good in your eyes H5869.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:17 -

And Samuel said, “Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes H5869, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And Yahweh anointed you king over Israel,

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:19 - “Why then did you not [fn]obey the voice of Yahweh, but rushed upon the spoil and did what was evil in the eyes H5869 of Yahweh?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:7 - But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for [fn]God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward H5869 appearance H5869, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:12 - So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes H5869 and a handsome appearance. And Yahweh said, “Arise, anoint him, for this is he.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22 - So Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Let David now stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight H5869.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:5 - So David went out wherever Saul sent him and [fn]prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war. And it was pleasing in the eyes H5869 of all the people and also in the eyes H5869 of Saul’s servants.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:8 -

Then Saul became very angry, for this saying was [fn]displeasing in his eyes H5869; and he said, “They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:20 -

And Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. So they told Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes H5869.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:23 - So Saul’s servants spoke these words in [fn]David’s hearing. But David said, “Is it trivial in your eyes H5869 to become the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:26 - Then his servants told David these words, and it was right in the eyes H5869 of David to become the king’s son-in-law. [fn]So before the days had expired,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:3 - Yet David swore again, [fn]saying, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your sight H5869, and he has said, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly as Yahweh lives and as your soul lives, there is [fn]hardly a step between me and death.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:29 - and he said, ‘Please send me on my way, since our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to attend. So now, if I have found favor in your sight H5869, please let me get away that I may see my brothers.’ For this reason he has not come to the king’s table.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:13 - So he disguised his sanity in their H5869 sight H5869 and acted insanely in their hands and scribbled on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down into his beard.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:4 - Then the men of David said to him, “Behold, this is the day of which Yahweh said to you, ‘Behold, I am about to give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it seems good in your eyes H5869.’” Then David arose and cut off the edge of Saul’s robe secretly.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - “Behold, this day your eyes H5869 have seen that Yahweh had given you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity on you; and I said, ‘I will not send forth my hand against my lord, for he is the anointed of Yahweh.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:8 - ‘Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes H5869, for we have come on a [fn]festive day. Please give whatever you find at hand to your servants and to your son, to David.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:21 -

Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will not harm you again because my life was precious in your sight H5869 this day. Behold, I have played the fool and have committed a serious error.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:24 - “Now behold, as your life was highly valued in my sight H5869 this day, so may my life be highly valued in the sight H5869 of Yahweh, and may He deliver me from all distress.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:5 -

Then David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your sight H5869, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:1 -

Then the Philistines gathered together all their camps to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring H5869 which is in Jezreel.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:6 -

Then Achish called David and said to him, “As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the camp are pleasing in my sight H5869; for I have not found evil in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing in the sight H5869 of the lords.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:7 - “So now, return and go in peace, that you may not do evil in the sight H5869 of the lords of the Philistines.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:9 - But Achish answered and said to David, “I know that you are pleasing in my sight H5869, like an angel of God; nevertheless the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us to the battle.’
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