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Lexicon :: Strong's H5871 - ʿayin

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עַיִן
Transliteration
ʿayin
Pronunciation
ah'-yin
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as עַיִן (H5869)
Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs: עין.

Strong’s Definitions

עַיִן ʻAyin, ah'-yin; the same as H5869; fountain; Ajin, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine:—Ain.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H5871 in the following manner: Ain (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H5871 in the following manner: Ain (5x).

  1. Ain = "spring"

    1. one of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine

    2. one of the southernmost cities of Judah in the Nekeb and allotted to the tribe of Simeon and given to the priests

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַיִן ʻAyin, ah'-yin; the same as H5869; fountain; Ajin, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine:—Ain.
STRONGS H5871: Abbreviations
† III. עַ֫יִן proper name, of a location
1. לָעָ֑יִן, on northeast border of Canaan Numbers 34:11, Greek Version of the LXX ἐπὶ πηγάς
2.
a. in Negeb of Judah Joshua 15:32 (+ וְרִמּוֺן), Levitical city Joshua 21:16 (but Greek Version of the LXXB Ασα read עָשָׁן, as 1 Chronicles 6:44), apparently =
b. Joshua 19:7 (+ ר׳; assigned to Simeon), ר׳ וָע׳ 1 Chronicles 4:32 (read probably וְעֵין ר׳); probably modern Umm er-Ramā-mīn, approximately 18 miles southwest from Hebron, BuhlGeogr.183. — see עֵין רִמּוֺן.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Numbers

34:11

Joshua

15:32; 19:7; 21:16

1 Chronicles

4:32; 6:44

H5871

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Strong's Number H5871 matches the Hebrew עַיִן (ʿayin),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:11 - The boundary will go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Galilee.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:32 - Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain and Rimmon—a total of twenty-nine towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:7 - Ain, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan—four towns and their villages—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 21:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:16 - Ain, Juttah and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands—nine towns from these two tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:32 - Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token and Ashan—five towns—
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