אַיֵּה ayyeh
Hebrew word for “where?” · Strong’s H346 · used 45 times in 38 verses
Meaning
1) where?; 1a) of persons, things; 1b) rhetorical
How it is translated
Glosses given for ayyeh in context, with how often each is used:
- where? 45
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 10 | 0.6 | |
| Jeremiah | 6 | 0.3 | |
| Job | 5 | 0.6 | |
| Psalms | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Genesis | 4 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Kings | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Malachi | 3 | 3.4 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| 2 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Lamentations | 1 | 0.6 | |
| Ezekiel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Joel | 1 | 1.0 |
Also in 2 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Jeremiah 2 (3), Psalms 42 (2), Isaiah 63 (2), Genesis 18 (1), Genesis 19 (1), Genesis 22 (1), Genesis 38 (1), Judges 6 (1), Judges 9 (1), 2 Samuel 16 (1)
Forms
- איה 37
- ואיה 8
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ayyeh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַרְפַּד arpad “Arpad” 3
- סְפַרְוַיִם sepharvayim “Sepharvaim” 3
- מָה mah “what?” 6
- חֲמָת chamat “Hamath” 3
- הֵנַע hena “Hena” 2
- עַוָּה ivvah “Ivvah” 2
- הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 5
- אָב av “father” 5
- אֵפוֹ epho “then” 2
- לַיְלָה laylah “night” 3
- אָדוֹן adon “lord” 3
- נָבִיא navi “prophet” 3
Key verses
The verses using ayyeh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Judges 6:13 — And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of,…
- Psalms 42:3 — My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
- Psalms 79:10 — Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is…
- Isaiah 51:13 — And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because…
- Isaiah 63:11 — Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he…
- Isaiah 63:15 — Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of…
- Jeremiah 2:6 — Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits,…
- Jeremiah 2:8 — The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by…
- Jeremiah 2:28 — But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities…
- Joel 2:17 — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to…
- Malachi 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of…
- Malachi 2:17 — Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and…
See all 38 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.