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אַיִן ayin
Hebrew word for “where?” · Strong’s H370 · used 17 times in 17 verses
Meaning
where?, whence?
How it is translated
Glosses given for ayin in context, with how often each is used:
- where? 15
- where 1
- whence? 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Kings | 3 | 0.2 | |
| Job | 3 | 0.4 | |
| Genesis | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Joshua | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Judges | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Numbers | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Psalms | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Jonah | 1 | 1.5 | |
| Nahum | 1 | 1.8 |
Chapters where it is used most
Job 28 (2), Genesis 29 (1), Genesis 42 (1), Numbers 11 (1), Joshua 2 (1), Joshua 9 (1), Judges 17 (1), Judges 19 (1), 2 Kings 5 (1), 2 Kings 6 (1)
Forms
- מאין 12
- ומאין 5
Words used with it
Words that share verses with ayin more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- אַי ay “where?” 3
- אָן an “where?” 2
- בִּינָה binah “understanding” 2
- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ yeshayah “Isaiah” 2
- מִי mi “who?” 3
- זֶה zeh “this” 4
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 4
- אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 3
- רָחֹק rachoq “distant” 2
- מָה mah “what?” 3
- אֲנַחְנוּ anachnu “we” 2
- חִזְקִיָּהוּ chizqiyyah “Hezekiah” 2
Key verses
The verses using ayin that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 29:4 — And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
- Genesis 42:7 — And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they…
- Joshua 2:4 — And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they
- 2 Kings 5:25 — But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
- 2 Kings 6:27 — And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
- 2 Kings 20:14 — Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come…
- Job 1:7 — And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in…
- Job 28:12 — But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
- Job 28:20 — Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
- Psalms 121:1 — [A Song of degrees.] I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
- Isaiah 39:3 — Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come…
- Nahum 3:7 — And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek…
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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.