עַיִן ayin

Hebrew word for “eye” · Strong’s H5869 · used 887 times in 827 verses

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Meaning

: eye; 1) eye; 1a) eye; 1a1) of physical eye; 1a2) as showing mental qualities; 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

Senses in the lexicon

• eye (467)
• eye: seeing (210)
• eye: appearance (156)
• eye: before(the eyes) (31)
• spring (17)
• Fountain (Gate) (3)
• eye: sin (2)
• Fountain of (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for ayin in context, with how often each is used:

• eyes 579
• view 141
• eye 97
• own eyes 32
• spring 14
• like the appearance 9
• springs 5
• like the eyes 2
• appearance 2
• spring towards 2
• ¿ the eyes 1
• ¿ do eyes 1

Where it is used

Also in 25 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 24 (9), Ezekiel 20 (8), Deuteronomy 28 (7), Ezekiel 12 (7), Numbers 24 (6), Deuteronomy 4 (6), 2 Kings 15 (6), Psalms 119 (6), Proverbs 23 (6), Ezekiel 1 (6)

Forms

• בעיני 166
• עיני 103
• בעיניך 67
• עיניך 62
• לעיני 58
• עיניו 51
• בעיניו 51
• עין 39
• עינים 27
• לעיניהם 24

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ayin more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רָאָה raah “to see” 174
• רַע ra “bad” 92
• חֵן chen “favor” 47
• טוֹב tov “pleasant” 60
• נָשָׂא nasa “to lift” 63
• יָשָׁר yashar “upright” 43
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 60
• מָצָא matsa “to find” 49
• זֶה zeh “this” 60
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 63
• דָּבָר davar “word” 62
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 57

Key verses

The verses using ayin that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 4:9 — Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the…
• 1 Samuel 16:7 — But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth not as man seeth;…
• 2 Chronicles 16:9 — For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou…
• Ecclesiastes 11:9 — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes:…
• Isaiah 1:15 — And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Isaiah 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
• Isaiah 2:11 — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isaiah 6:5 — Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the…
• Isaiah 37:23 — Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
• Jeremiah 5:3 — O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive…
• Jeremiah 27:5 — I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet…
• Zechariah 2:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

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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.