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Lexicon :: Strong's H335 - 'ay

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אַי
Transliteration
'ay
Pronunciation
ah'ee
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Part of Speech
interrogative adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from אַיִן (H370)
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TWOT Reference: 75

Strong’s Definitions

אַי ʼay, ah'ee; perhaps from H370; where? hence how?:—how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's H335 in the following manner: where, what, whence.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's H335 in the following manner: where, what, whence.
  1. where?, whence?

  2. which?, how? (in prefix with other adverb)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַי ʼay, ah'ee; perhaps from H370; where? hence how?:—how, what, whence, where, whether, which (way).
STRONGS H335: Abbreviations
[אַי] (أَىًّ, አይ፡ in Syriac in compounds as NfkyAf how ? WSG 120-2; compare Assyrian aiu, who? what?).
† 1. interrogative adverb where?
a. so with suffix אַיֶּ֫כָּה [a verbal form, see Sta§ 355 b. 3] Genesis 3:9; אַיּוֺ Exodus 2:20, poetry where is he? = he is nowhere Job 14:10; Job 20:7 (Jeremiah 37:19 read Qr אַיֵּה); אַיָּם Nahum 3:17 (in indirect question) and the place thereof is not known, אַיָּם where they are. Idiomatically, with the suffix anticipating the noun to which it refers (Ew§ 309 c, compare DrSm. i. 21, 14) 2 Kings 19:13 אַיּוֺ מֶלֶח־חֲמָת where is he, the king of Hamath? (|| Isaiah 37:13 אַיֵּה) Isaiah 19:12; Micah 7:10. When used alone, or with other adverbs (see below), it is contracted to אֵי Genesis 4:9; Deuteronomy 32:37; 1 Samuel 26:16; Proverbs 31:4 Qr. (The more usual form is אַיֵּה.)
b. strengthened by the enclitic זֶה (see זֶה, 4 אֵי־זֶה 15 where, then ? (never of a person, except Esther 7:5 (late), & only once 1 Kings 22:24 [but see 2 Chronicles 18:23] with a verb) Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 66:1 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 6:16, in indirect question 1 Samuel 9:18; in the phrase ⬩⬩⬩אֵי־זֶה הַדֶּרֶח where is the way (that)... ? † 1 Kings 13:12; 2 Kings 3:8; 2 Chronicles 18:23; Job 38:19a Job 38:24.
2. prefixed to other adverbs or pronouns, אֵי imparts to them an interrogative force: thus
a. אֵי־זֶה which (of two or more)? only Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 11:6 (late), in indirect question
b.אֵי־מִזֶּה whence ? (מִזֶּה = hence; see below זֶה) Genesis 16:8 אֵי־מִזֶּה בָאתְ 1 Samuel 30:13; 2 Samuel 1:3, 13; Job 2:2; in indirect question Judges 13:6; 1 Samuel 25:11; with substantive annexed 2 Samuel 15:2 אֵי־מִזֶּה עִיר אַתָּה literally whence, as regards city, art thou ? Jonah 1:8.
c.אֵי־לָזֹאת Jeremiah 5:7 upon what ground ? (Vulgate super quo? how? With other adverbs, אֵי coalesces into one word, see אֵיכָה, אֵיכָכָה, אֵיפֹה.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:9; 4:9; 16:8

Exodus

2:20

Deuteronomy

32:37

Judges

13:6

1 Samuel

9:18; 25:11; 26:16; 30:13

2 Samuel

1:3; 1:13; 15:2

1 Kings

13:12; 22:24

2 Kings

3:8; 19:13

2 Chronicles

18:23; 18:23

Esther

7:5

Job

2:2; 14:10; 20:7; 38:19; 38:24

Proverbs

31:4

Ecclesiastes

2:3; 11:6

Isaiah

19:12; 37:13; 50:1; 66:1

Jeremiah

5:7; 6:16; 37:19

Jonah

1:8

Micah

7:10

Nahum

3:17

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H335 matches the Hebrew אַי ('ay),
which occurs 38 times in 36 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:9 - And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? H335
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 - And the LORD said unto Cain, Where H335 is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence H335 camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:37 - And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:6 - Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:18 - Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where H335 the seer's house is.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11 - Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:3 - And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:13 - And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what H335 city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:12 - And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what H335 way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:24 - But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way H335 went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:8 - And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:13 - Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23 - Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which H335 way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5 - Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2 - And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence H335 comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7 - Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where H335 is he?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 - But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 - Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:10 - But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 - By what H335 way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for H335 princes strong drink:
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether H335 shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:12 - Where H335 are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:1 - Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:1 - Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 - How H335 shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:16 - Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:19 - Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17 - Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where H335 they are.
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