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Lexicon :: Strong's H335 - 'ay

Aa
אַי
Transliteration
'ay
Pronunciation
ah'ee
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Part of Speech
interrogative adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from אַיִן (H370)
Dictionary Aids

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

H335

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:9 - And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:9 - And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:37

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:37 - And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they put their faith?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:6 - Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:18 - Then Saul came up to Samuel in the doorway of the town and said, Give me directions, if you will be so good, to the house of the seer.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:11 - Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:16 - What you have done is not good. By the living Lord, death is the right fate for you, because you have not kept watch over your lord, the man on whom the Lord has put the holy oil. Now see, where is the king's spear, and the vessel of water which was by his head?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:13 - And David said to him, Whose man are you and where do you come from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master went on without me because three days back I became ill.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:3 - And David said to him, Where have you come from? And he said, I have come in flight from the tents of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:13 - And David said to the young man who had given him the news, Where do you come from? And he said, I am the son of a man from a strange land; I am an Amalekite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom got up early, morning after morning, and took his place at the side of the public meeting-place: and when any man had a cause which had to come to the king to be judged, then Absalom, crying out to him, said, What is your town? and he would say, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:12 - Then their father said to them, Which way did he go? Now his sons had seen which way the man of God who came from Judah had gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:24 - Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:8 - And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:13 - Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the town of Sepharvaim, of Hena and of Ivvah?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:23 - Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of his face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:5 - Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:2 - And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:7 - Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 - But where may wisdom be seen? and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 - From where then does wisdom come, and where is the resting-place of knowledge?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:10 - But no one has said, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:19 - Which is the way to the resting-place of the light, and where is the store-house of the dark;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:24 - Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:4 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to take wine, or for rulers to say, Where is strong drink?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I made a search with my heart to give pleasure to my flesh with wine, still guiding my heart with wisdom, and to go after foolish things, so that I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under the heavens all the days of their life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 - In the morning put your seed into the earth, and till the evening let not your hand be at rest; because you are not certain which will do well, this or that--or if the two will be equally good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:12 - Where, then, are your wise men? let them make clear to you, let them give you knowledge of the purpose of the Lord of armies for Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 50:1 - This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:1 - The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 - How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking their oaths by those who are no gods: when I had given them food in full measure, they were false to their wives, taking their pleasure in the houses of loose women.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:16 - This is what the Lord has said: Take your place looking out on the ways; make search for the old roads, saying, Where is the good way? and go in it that you may have rest for your souls. But they said, We will not go in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:19 - Where now are your prophets who said to you, The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - Then they said to him, Now make clear to us what is your work, and where you come from? what is your country, and who are your people?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:17 - Your crowned ones are like the locusts, and your scribes like the clouds of insects which take cover in the walls on a cold day, but when the sun comes up they go in flight, and are seen no longer in their place.
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