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Lexicon :: Strong's H370 - 'ayin

Aa
אַיִן
Transliteration
'ayin
Pronunciation
ah-yin'
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Part of Speech
interrogative adverb
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably identical with אִין (H369) in the sense of query (compare אִי (H336))
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 75f

Strong’s Definitions

אַיִן ʼayin, ah-yin'; probably identical with H369 in the sense of query (compare H336) where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence):—whence, where.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H370 in the following manner: whence (16x), where (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H370 in the following manner: whence (16x), where (1x).

  1. where?, whence?

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אַיִן ʼayin, ah-yin'; probably identical with H369 in the sense of query (compare H336) where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence):—whence, where.
STRONGS H370: Abbreviations
I. [אַ֫יִן] adverb (from אַי; Assyrian aina, ainu, Arabic أَيْنَ where? أَيْنَ هِنْ whence?) only in the compound מֵאַ֫יִן 17 whence? Genesis 29:4; Genesis 42:7 (synonym אֵי־מִזֶּה e.g. Genesis 16:8; 1 Samuel 30:13) Judges 17:9; Judges 19:17; Job 1:7 (Job 2:2 אֵי־מִזֶּה); used in a rhetorical or poetic style (where אֵי־מִזֶּה would be too prosaic) Numbers 11:13 מֵאַיִן לִי בָּשָׂר whence have I flesh etc. ? 2 Kings 6:27; Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great; מֵאַיִן כָּמוֺהוּ whence is its like ? (see also II. אַיִן near the end) Nahum 3:7; Psalm 121:1; Job 28:12, 20; in an indirect sentence Joshua 2:4 (compare אֵי־מִזֶּה 1 Samuel 25:11).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:8; 29:4; 42:7

Numbers

11:13

Joshua

2:4

Judges

17:9; 19:17

1 Samuel

25:11; 30:13

2 Kings

6:27

Job

1:7; 2:2; 28:12; 28:20

Psalms

121:1

Jeremiah

30:7

Nahum

3:7

H370

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H370 matches the Hebrew אַיִן ('ayin),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4 - Then Jacob said to the herdmen, My brothers, where do you come from? And they said, From Haran.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:13 - Where am I to get flesh to give to all this people? For they are weeping to me and saying, Give us flesh for our food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4 - And the woman took the two men and put them in a secret place; then she said, Yes, the men came to me, but I had no idea where they came from;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:8 - And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. Then Joshua said to them, Who are you and where do you come from?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:9 - And Micah said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I am a Levite from Beth-lehem-judah, and I am looking for a living-place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:27 - And he said, If the Lord does not give you help, where am I to get help for you? from the grain-floor or the grape-crusher?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:14 - Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, What did these men say and where did they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - 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 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 BoxPsa 121:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:1 - <A Song of the going up.> My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 39:3 - Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah, and said to him, What did these men say, and where did they come from? And Hezekiah said, They came from a far country, even from Babylon.

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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 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 - And it will come about that all who see you will go in flight from you and say, Nineveh is made waste: who will be weeping for her? where am I to get comforters for her?
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