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Lexicon :: Strong's H370 - 'ayin

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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))
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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).
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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 Box Gen 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:4 - Jacob said to them, “My brothers, where do you come from?” They said, “We are from Haran.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:13 - Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me and say, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:4 - But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. And she said, “True, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 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 of Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to sojourn where I may find a place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city. And the old man said, “Where are you going? And where do you come from?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:27 - And he said, “If the LORD will not help you, how shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the winepress?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 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 from where did they come to you?” And Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, from Babylon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - The LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the LORD and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:12 - “But where shall wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:20 - “From where, then, does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:1 - A Song of Ascents.
I lift up my eyes to the hills.
From where does my help come?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 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 from where did they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “They have come to me from a far country, from Babylon.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 1:8 - Then they said to him, “Tell us on whose account this evil has come upon us. What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? And of what people are you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 3:7 - And all who look at you will shrink from you and say,
“Wasted is Nineveh; who will grieve for her?”
Where shall I seek comforters for you?
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