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Lexicon :: Strong's H383 - 'îṯay

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אִיתַי
Transliteration
'îṯay
Pronunciation
ee-thah'ee
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Part of Speech
substantive
Root Word (Etymology)
Corresponding to יֵשׁ (H3426)
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TWOT Reference: 2572

Strong’s Definitions

אִיתַי ʼîythay, ee-thah'ee; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3426; properly, entity; used only as a particle of affirmation, there is:—art thou, can, do ye, have, it be, there is (are), × we will not.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H383 in the following manner: to be (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H383 in the following manner: to be (17x).

  1. there is, there are

  2. particle denoting existence

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִיתַי ʼîythay, ee-thah'ee; (Aramaic) corresponding to H3426; properly, entity; used only as a particle of affirmation, there is:—art thou, can, do ye, have, it be, there is (are), × we will not.
STRONGS H383: Abbreviations

Biblical Aramaic

† אִיתַי (Baer אִתַי, except before suffix, see BaerDaniel 2:10) particle there is, are... (properly a substantive following by a genitive, see Biblical Hebrew H3426 יֵשׁ : Egyptian Aramaic איתי RÉS361, S-CPap., Nabataean איתי, Palmyrene אית, Targum Talmud אִית (Dalm§ 44, 4), Syriac ty-A, Samaritan VJA, Mandean אית, עית (NöM §§ 213. 272): see further Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁ); — אִיתַי Daniel 2:10, suffix אִיתָיךְ Daniel 2:26 Kt (Qr אִיתָךְ K§ 53, 2 b), אִית֫וֺהִי Daniel 2:11, איתינא Kt (i.e. probably אִיתַ֫יְנָא : Kl.c.), Qr אִיתָ֫נָא Daniel 3:18, אִיתֵיכוֺן Daniel 3:14; Daniel 3:15; — there is (are)..., absolute Daniel 2:28 אִיתַי אֱלָהּ בִּשְׁמַיָּא there is a God in heaven, Daniel 2:30 not by wisdom דִּי־אִיתַי בִּי that is in me, Daniel 3:12; Daniel 5:11; followed by participle or adjective Daniel 2:26 הַאִיתָיךְ כָּהֵל art thou able...? Daniel 3:15, 17; followed by דִּי, Ezra 5:17 הֵן אִיתַי דִּי if it is that. With negative לָא אִיתַי (so S-CD 10 +; Targum Syriac, Mandean לַיִת tylf, Zenjirli suffix לישה (Cooke184); compare below Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁ) Daniel 2:10... לָא אִיתַי אֱנָשׁ כִּי, Daniel 3:29; Daniel 4:32; after the subject Daniel 2:11a; Daniel 3:25 בְּהוֺן וַחֲבָל לָא א׳, Ezra 4:16; followed by participle or adjective Daniel 3:14, 18; with pleonastic suffix, Daniel 2:11 מְדָֽרְהוֺן עִס־בִּשְׂרָא לָא אִיתוֺהִי.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ezra

4:16; 5:17

Daniel

2:10; 2:10; 2:10; 2:11; 2:11; 2:11; 2:26; 2:26; 2:28; 2:30; 3:12; 3:14; 3:14; 3:15; 3:15; 3:17; 3:18; 3:18; 3:25; 3:29; 4:32; 5:11

H383

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Strong's Number H383 matches the Hebrew אִיתַי ('îṯay),
which occurs 19 times in 16 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 4:16 - We inform the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, the result will be that you will have no dominion beyond the River.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 5:17 - Now therefore, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the king’s treasure house, which is there in Babylon, whether it is so that a decree was issued by King Cyrus to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send us his pleasure concerning this matter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:10 - The Chaldeans answered the king, and said, “There is not a man on earth who can tell the king’s matter; therefore no king, lord, or ruler has ever asked such things of any magician, astrologer, or Chaldean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:11 - “It is a difficult thing that the king requests, and there is no other who can tell it to the king except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:26 - The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:28 - “But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 2:30 - “But as for me, this secret has not been revealed to me because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but for our sakes who make known the interpretation to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:12 - “There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego; these men, O king, have not paid due regard to you. They do not serve your gods or worship the gold image which you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:14 - Nebuchadnezzar spoke, saying to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the gold image which I have set up?

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:15 - “Now if you are ready at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, and psaltery, in symphony with all kinds of music, and you fall down and worship the image which I have made, good! But if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you from my hands?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:17 - “If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:18 - “But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:25 - “Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 3:29

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 3:29 - “Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language which speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made an ash heap; because there is no other God who can deliver like this.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 4:35 - All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing;
He does according to His will in the army of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth.
No one can restrain His hand
Or say to Him, “What have You done?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11 - “There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the Spirit of the Holy God. And in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers.
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