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Lexicon :: Strong's H5869 - ʿayin

Aa
עַיִן
Transliteration
ʿayin
Pronunciation
ah'-yin
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Part of Speech
masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably a primitive word
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1612a,1613

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: עין.

Strong’s Definitions

עַיִן ʻayin, ah'-yin; probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape):—affliction, outward appearance, before, think best, colour, conceit, be content, countenance, displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), × him, humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), × me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, regard, resemblance, sight, × thee, × them, + think, × us, well, × you(-rselves).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 887x

The KJV translates Strong's H5869 in the following manner: eye (495x), sight (216x), seem (19x), colour (12x), fountain (11x), well (11x), face (10x), pleased (with H3190) (10x), presence (8x), displeased (with H3415) (8x), before (8x), pleased (with H3474) (4x), conceit (4x), think (4x), miscellaneous (66x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 887x
The KJV translates Strong's H5869 in the following manner: eye (495x), sight (216x), seem (19x), colour (12x), fountain (11x), well (11x), face (10x), pleased (with H3190) (10x), presence (8x), displeased (with H3415) (8x), before (8x), pleased (with H3474) (4x), conceit (4x), think (4x), miscellaneous (66x).
  1. eye

    1. eye

      1. of physical eye

      2. as showing mental qualities

      3. of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

  2. spring, fountain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַיִן ʻayin, ah'-yin; probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape):—affliction, outward appearance, before, think best, colour, conceit, be content, countenance, displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), × him, humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), × me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, regard, resemblance, sight, × thee, × them, + think, × us, well, × you(-rselves).
STRONGS H5869: Abbreviations
I. עַ֫יִן 859 noun feminineGenesis 3:7 and (Zechariah 3:9; 4:10 AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 75) masculine eye (ancient Semitic word; √ and relation to II. ע׳ unknown; Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ען; Targum עֵינָא, עַיְינָא Palmyrene עינא Zinjirli suffix עיני, עינך Syriac bdb074404; Assyrian ênu, enu, Tel Amarna suffix inaya and (apparently Canaanite gloss ḫinaya; Arabic bdb074406; Ethiopic bdb074407); — absolute ע׳ Exodus 21:4 +, construct עֵין Exodus 21:26 +; suffix עֵינִי Genesis 44:21 + (2 Samuel 16:12 read עָנְיִי Vrss Comm.), עֵינְךָ Deuteronomy 7:16 +, עֵינֵנוּ Psalm 35:21 (2 Samuel 20:6 see נצל Hiph.); suffix 3rd person masculine plural עֵינָם Isaiah 13:18 (Zechariah 5:6 read עֲוֺנָם Greek Version of the LXX We Gr Now), עֵינֵמוֺ Psalm 73:7 (but read עֲוֺנָמוֺ see Commentaries); usually dual עֵינַיִם Genesis 20:16 +, עֵינָ֑יִם Isaiah 3:16 +, especially construct עֵינֵי Genesis 3:7 +, עֵנֵי Isaiah 3:8; suffix עֵינַי Genesis 31:10 +, עֵינֶיךָ Judges 6:17 +, etc. (Hosea 10:10 read עֲוֺנֹתָם compare Greek Version of the LXX Vulgate Che We Gr Now); — eye:
1. literally as physical organ,
a. of man Exodus 21:6 (3 times in verse) (E), Genesis 3:6 (J) +, Leviticus 21:20; Leviticus 24:20 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:16 (H; very rarely P, e.g. Deuteronomy 34:4, 7), 2 Kings 4:34 (twice in verse) +; once שְׁתֵּי עֵינַי Judges 16:28.
b. anthropomorph. of י׳ Psalm 33:18; Psalm 34:16 +.
c. of idols Psalm 115:5; Psalm 135:16.
d. of beasts Genesis 30:41 (J), Job 40:24 (hippop., si vera lectio, but probably corrupt Di Siegf Bu Du where see conjectures), Job 41:10 (crocodile); bird Job 28:7; Job 39:29; Proverbs 1:17.
†e. in wheels Ezekiel 1:18; compare Ezekiel 10:12; on stone Zechariah 3:9 (all in visions).
f. subject of ראה see Genesis 45:12 (twice in verse) (E), + (often Deuteronomy), with חזה Psalm 11:4; men see בְּע׳ Deuteronomy 3:27; 2 Kings 7:12 +; especially נָשָׂא ע׳ + ראה Genesis 13:10; Genesis 10:14 (J) +; compare לְכָלמַֿרְאֵה עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן Leviticus 13:12 = as far as the priest can see, מַרְאֵה ע׳ Deuteronomy 28:34 what is seen by the eyes = Deuteronomy 28:67; Ecclesiastes 6:9.
g. as affected by sleep, see שֵׁנָה below [יָשֵׁן].
h. as weeping, מְקוֺר דִּמְעָה ע׳ Jeremiah 8:23, נִגְּרָה ע׳ Lamentations 3:49, דָּֽלְפָה ע׳ Job 16:20; see also Jeremiah 31:16; Psalm 116:8, and ירד Qal 3 c.
i. as growing dim, see I. כָּהָה, חָשַׁךְ 3; with כָּבֵד Genesis 48:10 (E), קוּם 1 Samuel 4:15; 1 Kings 14:4, שָׁעַע Isaiah 32:3; Isaiah 6:10 (Hiph.); with כָּלָה pine, languish, see כ׳ Qal 2 b, Pi. 2 b, with דָּאַב Psalm 88:10, עָשַׁשׁ Psalm 6:8; Psalm 31:10, דָּלַל Isaiah 38:14.
j. with פָּקַח open, after sleep Job 27:19, sleep of death 2 Kings 4:35; = keep awake Proverbs 20:13 (opposed to שֵׁנָה); of new power of vision Genesis 3:5, 7 (J), given by God Genesis 21:19 (E), 2 Kings 6:17 (twice in verse); so (with וַיְגַל) Numbers 22:31 (JE); = give sight to blind 2 Kings 6:20 (twice in verse); Isaiah 35:5; Isaiah 42:7; Psalm 146:8; of God (י׳) opening his eyes, ע׳ פָּקַח 2 Kings 19:16 = Isaiah 37:17; Daniel 9:18, + עַלֿ Jeremiah 32:19; Zechariah 12:4; Job 14:3; with פָּתַח, + אֶל־ 1 Kings 8:29 2 Chronicles 6:20; 1 Kings 8:52; Nehemiah 1:6, + ל Nehemiah 1:40; Nehemiah 7:15; + infinitive Nehemiah 1:6. — Numbers 24:3, 15 see שׁתם
k. אוֺר ע׳ etc., = revive, see אור verb Qal, Hiph.; noun, 10.
†l. קָרַץ ע׳ = wink Psalm 35:19; Proverbs 10:10, בְּע׳ ק׳ Proverbs 6:13.
†m. יִרְזְמוּן ע׳ Job 15:12 i.e. roll (in anger).
n. ל׳ לָטַשׁ ע׳ Job 16:9 whet eyes against = 'look daggers at.'
o. put out eye, see עִוֵּר, נקר
p. as feature of beauty, יְפֵה ע׳ Deuteronomy 16:12; compare Songs 4:9; Songs 7:5, יוֺנִים ע׳ Songs 1:15; Songs 4:1; and Songs 5:12 (כְּיוֺנִים); on other hand, לֵאָה רַכּוֺת ע׳ Genesis 29:17 (E); ע׳ בַּפּוּךְ וַתָּשֶׂם2 Kings 9:30 (see פּוּךְ), compare Jeremiah 4:30, כָּחַל ע׳ Ezekiel 23:40 paint the eyes†.
q. apple of the eye, see אִישׁוֺן, [בָּבָה], בַּת 6.
r. גַּבֹּת ע׳ Leviticus 14:9 eyebrows.
s. חַכְלִילִי ע׳ מִָיּ֑יִן Genesis 49:12, חַכְלִילוּת ע׳ Proverbs 23:29 (see ח׳); מְאוֺר ע׳ Proverbs 15:30, see Toy.
2.
a. eyes as shewing mental qualities: arrogance גַבְהוּת ע׳ Isaiah 2:11, גְבֹהִים ע׳ Isaiah 5:15, גְּבַהּעֿ׳ Psalm 101:5, תִּפְאֶרֶת רוּם ע׳ Isaiah 10:12; with רוּם also Psalm 18:28 (so read also || 2 Samuel 22:28 Hup HPS), Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 6:17; Proverbs 21:4; humility, שַׁח ע׳ Job 22:29; mockery, תִּלְעַג לְ ע׳ Proverbs 30:17; compare בְּ רָעָה ע׳ Deuteronomy 15:9 (grudging), Deuteronomy 28:54, 56 (id.); especially (עַל) אַלתָּֿחֹס ע׳ not have pity on Deuteronomy 7:16 + 4 times Deuteronomy; Ezekiel 5:11 + 8 times Ezekiel; Isaiah 13:18, also Genesis 45:20 (E; = not regret); compare נֹחַם יִסָּתֵר מֵע׳ Hosea 13:14.
b. מַחְמַד ע׳ Ezekiel 24:16 desire of the eyes, so Ezekiel 24:21; Ezekiel 24:25; שִׁקּוּצֵי ע׳ Ezekiel 20:7 abominations of the eyes, so Ezekiel 20:8. — Psalm 73:7 see חֵלֶב.
3. Figurative of mental and spiritual faculties, acts and states:
a. ע׳ תִּפָּקַחְנָה Genesis 3:5, 7 (J) Isaiah 42:7, גְּלּוּי ע׳ Numbers 24:4, 16 (JE); also טַח מֵרְאוֺת ע׳ Isaiah 44:18; אֶליֿ׳ ע׳ Psalm 123:2 (see Psalm 123:2; Psalm 123:2 for origin of figurative), +; of י׳, Psalm 33:18 (i.e. his favour) Psalm 34:16 (id.) +.
b. הַזִּנוֺת ע׳ Ezekiel 6:9; תִּשְׂבַּע ע׳ Ecclesiastes 1:8; Ecclesiastes 4:8; שָֽׁאֲלוּ ע׳ Ecclesiastes 2:10; לְֹנכַח יַבִּיטוּ ע׳ Proverbs 4:25; טוֺבעֿ׳ Proverbs 22:9 = bountiful, רַע עָ֑יִן Proverbs 23:6 = niggardly one, so Proverbs 28:22; eye as avenue of temptation Job 31:1, 7; שִׁית ע׳ Psalm 17:11
c. especially בְּעֵינֵי, with adjective and intransitive verbs, in the view, opinion, of Genesis 16:4, 5 (J), Genesis 21:11, 12 (E), Genesis 34:18 (P), + often; with active verb 2 Samuel 10:3 = 1 Chronicles 19:3; Esther 1:17; Esther 3:6; הַטּוֺב בְּע׳ Genesis 16:6; Genesis 19:14 (J), +, i.e. what one pleases, Numbers 36:6 (P) whom they please; הַיָּשָׁר בְּע׳ Deuteronomy 12:8, 25 +, הַטּוֺב וְהַיָּשָׁר בְּע׳ Deuteronomy 12:28; Joshua 9:25 (D), הָרַע בְּע׳ Judges 2:11; Judges 3:7; Deuteronomy 4:25 + especially D and K (RD); so לְנֶגֶד עיניו 2 Samuel 22:25 = Psalm 18:25; אַחֲרֵי עֵינֵיכֶם Numbers 15:39 = according to your wish, fancy (+ לְבַבְכֶם).
d. נֶעְלָם מֵע׳ Leviticus 4:13 i.e. hid from knowledge of, so Numbers 5:13 (both P), Job 28:21; מֵע׳ Numbers 15:24 (P) without the knowledge of; מִן אַעְלִים ע׳ Isaiah 1:15 = disregard, pay no attention; compare Leviticus 20:4 (H) Ezekiel 22:26; without מִן, absolute, Proverbs 28:27; נִסְתְּרוּ מֵע׳ Isaiah 65:16, וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵע׳ Job 3:10; בּוֺ אַעְלִים ע׳ (i.e. בַּכֹּפֶר) 1 Samuel 12:3 (נעלים sandals + ענו בי Greek Version of the LXX Th We Kit, compare Ecclusxlvi. 19; Bu HPS insert ענו בי); הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר ע׳ Deuteronomy 16:19, compare כְּסוּת ע׳ Genesis 20:16 (E).
4. Transferred meanings:
a. visible surface of earth Exodus 10:5, 15 (J) Numbers 22:5, 11 (JE).
b. appearance Leviticus 13:5 (P; reading בְּעֵינוֺ Di Kau Dr-Wh), Leviticus 13:37 (P; reading id.), Leviticus 13:55 (P) Numbers 11:7 (twice in verse) (JE); so apparently dual 1 Samuel 16:7.
c. gleam, sparkle (of metal, jewels, etc.) Ezekiel 1:4, 7, 16, 22, 27; Ezekiel 8:2; Ezekiel 10:9; Daniel 10:6; of wine Proverbs 23:31.
5. Other phrases are: תַּחַת ע׳ ע׳ Exodus 21:24 (E) = Leviticus 24:20 (H), = בְּע׳ ע׳ Deuteronomy 19:21, all = an eye for an eye; בְּע׳ ע׳ = eye to eye, Numbers 14:14 (P) Isaiah 52:8 (figurative), compare תִּרְאֶינָה אֶתעֿ׳ וְע׳ Jeremiah 32:4; Jeremiah 34:3; especially לְעֵינֵי in the presence of, in full view of Genesis 42:24 (E) Genesis 47:19 (J) Exodus 4:30 (J) Numbers 19:5 (P), + oft; of business transaction Jeremiah 32:12 (twice in verse); Genesis 23:11, 18 (P); so נֶגֶד ע׳ Joel 1:16, לְנֶגֶד ע׳ Job 4:16, and even בְּע׳ 1 Samuel 21:14; Ezra 3:12; נִגְרַזְתּי מִנֶּגֶד ע׳ Psalm 31:23; בֵּין ע׳ = on the forehead Exodus 13:9, 16 (JE) Deuteronomy 6:8; Deuteronomy 11:18; Deuteronomy 14:1; Daniel 8:5, 21.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5870.

† II. עַ֫יִן noun feminine spring (of water) (connection with I. ע׳ dubious; Late Hebrew id., Phoenician ען; Assyrian ênu, înu; Arabic bdb074501; Ethiopic bdb074502; Palmyrene עינא, Targum עֵינָא, עַיְינָא; Syriac bdb074503); — absolute ע׳ 1 Samuel 29:1 +, עָ֑יִן Genesis 49:22 +, הָעַ֫יְנָה Genesis 24:16, 45; construct עֵין Genesis 24:13 +; plural עֲיָנֹת Deuteronomy 8:7, ־וֹת 2 Chronicles 32:3; construct עֵינוֺת Exodus 15:27 = Numbers 33:9, עִינוֺת Proverbs 8:28 (Ges§ 93 v); — spring Genesis 16:7; Genesis 24:16, 29, 30, 42, 45 (all J) Genesis 49:22 (poem in J), 1 Samuel 29:1; עֵין חַמַּיִם Genesis 16:7; Genesis 24:13, 43 (J), compare Exodus 15:27 (J) Numbers 33:9 (P); נַחֲלֵי מַיִם ע׳ וּתְחֹמֹת Deuteronomy 8:7; מֵימֵי הָעֲיָנוֺת 2 Chronicles 32:3; תְּהוֺם ְ׳ Proverbs 8:28 (i.e. of the sea); figurative עֵין יַעֲקֹב Deuteronomy 33:28 (poem), i.e. Jacob's descendants. Particular springs are:
a. חֲרֹד ע׳ [H5878 Judges 7:1] (on location compare GFM).
b. הַקּוֺרֵא ע׳ (partridge-spring) [H5875 Judges 15:19] (compare id.).
c. רֹגֵּל ע׳ near Jerusalem (early sanctuary RSSem i. 157, 2nd ed. 172)
[H5883 2 Samuel 17:17 compare 1 Kings 1:9, on border of Judah Joshua 15:7, and Benjamin Joshua 18:16].
d. הַתַּנִּין ע׳ (dragon-spring) [H5886 Nehemiah 2:13] (= c ? so RSl.c.).—
On שַׁעַר הָעַיִן Nehemiah 2:14; Nehemiah 3:15; Nehemiah 12:37 see H8179 שַׁעַר
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Genesis

3:5; 3:5; 3:6; 3:7; 3:7; 3:7; 3:7; 10:14; 13:10; 16:4; 16:5; 16:6; 16:7; 16:7; 19:14; 20:16; 20:16; 21:11; 21:12; 21:19; 23:11; 23:18; 24:13; 24:13; 24:16; 24:16; 24:29; 24:30; 24:42; 24:43; 24:45; 24:45; 29:17; 30:41; 31:10; 34:18; 42:24; 44:21; 45:12; 45:20; 47:19; 48:10; 49:12; 49:22; 49:22

Exodus

4:30; 10:5; 10:15; 13:9; 13:16; 15:27; 15:27; 21:4; 21:6; 21:24; 21:26

Leviticus

4:13; 13:5; 13:12; 13:37; 13:55; 14:9; 20:4; 21:20; 24:20; 24:20; 26:16

Numbers

5:13; 11:7; 14:14; 15:24; 15:39; 19:5; 22:5; 22:11; 22:31; 24:3; 24:4; 24:15; 24:16; 33:9; 33:9; 36:6

Deuteronomy

3:27; 4:25; 6:8; 7:16; 7:16; 8:7; 8:7; 11:18; 12:8; 12:25; 12:28; 14:1; 15:9; 16:12; 16:19; 19:21; 28:34; 28:54; 28:56; 28:67; 33:28; 34:4; 34:7

Joshua

9:25

Judges

2:11; 3:7; 6:17; 16:28

1 Samuel

4:15; 12:3; 16:7; 21:14; 29:1; 29:1

2 Samuel

10:3; 16:12; 20:6; 22:25; 22:28

1 Kings

8:29; 8:52; 14:4

2 Kings

4:34; 4:35; 6:17; 6:20; 7:12; 9:30; 19:16

1 Chronicles

19:3

2 Chronicles

6:20; 32:3; 32:3

Ezra

3:12

Nehemiah

1:6; 1:6; 2:14; 3:15; 7:15; 12:37

Esther

1:17; 3:6

Job

3:10; 4:16; 14:3; 15:12; 16:9; 16:20; 22:29; 27:19; 28:7; 28:21; 31:1; 31:7; 39:29; 40:24; 41:10

Psalms

6:8; 11:4; 17:11; 18:25; 18:28; 31:10; 31:23; 33:18; 33:18; 34:16; 34:16; 35:19; 35:21; 73:7; 73:7; 88:10; 101:5; 115:5; 116:8; 123:2; 123:2; 123:2; 131:1; 135:16; 146:8

Proverbs

1:17; 4:25; 6:13; 6:17; 8:28; 8:28; 10:10; 15:30; 20:13; 21:4; 22:9; 23:6; 23:29; 23:31; 28:22; 28:27; 30:17

Ecclesiastes

1:8; 2:10; 4:8; 6:9

Song of Songs

1:15; 4:1; 4:9; 5:12; 7:5

Isaiah

1:15; 2:11; 3:8; 3:16; 5:15; 6:10; 10:12; 13:18; 13:18; 32:3; 35:5; 37:17; 38:14; 42:7; 42:7; 44:18; 52:8; 65:16

Jeremiah

4:30; 31:16; 32:4; 32:12; 32:19; 34:3

Lamentations

3:49

Ezekiel

1:4; 1:7; 1:16; 1:18; 1:22; 1:27; 5:11; 6:9; 8:2; 10:9; 10:12; 20:7; 20:8; 22:26; 23:40; 24:16; 24:21; 24:25

Daniel

8:5; 8:21; 9:18; 10:6

Hosea

10:10; 13:14

Joel

1:16

Zechariah

3:9; 3:9; 4:10; 5:6; 12:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5869 matches the Hebrew עַיִן (ʿayin),
which occurs 897 times in 828 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 17 (Deu 29:2–1Sa 6:13)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:2 -

[fn]And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, “You have seen all that Yahweh did before your eyes H5869 in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and all his servants and all his land;

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:3 - the great trials which your eyes H5869 have seen, those great signs and wonders.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:4 - “Yet to this day Yahweh has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes H5869 to see, nor ears to hear.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:7 -

Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight H5869 of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which Yahweh has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:29 - “For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn away from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the last days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight H5869 of Yahweh, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:10 -

“He found him in a desert land,

And in the howling waste of a wilderness;

He encircled him; He cared for him;

He guarded him as the pupil of His eye H5869.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:28 -

“So Israel dwells in security,

The fountain H5869 of Jacob secluded,

In a land of grain and new wine;

His heavens also drop down dew.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:4 - Then Yahweh said to him, “This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your seed’; I have let you see it with your eyes H5869, but you shall not go over there.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:7 - Now Moses was 120 years old when he died; his eye H5869 was not dim, nor his vigor abated.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:12 - and [fn]in regard to all the mighty [fn]power and [fn]in regard to all the great terror which Moses did in the sight H5869 of all Israel.
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Then Yahweh said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to magnify you in the sight H5869 of all Israel, that they may know that just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:14 -

On that day, Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight H5869 of all Israel, so that they [fn]feared him, just as they had [fn]feared Moses all the days of his life.

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Now it happened when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes H5869 and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:25 - “So now, behold, we are in your hands; do as it seems good and right in your sight H5869 to do to us.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:12 -

Then Joshua spoke to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh gave over the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight H5869 of Israel,

“O sun, stand still at Gibeon,

And O moon in the valley of Aijalon.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:30 -

So Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel who were with him, heard the words which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spoke. And it was good in their sight H5869.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:33 - And the word was good in the sight H5869 of the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed God; and they did not speak of going up against them in war to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:13 - know with certainty that Yahweh your God will not continue to dispossess these nations from before you; but they will be a snare and a trap to you and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes H5869, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:7 - ‘Then they cried out to Yahweh; He put darkness between you and the Egyptians and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes H5869 saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness for many days.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - “If it is evil in your sight H5869 to serve Yahweh, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:17 - for Yahweh our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery, and who did these great signs in our sight H5869 and kept us through all the way in which we went and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:11 -

Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the eyes H5869 of Yahweh and [fn]served the Baals,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7 -

Thus the sons of Israel did what was evil in the eyes H5869 of Yahweh and forgot Yahweh their God and served the Baals and the [fn]Asheroth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:12 -

Then the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes H5869 of Yahweh. So Yahweh strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel because they had done what was evil in the eyes H5869 of Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:1 -

Then the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes H5869 of Yahweh. Now Ehud had died.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:1 -

Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the eyes H5869 of Yahweh; and Yahweh gave them into the hands of Midian seven years.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:17 - So [fn]Gideon said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your eyes H5869, then do a sign for me that it is You who speak with me.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:21 - Then the angel of Yahweh put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of Yahweh went away from before his eyes H5869.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 -

Then the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes H5869 of Yahweh and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook Yahweh and did not serve Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:15 - Then the sons of Israel said to Yahweh, “We have sinned, so You, do to us whatever seems good in Your eyes H5869; only please deliver us this day.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:1 -

Then the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes H5869 of Yahweh, so that Yahweh gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:3 - But his father and his mother said to him, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your [fn]relatives, or among all [fn]our people, that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Take her for me, for she is right in my eyes H5869.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:7 - So he went down and spoke to the woman; and she was right in the eyes H5869 of Samson.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:21 - Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes H5869; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:28 -

Then Samson called to Yahweh and said, “O Lord Yahweh, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes H5869.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:6 - In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes H5869.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:17 - And he lifted up his eyes H5869 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?”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:24 - “Behold, my daughter who is a virgin, and his concubine—please let me bring them out that you may violate them and do to them whatever is good in your eyes H5869. But do not commit such a disgraceful act against this man.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:25 -

In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes H5869.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:2 - And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after one whom I may find favor in his eyes H5869.” And she said to her, “Go, my daughter.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:9 - “Let your eyes H5869 be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have commanded the young men not to touch you. And if you are thirsty, go to the [fn]water jars and drink from what the young men draw.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:10 - Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground and said to him, “Why have I found favor in your sight H5869 that you should take notice of me, though I am a foreigner?”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - Then she said, “May I find favor in your eyes H5869, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken to the heart of your servant-woman, though I am not like one of your servant-women.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - And she said, “Let your servant-woman find favor in your sight H5869.” So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:23 - And Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what is good in your eyes H5869. Remain until you have weaned him; only may Yahweh establish His word.” So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:33 - ‘Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar [fn]so that your eyes H5869 will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the increase of your house will be put to death [fn]in the prime of life.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:2 -

And it happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight H5869 had begun to fade, and he could not see well),

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 3:18 - So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “It is Yahweh; let Him do what seems good in His eyes H5869.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:15 - Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes H5869 had set so that he could not see.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:13 -

Now the people of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they raised their eyes H5869 and saw the ark and were glad to see it.


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