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H5869 עַיִן (ʻayin) ah'-yin
Hebrew
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Biblical Persons & Places

Fountain_Gate Fountain Gate= in Jerusalem (Jerusalem@Gen.14.18-Rev=H3389)
A location in Jerusalem first mentioned at Neh.2.14; only referred to as Fountain Gate (עַ֫יִן).

Strong's Definition

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

Derivation: probably a primitive word;

KJV Usage: affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).

TWOT Reference: 1612a,1613

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) eye
1a) eye
1a1) of physical eye
1a2) as showing mental qualities
1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)
2) spring, fountain

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עַיִן ‛ayin BDB Definition: 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (figuratively) 2) spring, fountain Part of Speech: noun feminine or masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably a primitive word Same Word by TWOT Number: 1612a, 1613 Total KJV Occurrences: 879

Bible Occurrences (820)

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