אַיִן
ʼayin · ah'-yin
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
Lexicon
Derivation: as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist;
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- a non-entity
- generally, used as a negative particle
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
Strength, the leader of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אַיִן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
789 occurrences · 789 OT · 0 NT · 124 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and there was not1 · 4%
- or else1 · 4%
- for it was without1 · 4%
- except1 · 4%
- in the which there shall neither1 · 4%
- unto him, is there never1 · 4%
- that they were no where1 · 4%
- us. but there was no1 · 4%
- here and there, he was gone1 · 4%
- in abundance1 · 4%
- for themselves, more than1 · 4%
- with an incurable1 · 4%
- and unsearchable1 · 4%
- shall come to nought1 · 4%
- past1 · 4%
- also is gone1 · 4%
- had well nigh1 · 4%
- nothing1 · 4%
- is not1 · 4%
- behold, ye are of nothing1 · 4%
- faileth1 · 4%
- there is none1 · 4%
- till there be no1 · 4%
- so that1 · 4%
- and are innumerable1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.