אַיִן
ʼayin · ah-yin'
where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably identical with H369 (אַיִן) in the sense of query (compare H336 (אִי)lemma אי missing vowel, corrected to אִי)
where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: whence, where.
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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- whence4 · 24%
- unto him, whence2 · 12%
- and from whence2 · 12%
- unto them, whence1 · 6%
- not whence1 · 6%
- unto them, who are ye? and from whence1 · 6%
- thou? and whence1 · 6%
- thee, whence1 · 6%
- but where1 · 6%
- from whence1 · 6%
- and whence1 · 6%
- her? whence1 · 6%
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.