עַיִן
ʻayin · ah'-yin
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Lexicon
Derivation: probably a primitive word;
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- an eye (literally or figuratively)
- by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: 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).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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)
to see and know › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
To see and know of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עַיִן 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
887 occurrences · 887 OT · 0 NT · 334 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- in the sight118 · 27%
- mine eyes35 · 8%
- his eyes32 · 7%
- in thy sight27 · 6%
- thine eyes25 · 6%
- in the eyes22 · 5%
- the eyes18 · 4%
- in my sight16 · 4%
- their eyes13 · 3%
- in thine eyes12 · 3%
- mine eye12 · 3%
- in their sight11 · 2%
- eye11 · 2%
- eyes11 · 2%
- in his sight10 · 2%
- pleased10 · 2%
- and his eyes9 · 2%
- before their eyes9 · 2%
- before7 · 2%
- in his own eyes7 · 2%
- in your eyes7 · 2%
- and thine eyes6 · 1%
- the eye6 · 1%
- your eyes6 · 1%
- and the eyes5 · 1%
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.