Definition
as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
Traditional 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.
Traditional 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.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אַ֫יִן:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
788 total
- Song of Solomon 4:2אֵ֥ין · and not oneYour teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
- Song of Solomon 4:7אֵ֥ין · [there is] noYou are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
- Song of Solomon 6:6אֵ֥ין · and not oneYour teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
- Song of Solomon 6:8אֵ֥ין · withoutThere are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,
- Song of Solomon 8:8אֵ֣ין · are not yet grownWe have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
- Isaiah 1:6אֵֽין־ · [there is] noFrom the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness—only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
- Isaiah 1:15אֵינֶ֣נִּי · I will notWhen you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
- Isaiah 1:30אֵ֥ין · withoutFor you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.
- Isaiah 1:31וְאֵ֥ין · with no oneThe strong man will become tinder and his work will be a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the flames.
- Isaiah 2:7וְאֵ֥ין · with no; וְאֵ֥ין · with noTheir land is full of silver and gold, with no limit to their treasures; their land is full of horses, with no limit to their chariots.
- Isaiah 3:7אֵ֥ין · I have no; וְאֵ֣יןOn that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”
- Isaiah 5:9מֵאֵ֥יןI heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
- Isaiah 5:27אֵין־ · None; וְאֵין־ · [or]None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
- Isaiah 5:29וְאֵ֥ין · and no oneTheir roaring is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they carry it away, and no one can rescue it.
- Isaiah 6:11מֵאֵ֣ין · and without; מֵאֵ֣ין · are left unoccupiedThen I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
- Isaiah 8:20אֵֽין־ · they have noTo the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.
- Isaiah 9:7אֵֽין־ · [there will be] noOf the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
- Isaiah 13:14וְאֵ֣ין · withoutLike a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
- Isaiah 14:31וְאֵ֥ין · and there are noWail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
- Isaiah 17:2וְאֵ֥ין · with no oneThe cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.
- Isaiah 17:14אֵינֶ֑נּוּ · they are no moreIn the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.
- Isaiah 19:7וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ · and be no [more]The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.
- Isaiah 22:22וְאֵ֣ין · no; וְאֵ֥ין · noI will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.
- Isaiah 23:10אֵ֖ין · there is noCultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.
- Isaiah 27:4אֵ֣ין · I am notI am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.
- Isaiah 33:19אֵ֥ין · you cannotYou will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
- Isaiah 34:10אֵ֥ין · no oneIt will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
- Isaiah 34:12וְאֵֽין־ · NoNo nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.
- Isaiah 37:3אַ֖יִן · but there is no…to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
- Isaiah 40:16אֵ֥ין · [is] not; אֵ֥יןLebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
- Isaiah 40:17כְּאַ֣יִן · are as nothingAll the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
- Isaiah 40:23לְאָ֑יִן · to nothingHe brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.
- Isaiah 40:28אֵ֥ין · is beyondDo you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.
- Isaiah 40:29וּלְאֵ֥ין · of the weakHe gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
- Isaiah 41:11כְאַ֛יִן · reduced to nothingBehold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish.
- Isaiah 41:12כְאַ֛יִן · to nothingYou will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.
- Isaiah 41:17וָאַ֔יִן · but there is noneThe poor and needy seek water, but there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I, the LORD, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
- Isaiah 41:24מֵאַ֔יִן · are nothingBehold, you are nothing and your work is of no value. Anyone who chooses you is detestable.
- Isaiah 41:26אֵין־ · No; אֵ֣ין · no one; אֵין־ · noWho has declared this from the beginning, so that we may know, and from times past, so that we may say: ‘He was right’? No one announced it, no one foretold it, no one heard your words.
- Isaiah 41:28וְאֵ֣ין · there is no; וְאֵ֣ין · there is noWhen I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
- Isaiah 42:22וְאֵ֣ין · with noBut this is a people plundered and looted, all trapped in caves or imprisoned in dungeons. They have become plunder with no one to rescue them, and loot with no one to say, “Send them back!”