אַ֫יִן

a.yinnothingHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNegative788 occurrences38 books686 verses

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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אַ֫יִן:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

788 total
  1. Jeremiah 31:15אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ס · they are no more
    This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
  2. Jeremiah 32:33וְאֵינָ֥ם · they would not
    They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them again and again, they would not listen or respond to discipline.
  3. Jeremiah 32:43מֵאֵ֤ין · without
    And fields will be bought in this land about which you are saying, ‘It is a desolation, without man or beast; it has been delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans.’
  4. Jeremiah 33:10מֵאֵ֥ין · without; וּמֵאֵ֣ין · [or]; מֵאֵ֥ין; וּמֵאֵ֥ין · by neither; וּמֵאֵ֥ין · nor
    This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted—inhabited by neither man nor beast—there will be heard again
  5. Jeremiah 33:12מֵֽאֵין־ · without
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.
  6. Jeremiah 34:22מֵאֵ֥ין · without
    Behold, I am going to give the command, declares the LORD, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
  7. Jeremiah 37:14אֵינֶ֤נִּי · I am not
    “That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
  8. Jeremiah 38:4אֵינֶ֨נּוּ · is not
    Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
  9. Jeremiah 38:5אֵ֣ין · can do nothing
    “Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
  10. Jeremiah 38:6אֵֽין־ · which had no
    So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
  11. Jeremiah 38:9אֵ֥ין · there is no
    “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
  12. Jeremiah 39:10אֵין־ · had no property
    But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.
  13. Jeremiah 44:2וְאֵ֥ין · desolation
    “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation
  14. Jeremiah 44:16אֵינֶ֥נּוּ · we will not
    “As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
  15. Jeremiah 44:22מֵאֵ֥ין · without
    So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
  16. Jeremiah 46:11אֵ֥ין · there is no
    Go up to Gilead for balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain you try many remedies, but for you there is no healing.
  17. Jeremiah 46:19מֵאֵ֥ין
    Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.
  18. Jeremiah 46:23וְאֵ֥ין · they cannot
    They will chop down her forest, declares the LORD, dense though it may be, for they are more numerous than locusts; they cannot be counted.
  19. Jeremiah 46:27וְאֵ֥ין · with no one
    But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
  20. Jeremiah 48:2אֵ֣ין · There is no
    There is no longer praise for Moab; in Heshbon they devise evil against her: ‘Come, let us cut her off from nationhood.’ You too, O people of Madmen, will be silenced; the sword will pursue you.
  21. Jeremiah 48:9מֵאֵ֥ין · with no one
    Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
  22. Jeremiah 48:38אֵֽין־
    On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
  23. Jeremiah 49:1אֵין֙ · no; אֵ֣ין · Is he without
    Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
  24. Jeremiah 49:5וְאֵ֥ין · with no one
    Behold, I am about to bring terror upon you, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, from all those around you. You will each be driven headlong, with no one to regather the fugitives.
  25. Jeremiah 49:7הַאֵ֥ין · Is there no
    Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
  26. Jeremiah 49:10וְאֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ · and he will be no more
    But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.
  27. Jeremiah 49:12אֵ֨ין · do not
    For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.
  28. Jeremiah 50:20וְאֵינֶ֔נּוּ · but there will be none
    In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, a search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for Judah’s sins, but they will not be found; for I will forgive the remnant I preserve.
  29. Jeremiah 50:32וְאֵ֥ין · with no
    The arrogant one will stumble and fall with no one to pick him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities to consume all those around him.”
  30. Jeremiah 51:29מֵאֵ֥ין · without
    The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
  31. Jeremiah 51:37מֵאֵ֥ין · without
    Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
  32. Lamentations 1:2אֵֽין־ · there is no one
    She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
  33. Lamentations 1:7וְאֵ֤ין · she received no
    In the days of her affliction and wandering Jerusalem remembers all the treasures that were hers in days of old. When her people fell into enemy hands she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.
  34. Lamentations 1:9אֵ֥ין · there was no one
    Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
  35. Lamentations 1:17אֵ֤ין · but there is no
    Zion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
  36. Lamentations 1:21אֵ֤ין · but there is no
    People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.
  37. Lamentations 2:9אֵ֣ין · is no more
    Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, the law is no more, and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD.
  38. Lamentations 3:49מֵאֵ֥ין · without
    My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,
  39. Lamentations 4:4אֵ֥ין · but no
    The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
  40. Lamentations 5:3אֵין · fatherless
    We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.
  41. Lamentations 5:7אֵינָם · [and are] no more
    Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.
  42. Lamentations 5:8אֵ֥ין · [there is] no one
    Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.
  43. Ezekiel 3:7אֵינָ֥ם
    But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.
  44. Ezekiel 7:14וְאֵ֥ין · but no
    They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one goes to war, for My wrath is upon the whole multitude.
  45. Ezekiel 7:25וָאָֽיִן׃ · but find none
    Anguish is coming! They will seek peace, but find none.