This word comes from the name of Fountain Gate.
Definition
probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
Traditional renderings: affliction, outward appearance, before, think best, colour, conceit, be content, countenance, displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), × him, humble, knowledge, look, ( well), × me, open(-ly), (not) please, presence, regard, resemblance, sight, × thee, × them, think, × us, well, × you(-rselves).
Traditional renderings: affliction, outward appearance, before, think best, colour, conceit, be content, countenance, displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), × him, humble, knowledge, look, ( well), × me, open(-ly), (not) please, presence, regard, resemblance, sight, × thee, × them, think, × us, well, × you(-rselves).
Usage patterns
Occurrences
887 total
- Genesis 3:5עֵֽינֵיכֶ֑ם · your eyes“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
- Genesis 3:6לָעֵינַ֗יִם · to the eyesWhen the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
- Genesis 3:7עֵינֵ֣י · And the eyesAnd the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.
- Genesis 6:8בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the eyesNoah, however, found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
- Genesis 13:10עֵינָ֗יוAnd Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
- Genesis 13:14עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ · your eyesAfter Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
- Genesis 16:4בְּעֵינֶֽיהָ׃And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.
- Genesis 16:5בְּעֵינֶ֑יהָThen Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
- Genesis 16:6בְּעֵינָ֑יִךְ“Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.
- Genesis 16:7עֵ֥ין · a spring; הָעַ֖יִן · the springNow the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
- Genesis 18:2עֵינָיו֙And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
- Genesis 18:3בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ · in your sight“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
- Genesis 19:8בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֑םLook, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
- Genesis 19:14בְּעֵינֵ֥י · thoughtSo Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
- Genesis 19:19בְּעֵינֶיךָ֒ · in your sightYour servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
- Genesis 20:15בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָAnd Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”
- Genesis 20:16עֵינַ֔יִםAnd he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”
- Genesis 21:11בְּעֵינֵ֣יNow this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.
- Genesis 21:12בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.
- Genesis 21:19עֵינֶ֔יהָ · her eyesThen God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
- Genesis 22:4עֵינָ֛יוOn the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
- Genesis 22:13עֵינָ֗יוThen Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.
- Genesis 23:11לְעֵינֵ֧י · in the presence“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”
- Genesis 23:18לְעֵינֵ֣י · in the presence…to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.
- Genesis 24:13עֵ֣ין · the springHere I am, standing beside the spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.
- Genesis 24:16הָעַ֔יְנָה · to the springNow the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
- Genesis 24:29הָעָֽיִן׃ · the springNow Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.
- Genesis 24:30הָעָֽיִן׃ · the springAs soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
- Genesis 24:42הָעָ֑יִן · the springSo when I came to the spring today, I prayed: O LORD, God of my master Abraham, if only You would make my journey a success!
- Genesis 24:43עֵ֣ין · this springHere I am, standing beside this spring. Now if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, ‘Please let me drink a little water from your jar,’
- Genesis 24:45הָעַ֖יְנָה · to the springAnd before I had finished praying in my heart, there was Rebekah coming out with her jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, ‘Please give me a drink.’
- Genesis 24:63עֵינָיו֙Early in the evening, Isaac went out to the field to meditate, and looking up, he saw the camels approaching.
- Genesis 24:64עֵינֶ֔יהָAnd when Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac, she got down from her camel
- Genesis 27:1עֵינָ֖יו · and his eyesWhen Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called his older son Esau and said to him, “My son.” “Here I am,” Esau replied.
- Genesis 27:12בְעֵינָ֖יו · to himWhat if my father touches me? Then I would be revealed to him as a deceiver, and I would bring upon myself a curse rather than a blessing.”
- Genesis 28:8בְּעֵינֵ֖יAnd seeing that his father Isaac disapproved of the Canaanite women,
- Genesis 29:17וְעֵינֵ֥י · eyesLeah had weak eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
- Genesis 29:20בְעֵינָיו֙So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
- Genesis 30:27בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ · in your eyesBut Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
- Genesis 30:41לְעֵינֵ֥י · in full viewWhenever the stronger females of the flock were in heat, Jacob would place the branches in the troughs, in full view of the animals, so that they would breed in front of the branches.
- Genesis 31:10עֵינַ֛יWhen the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.
- Genesis 31:12עֵינֶ֤יךָ‘Look up,’ he said, ‘and see that all the males that are mating with the flock are streaked, spotted, or speckled; for I have seen all that Laban has done to you.
- Genesis 31:35בְּעֵינֵ֣יRachel said to her father, “Sir, do not be angry that I cannot stand up before you; for I am having my period.” So Laban searched but could not find the household idols.
- Genesis 31:40מֵֽעֵינָֽי׃ · from my eyesAs it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
- Genesis 32:5בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ · in your sightI have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
- Genesis 33:1עֵינָ֗יוNow Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.
- Genesis 33:5עֵינָ֗יוWhen Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
- Genesis 33:8בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in your sight“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.
- Genesis 33:10בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ · in your sightBut Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.