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עַ֫יִן

a.yineyeHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine887 occurrences37 books827 verses
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).

In the Greek Old Testament

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

887 total
  1. 2 Chronicles 25:2בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyes
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
  2. 2 Chronicles 26:4בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyes
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
  3. 2 Chronicles 27:2בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyes
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.
  4. 2 Chronicles 28:1בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the eyes
    Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
  5. 2 Chronicles 29:2בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyes
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
  6. 2 Chronicles 29:6בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sight
    For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
  7. 2 Chronicles 29:8בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ · with your own eyes
    Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.
  8. 2 Chronicles 30:4בְּעֵינֵ֣י; וּבְעֵינֵ֖י · and
    This plan pleased the king and the whole assembly.
  9. 2 Chronicles 32:3הָעֲיָנ֔וֹת · of the springs
    …he consulted with his leaders and mighty men about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.
  10. 2 Chronicles 32:23לְעֵינֵ֥י · in the eyes
    Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
  11. 2 Chronicles 33:2בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
  12. 2 Chronicles 33:6בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sight
    He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
  13. 2 Chronicles 33:22בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,
  14. 2 Chronicles 34:2בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyes
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
  15. 2 Chronicles 34:28עֵינֶ֔יךָ · Your eyes
    ‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its people.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
  16. 2 Chronicles 36:5בְּעֵינֵ֖י · in the sight
    Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
  17. 2 Chronicles 36:9בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sight
    Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  18. 2 Chronicles 36:12בְּעֵינֵ֖י · in the sight
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.
  19. Ezra 3:12בְּעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם · when they saw
    But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
  20. Ezra 9:8עֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ · to our eyes
    But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.
  21. Nehemiah 1:6וְֽעֵינֶ֪יךָ · let Your eyes
    …let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
  22. Nehemiah 2:13עֵ֣ין · the Well
    So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
  23. Nehemiah 2:14הָעַ֔יִן · the Fountain
    Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;
  24. Nehemiah 3:15הָעַ֜יִן · The Fountain
    The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
  25. Nehemiah 6:16בְּעֵינֵיהֶ֑ם
    When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.
  26. Nehemiah 8:5לְעֵינֵ֣י · in full view
    Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up.
  27. Nehemiah 12:37הָעַ֜יִן · the Fountain
    At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.
  28. Esther 1:17בְּעֵינֵיהֶ֑ן
    For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’
  29. Esther 1:21בְּעֵינֵ֥י
    The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan advised.
  30. Esther 2:4בְּעֵינֵ֣י; בְּעֵינֵ֥י
    Then let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.
  31. Esther 2:9בְעֵינָיו֮
    And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.
  32. Esther 2:15בְּעֵינֵ֖י · in the eyes
    Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
  33. Esther 3:6בְּעֵינָ֗יו
    And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
  34. Esther 3:11בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ · as you please
    “Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
  35. Esther 5:2בְּעֵינָ֑יו · in his sight
    As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she found favor in his sight. The king extended the gold scepter in his hand toward Esther, and she approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
  36. Esther 5:8בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
  37. Esther 7:3בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ · in your sight
    Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
  38. Esther 8:5בְּעֵינָ֑יו · in his sight
    “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
  39. Esther 8:8בְּעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ · you please
    Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”
  40. Job 2:12עֵינֵיהֶ֤ם · their eyes
    When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
  41. Job 3:10מֵעֵינָֽי׃ · from my eyes
    For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
  42. Job 4:16עֵינָ֑י · my eyes
    It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; a form loomed before my eyes, and I heard a whispering voice:
  43. Job 7:7עֵ֝ינִ֗י · My eyes
    Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
  44. Job 7:8עֵ֣ין · The eye; עֵינֶ֖יךָ · You will look
    The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
  45. Job 10:4הַעֵינֵ֣י · Do You have eyes
    Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?
  46. Job 10:18וְעַ֣יִן · eye
    Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
  47. Job 11:4בְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ · in Your sight
    You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’