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).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עַ֫יִן:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
887 total
- Job 11:20וְעֵינֵ֥י · But the eyesBut the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
- Job 13:1עֵינִ֑י · my eyes“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.
- Job 14:3עֵינֶ֑ךָ · Your eyesDo You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
- Job 15:12עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ · do your eyesWhy has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
- Job 15:15בְעֵינָֽיו׃ · in His eyesIf God puts no trust in His holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in His eyes,
- Job 16:9עֵינָ֣יו · with His eyesHis anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
- Job 16:20עֵינִֽי׃ · as my eyesMy friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
- Job 17:2עֵינִֽי׃ · and my eyesSurely mockers surround me, and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
- Job 17:5וְעֵינֵ֖י · the eyesIf a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
- Job 17:7עֵינִ֑י · My eyesMy eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
- Job 18:3בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ · in your sightWhy are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
- Job 19:15בְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ · in their sightMy guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.
- Job 19:27וְעֵינַ֣י · my eyesI will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!
- Job 20:9עַ֣יִן · The eyeThe eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.
- Job 21:8לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ · before their eyesTheir descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.
- Job 21:20עֵינוֹ · Let his eyesLet his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.
- Job 22:29עֵינַ֣יִםWhen men are brought low and you say, ‘Lift them up!’ then He will save the lowly.
- Job 24:15וְעֵ֤ין · The eye; עָ֑יִן · eyeThe eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
- Job 24:23וְ֝עֵינֵ֗יהוּ · but His eyesHe gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
- Job 25:5בְעֵינָֽיו׃ · in His sightIf even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,
- Job 27:19עֵינָ֖יו · his eyesHe lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.
- Job 28:7עֵ֣ין · eyeNo bird of prey knows that path; no falcon’s eye has seen it.
- Job 28:10עֵינֽוֹ׃ · and his eyesHe hews out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure.
- Job 28:21מֵעֵינֵ֣י · from the eyesIt is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.
- Job 29:11וְעַ֥יִן · and those whoFor those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,
- Job 29:15עֵינַ֣יִם · eyesI served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.
- Job 31:1לְעֵינָ֑י · with my eyes“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
- Job 31:7עֵ֭ינַי · my eyesIf my steps have turned from the path, if my heart has followed my eyes, or if impurity has stuck to my hands,
- Job 31:16וְעֵינֵ֖י · eyesIf I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
- Job 32:1בְּעֵינָֽיו׃פ · in his own eyesSo these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
- Job 34:21עֵ֭ינָיו · His eyes [are]For His eyes are on the ways of a man, and He sees his every step.
- Job 36:7עֵ֫ינָ֥יו · His eyesHe does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
- Job 39:29עֵינָ֥יו · his eyesFrom there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.
- Job 40:24בְּעֵינָ֥יו · as he looks onCan anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?
- Job 41:18וְ֝עֵינָ֗יו · and his eyesHis snorting flashes with light, and his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
- Job 42:5עֵינִ֥י · my eyesMy ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.
- Psalm 5:5עֵינֶ֑יךָ · in Your presenceThe boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
- Psalm 6:7עֵינִ֑י · My eyesMy eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
- Psalm 10:8עֵ֝ינָ֗יו · his eyesHe lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.
- Psalm 11:4עֵינָ֥יו · His eyesThe LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
- Psalm 13:3עֵ֝ינַ֗י · to my eyesConsider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
- Psalm 15:4בְּֽעֵ֘ינָ֤יו…who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
- Psalm 17:2עֵ֝ינֶ֗יךָ · may Your eyesMay my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
- Psalm 17:8עָ֑יִן · Your eyeKeep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings
- Psalm 17:11עֵינֵיהֶ֥ם · their eyesThey have tracked us down, and now surround us; their eyes are set to cast us to the ground,
- Psalm 18:24עֵינָֽיו׃ · His sightSo the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.
- Psalm 18:27וְעֵינַ֖יִם · eyesFor You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
- Psalm 19:8עֵינָֽיִם׃ · to the eyesThe precepts of the LORD are right, bringing joy to the heart; the commandments of the LORD are radiant, giving light to the eyes.
- Psalm 25:15עֵינַ֣י · My eyesMy eyes are always on the LORD, for He will free my feet from the mesh.