עַ֫יִן

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. Psalm 139:16עֵינֶ֗יךָ · Your eyes
    Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
  2. Psalm 141:8עֵינָ֑י · my eyes
    But my eyes are fixed on You, O GOD the Lord. In You I seek refuge; do not leave my soul defenseless.
  3. Psalm 145:15עֵֽינֵי־ · The eyes
    The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
  4. Proverbs 1:17בְּ֝עֵינֵ֗י · can see it
    How futile it is to spread the net where any bird can see it!
  5. Proverbs 3:4בְּעֵינֵ֖י · in the sight
    Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and man.
  6. Proverbs 3:7בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ · in your own eyes
    Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD and turn away from evil.
  7. Proverbs 3:21מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָ · sight of this
    My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.
  8. Proverbs 4:21מֵעֵינֶ֑יךָ · sight of them
    Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
  9. Proverbs 4:25עֵ֭ינֶיךָ · Let your eyes
    Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
  10. Proverbs 5:21עֵינֵ֣י · the eyes
    For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
  11. Proverbs 6:4לְעֵינֶ֑יךָ · to your eyes
    Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
  12. Proverbs 6:13בְּ֭עֵינָו · his eyes
    …winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
  13. Proverbs 6:17עֵינַ֣יִם · eyes
    …haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
  14. Proverbs 7:2עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ · of your eye
    Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
  15. Proverbs 8:28עִינ֥וֹת · when the fountains
    …when He established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep gushed forth,
  16. Proverbs 10:10עַ֭יִן · the eye
    He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
  17. Proverbs 10:26לָעֵינָ֑יִם · to the eyes
    Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
  18. Proverbs 12:15בְּעֵינָ֑יו · in his own eyes
    The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
  19. Proverbs 15:3עֵינֵ֣י · The eyes
    The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
  20. Proverbs 15:30עֵ֭ינַיִם · of the eyes
    The light of the eyes cheers the heart, and good news nourishes the bones.
  21. Proverbs 16:2בְּעֵינָ֑יו · in his own eyes
    All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives are weighed out by the LORD.
  22. Proverbs 16:30עֵ֭ינָיו · his eye
    He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
  23. Proverbs 17:8בְּעֵינֵ֣י · to
    A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
  24. Proverbs 17:24וְעֵינֵ֥י · but the eyes
    Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
  25. Proverbs 20:8בְעֵינָ֣יו · with his eyes
    A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
  26. Proverbs 20:12וְעַ֣יִן · and eyes
    Ears that hear and eyes that see—the LORD has made them both.
  27. Proverbs 20:13עֵינֶ֣יךָ · your eyes
    Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
  28. Proverbs 21:2בְּעֵינָ֑יו · seem
    All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
  29. Proverbs 21:4עֵ֭ינַיִם · eyes
    Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.
  30. Proverbs 21:10בְּעֵינָ֣יו · in his eyes
    The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes.
  31. Proverbs 22:9עַ֭יִן
    A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
  32. Proverbs 22:12עֵינֵ֣י · eyes
    The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
  33. Proverbs 23:5עֵינֶ֥יךָ
    When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.
  34. Proverbs 23:6עָ֑יִן
    Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
  35. Proverbs 23:26וְ֝עֵינֶ֗יךָ · and let your eyes
    My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
  36. Proverbs 23:29עֵינָֽיִם׃ · eyes
    Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes?
  37. Proverbs 23:31עֵינ֑וֹ
    Do not gaze at wine while it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly.
  38. Proverbs 23:33עֵ֭ינֶיךָ · Your eyes
    Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
  39. Proverbs 24:18בְּעֵינָ֑יו
    …or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
  40. Proverbs 25:7עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ · with your own eyes
    …for it is better to be told, “Come up here!” than to be demoted in the presence of the prince. Even what you have seen with your own eyes,
  41. Proverbs 26:5בְּעֵינָֽיו׃ · in his own eyes
    Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
  42. Proverbs 26:12בְּעֵינָ֑יו · in his own eyes
    Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
  43. Proverbs 26:16בְּעֵינָ֑יו · in his own eyes
    The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
  44. Proverbs 27:20וְעֵינֵ֥י · so the eyes
    Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.
  45. Proverbs 28:11בְּ֭עֵינָיו · in his own eyes
    A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
  46. Proverbs 28:22עָ֑יִן
    A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
  47. Proverbs 28:27עֵ֝ינָ֗יו · his eyes
    Whoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.
  48. Proverbs 29:13עֵינֵ֖י · to the eyes
    The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
  49. Proverbs 30:12בְּעֵינָ֑יו · in their own eyes
    There is a generation of those who are pure in their own eyes and yet unwashed of their filth.
  50. Proverbs 30:13עֵינָ֑יו · are their eyes
    There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—