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
- Ezekiel 12:3לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם; לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם · as they watchTherefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 12:4לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם · as they watch; לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם · as they watchBring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile.
- Ezekiel 12:5לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם · As they watchAs they watch, dig through the wall and carry your belongings out through it.
- Ezekiel 12:6לְעֵ֨ינֵיהֶ֜ם · And as they watchAnd as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”
- Ezekiel 12:7לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃פ · as they watchedSo I did as I was commanded. I brought out my bags for exile by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall by hand. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulder as they watched.
- Ezekiel 12:12לַעַ֛יִןAnd at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.
- Ezekiel 16:5עַ֗יִןNo one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.
- Ezekiel 16:41לְעֵינֵ֖י · in the sightThen they will burn down your houses and execute judgment against you in the sight of many women. I will put an end to your prostitution, and you will never again pay your lovers.
- Ezekiel 18:6וְעֵינָיו֙He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.
- Ezekiel 18:12עֵינָ֔יו · his eyesHe oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
- Ezekiel 18:15וְעֵינָיו֙He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.
- Ezekiel 20:7עֵינָיו֙ · before his eyesAnd I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’
- Ezekiel 20:8עֵֽינֵיהֶם֙ · before their eyesBut they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 20:9לְעֵינֵ֥י · in the eyes; לְעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם · sightBut I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the eyes of the nations among whom they were living, in whose sight I had revealed Myself to Israel by bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 20:14לְעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyes; לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ · sightBut I acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
- Ezekiel 20:17עֵינִ֛יYet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or bring them to an end in the wilderness.
- Ezekiel 20:22לְעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyes; לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ · sightBut I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
- Ezekiel 20:24עֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ · their eyesFor they did not practice My ordinances, but they rejected My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, fixing their eyes on the idols of their fathers.
- Ezekiel 20:41לְעֵינֵ֥י · in the sightWhen I bring you from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered, I will accept you as a pleasing aroma. And I will show My holiness through you in the sight of the nations.
- Ezekiel 21:6לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ · before their eyesBut you, son of man, groan! Groan before their eyes with a broken heart and bitter grief.
- Ezekiel 21:23בְּעֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם · to the eyesIt will seem like a false omen to the eyes of those who have sworn allegiance to him, but it will draw attention to their guilt and take them captive.
- Ezekiel 22:16לְעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyesAnd when you have defiled yourself in the eyes of the nations, then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
- Ezekiel 22:26עֵֽינֵיהֶ֔םHer priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
- Ezekiel 23:16עֵינֶ֑יהָAt the sight of them, she lusted for them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea.
- Ezekiel 23:27עֵינַ֙יִךְ֙ · your eyesSo I will put an end to your indecency and prostitution, which began in the land of Egypt, and you will not lift your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.’
- Ezekiel 23:40עֵינַ֖יִךְ · your eyesFurthermore, you sisters sent messengers for men who came from afar; and behold, when they arrived, you bathed for them, painted your eyes, and adorned yourself with jewelry.
- Ezekiel 24:16עֵינֶ֖יךָ · of your eyes“Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.
- Ezekiel 24:21עֵֽינֵיכֶ֖ם · of your eyesTell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’
- Ezekiel 24:25עֵֽינֵיהֶם֙ · of their eyesAnd you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,
- Ezekiel 28:18לְעֵינֵ֖י · in the eyesBy the multitude of your iniquities and the dishonesty of your trading you have profaned your sanctuaries. So I made fire come from within you, and it consumed you. I reduced you to ashes on the ground in the eyes of all who saw you.
- Ezekiel 28:25לְעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightThis is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they have been scattered, I will show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations. Then they will dwell in their own land, which I have given to My servant Jacob.
- Ezekiel 33:25וְעֵינֵכֶ֛ם · your eyesTherefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood. Should you then possess the land?
- Ezekiel 36:23לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ · before their eyesI will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations—the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD, declares the Lord GOD, when I show My holiness in you before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 36:34לְעֵינֵ֖י · in the sightThe desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.
- Ezekiel 37:20לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ · and in full view of the peopleWhen the sticks on which you write are in your hand and in full view of the people,
- Ezekiel 38:16לְעֵינֵיהֶ֖ם · before their eyesYou will advance against My people Israel like a cloud covering the land. It will happen in the latter days, O Gog, that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I show Myself holy in you before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 38:23לְעֵינֵ֖י · in the sightI will magnify and sanctify Myself, and I will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 39:27לְעֵינֵ֖י · in the sightWhen I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations.
- Ezekiel 40:4בְעֵינֶיךָ֩ · with your eyes“Son of man,” he said to me, “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Report to the house of Israel everything you see.”
- Ezekiel 43:11לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם · in their sight…and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.
- Ezekiel 44:5בְעֵינֶ֜יךָ · with your eyesThe LORD said to me: “Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.
- Daniel 8:3עֵינַי֙ · my eyesThen I lifted up my eyes and saw a ram with two horns standing beside the canal. The horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one grew up later.
- Daniel 8:5עֵינָֽיו׃ · his eyesAs I was contemplating all this, suddenly a goat with a prominent horn between his eyes came out of the west, crossing the surface of the entire earth without touching the ground.
- Daniel 8:21עֵינָ֔יו · his eyesThe shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.
- Daniel 9:18עֵינֶ֗יךָ · Your eyesIncline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.