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. Daniel 10:5עֵינַי֙ · my eyes
    I lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.
  2. Daniel 10:6וְעֵינָיו֙ · his eyes; כְּעֵ֖ין · like the gleam
    His body was like beryl, his face like the brilliance of lightning, his eyes like flaming torches, his arms and legs like the gleam of polished bronze, and his voice like the sound of a multitude.
  3. Hosea 2:10לְעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.
  4. Hosea 10:10עֵינֹתָם׃ · transgression
    I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.
  5. Hosea 13:14מֵעֵינָֽי׃ · from My eyes
    I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
  6. Joel 1:16עֵינֵ֖ינוּ · our very eyes
    Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?
  7. Amos 9:3עֵינַי֙ · Me
    Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.
  8. Amos 9:4עֵינִ֧י · My eyes
    Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”
  9. Amos 9:8עֵינֵ֣י׀ · the eyes
    Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD.
  10. Jonah 2:4עֵינֶ֑יךָ · Your sight
    At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’
  11. Micah 4:11עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ · and let us feast our eyes
    But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.”
  12. Micah 7:10עֵינַי֙ · My eyes
    Then my enemy will see and will be covered with shame—she who said to me, “Where is the LORD your God?” My eyes will see her; at that time she will be trampled like mud in the streets.
  13. Habakkuk 1:13עֵינַ֙יִם֙ · Your eyes
    Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
  14. Zephaniah 3:20לְעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם · before your very eyes
    At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you. For I will give you fame and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I restore your captives before your very eyes,” says the LORD.
  15. Haggai 2:3בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ · appear to you
    ‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’
  16. Zechariah 1:18עֵינַ֖י
    Then I looked up and saw four horns.
  17. Zechariah 2:1עֵינַ֛י · up my eyes
    Then I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
  18. Zechariah 2:8עֵינֽוֹ׃ · of His eye
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
  19. Zechariah 3:9עֵינָ֑יִם · eyes
    See the stone I have set before Joshua; on that one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave on it an inscription, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day.
  20. Zechariah 4:10עֵינֵ֣י · eyes
    For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
  21. Zechariah 5:1עֵינַ֖י · my eyes
    Again I lifted up my eyes and saw before me a flying scroll.
  22. Zechariah 5:5עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ · your eyes
    Then the angel who was speaking with me came forward and told me, “Now lift up your eyes and see what is approaching.”
  23. Zechariah 5:6עֵינָ֖ם · is their iniquity
    “What is it?” I asked. And he replied, “A measuring basket is going forth.” Then he continued, “This is their iniquity in all the land.”
  24. Zechariah 5:9עֵינַ֜י · up my eyes
    Then I lifted up my eyes and saw two women approaching, with the wind in their wings. Their wings were like those of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between heaven and earth.
  25. Zechariah 6:1עֵינַי֙ · up my eyes
    And again I lifted up my eyes and saw four chariots coming out from between two mountains—mountains of bronze.
  26. Zechariah 8:6בְּעֵינֵי֙ · in the eyes; בְּעֵינַי֙ · in My eyes
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “If this is impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be impossible in My eyes?” declares the LORD of Hosts.
  27. Zechariah 9:1עֵ֣ין · the eyes
    This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place—for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD—
  28. Zechariah 9:8בְעֵינָֽי׃ס · with My own eyes
    But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.
  29. Zechariah 11:12בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֛ם · it seems
    Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
  30. Zechariah 11:17עֵ֣ין · eye; וְעֵ֥ין · eye
    Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
  31. Zechariah 12:4עֵינַ֔י · eye
    On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.
  32. Zechariah 14:12וְעֵינָיו֙ · their eyes
    And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
  33. Malachi 1:5וְעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם · with your own eyes
    You will see this with your own eyes, and you yourselves will say, ‘The LORD is great—even beyond the borders of Israel.’”
  34. Malachi 2:17בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”