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
- Deuteronomy 15:9עֵֽינְךָ֗ · so that you look uponBe careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He will cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
- Deuteronomy 15:18בְעֵינֶ֗ךָ · regard itDo not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.
- Deuteronomy 16:19עֵינֵ֣י · the eyesDo not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 17:2בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sightIf a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant
- Deuteronomy 19:13עֵֽינְךָ֖You must show him no pity. You are to purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, that it may go well with you.
- Deuteronomy 19:21עֵינֶ֑ךָ; עַ֤יִן · eye; בְּעַ֙יִן֙ · for eyeYou must show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.
- Deuteronomy 21:7וְעֵינֵ֖ינוּ · our eyes…and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.
- Deuteronomy 21:9בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the eyesSo you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
- Deuteronomy 24:1בְּעֵינָ֗יוIf a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
- Deuteronomy 25:3לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ס · in your sightHe may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
- Deuteronomy 25:9לְעֵינֵ֣י · in the presence…his brother’s widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal, spit in his face, and declare, “This is what is done to the man who will not maintain his brother’s line.”
- Deuteronomy 25:12עֵינֶֽךָ׃ס…you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity.
- Deuteronomy 28:31לְעֵינֶ֗יךָ · before your eyesYour ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.
- Deuteronomy 28:32וְעֵינֶ֣יךָ · while your eyesYour sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
- Deuteronomy 28:34עֵינֶ֖יךָYou will be driven mad by the sights you see.
- Deuteronomy 28:54עֵינ֤וֹThe most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
- Deuteronomy 28:56עֵינָהּ֙The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
- Deuteronomy 28:65עֵינַ֖יִם · eyesAmong those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
- Deuteronomy 28:67עֵינֶ֖יךָIn the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.
- Deuteronomy 29:2לְעֵֽינֵיכֶם֙ · with your own eyesMoses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.
- Deuteronomy 29:3עֵינֶ֑יךָ · with your own eyesYou saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.
- Deuteronomy 29:4וְעֵינַ֥יִם · eyesYet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
- Deuteronomy 31:7לְעֵינֵ֣י · in the presenceThen Moses called for Joshua and said to him in the presence of all Israel, “Be strong and courageous, for you will go with this people into the land that the LORD swore to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance.
- Deuteronomy 31:29בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightFor I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”
- Deuteronomy 32:10עֵינֽוֹ׃ · of His eyeHe found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.
- Deuteronomy 33:28עֵ֣ין · the fountainSo Israel dwells securely; the fountain of Jacob lives untroubled in a land of grain and new wine, where even the heavens drip with dew.
- Deuteronomy 34:4בְעֵינֶ֔יךָ · it with your own eyesAnd the LORD said to him, “This is the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your own eyes, but you will not cross into it.”
- Deuteronomy 34:7עֵינ֖וֹ · yet his eyesMoses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak, and his vitality had not diminished.
- Deuteronomy 34:12לְעֵינֵ֖י · in the sight…and no prophet who performed all the mighty acts of power and awesome deeds that Moses did in the sight of all Israel.
- Joshua 3:7בְּעֵינֵ֖י · in the sightNow the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.
- Joshua 4:14בְּעֵינֵ֖י · in the sightOn that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel, and they revered him all the days of his life, just as they had revered Moses.
- Joshua 5:13עֵינָיו֙Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
- Joshua 9:25בְּעֵינֶ֛יךָ · whatever seemsNow we are in your hands. Do to us whatever seems good and right to you.”
- Joshua 10:12לְעֵינֵ֣י · in the presenceOn the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
- Joshua 22:30בְּעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.
- Joshua 22:33בְּעֵינֵי֙The Israelites were satisfied with the report, and they blessed God and spoke no more about going to war against them to destroy the land where the Reubenites and Gadites lived.
- Joshua 23:13בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֔ם · in your eyes…know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
- Joshua 24:7עֵינֵיכֶ֔ם · Your very eyesSo your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, over whom He brought the sea and engulfed them. Your very eyes saw what I did to the Egyptians. Then you lived in the wilderness for a long time.
- Joshua 24:15בְּֽעֵינֵיכֶ֜ם · in your sightBut if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
- Joshua 24:17לְעֵינֵ֗ינוּ · before our eyesFor the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
- Judges 2:11בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAnd the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
- Judges 3:7בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightSo the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
- Judges 3:12בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight; בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sightOnce again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Judges 4:1בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAfter Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Judges 6:1בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAgain the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
- Judges 6:17בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ · in Your sightGideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me.
- Judges 6:21מֵעֵינָֽיו׃ · from his sightThen the angel of the LORD extended the tip of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread. And fire flared from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight.