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. 1 Kings 8:29עֵינֶ֨ךָ · May Your eyes
    May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
  2. 1 Kings 8:52עֵינֶ֤יךָ · May Your eyes
    May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.
  3. 1 Kings 9:3עֵינַ֧י · My eyes
    And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
  4. 1 Kings 9:12בְּעֵינָֽיו׃ · them
    So Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the towns that Solomon had given him, but he was not pleased with them.
  5. 1 Kings 10:7עֵינַ֔י · with my own eyes
    But I did not believe these things until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not even half was told to me. Your wisdom and prosperity have far exceeded the report I heard.
  6. 1 Kings 11:6בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    So Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD; unlike his father David, he did not follow the LORD completely.
  7. 1 Kings 11:19בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sight
    There Hadad found such great favor in the sight of Pharaoh that he gave to him in marriage the sister of Queen Tahpenes, his own wife.
  8. 1 Kings 11:33בְּעֵינַ֛י · in My eyes
    For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
  9. 1 Kings 11:38בְּעֵינַי֙ · in My sight
    If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
  10. 1 Kings 14:4עֵינָ֖יו · his eyes
    Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.
  11. 1 Kings 14:8בְּעֵינָֽי׃ · in My eyes
    I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.
  12. 1 Kings 14:22בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.
  13. 1 Kings 15:5בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyes
    For David had done what was right in the eyes of the LORD and had not turned aside from anything the LORD commanded all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.
  14. 1 Kings 15:11בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyes
    And Asa did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, as his father David had done.
  15. 1 Kings 15:26בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
  16. 1 Kings 15:34בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    And Baasha did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
  17. 1 Kings 16:7בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    Moreover, the word of the LORD came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, because of all the evil he had done in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands and becoming like the house of Jeroboam, and also because Baasha had struck down the house of Jeroboam.
  18. 1 Kings 16:19בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    …because of the sins he had committed, doing evil in the sight of the LORD and following the example of Jeroboam and the sin he had committed and had caused Israel to commit.
  19. 1 Kings 16:25בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    But Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD and acted more wickedly than all who were before him.
  20. 1 Kings 16:30בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    However, Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
  21. 1 Kings 20:6עֵינֶ֔יךָ · to you
    But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”
  22. 1 Kings 20:38עֵינָֽיו׃ · his eyes
    …and the prophet went and waited on the road for the king, disguising himself with a bandage over his eyes.
  23. 1 Kings 20:41עֵינָ֑יו · his eyes
    Then the prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets.
  24. 1 Kings 21:2בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ
    So Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to use as a vegetable garden, since it is next to my palace. I will give you a better vineyard in its place—or if you prefer, I will give you its value in silver.”
  25. 1 Kings 21:20בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sight
    When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
  26. 1 Kings 21:25בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    (Surely there was never one like Ahab, who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, incited by his wife Jezebel.
  27. 1 Kings 22:43בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the eyes
    And Jehoshaphat walked in all the ways of his father Asa; he did not turn away from them, but did what was right in the eyes of the LORD. The high places, however, were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places.
  28. 1 Kings 22:52בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father and mother and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who had caused Israel to sin.
  29. 2 Kings 1:13בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ · in your sight
    So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours please be precious in your sight.
  30. 2 Kings 1:14בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ס · in your sight
    Behold, fire has come down from heaven and consumed the first two captains of fifty, with all their men. But now may my life be precious in your sight.”
  31. 2 Kings 3:2בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as his father and mother had done. He removed the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made.
  32. 2 Kings 3:18בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    This is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD, and He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.
  33. 2 Kings 4:34וְעֵינָ֤יו · eye; עֵינָיו֙ · eye
    Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm.
  34. 2 Kings 4:35עֵינָֽיו׃ · his eyes
    Elisha turned away and paced back and forth across the room. Then he got on the bed and stretched himself out over the boy again, and the boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.
  35. 2 Kings 6:17עֵינָ֖יו · his eyes; עֵינֵ֣י · the eyes
    Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
  36. 2 Kings 6:20עֵינֵֽי־ · the eyes; עֵ֣ינֵיהֶ֔ם · their eyes
    When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.
  37. 2 Kings 7:2בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ · with your own eyes
    But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”
  38. 2 Kings 7:19בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ · with your own eyes
    And the officer had answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” So Elisha had replied, “You will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of it!”
  39. 2 Kings 8:18בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sight
    And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  40. 2 Kings 8:27בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sight
    And Ahaziah walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab.
  41. 2 Kings 9:30עֵינֶ֙יהָ֙ · her eyes
    Now when Jehu arrived in Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it. So she painted her eyes, adorned her head, and looked down from a window.
  42. 2 Kings 10:5בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ · in your sight
    So the palace administrator, the overseer of the city, the elders, and the guardians sent a message to Jehu: “We are your servants, and we will do whatever you say. We will not make anyone king. Do whatever is good in your sight.”
  43. 2 Kings 10:30בְּעֵינַ֔י · in My sight
    Nevertheless, the LORD said to Jehu, “Because you have done well in carrying out what is right in My sight and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, four generations of your sons will sit on the throne of Israel.”
  44. 2 Kings 12:2בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the eyes
    And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days he was instructed by Jehoiada the priest.
  45. 2 Kings 13:2בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and followed the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit; he did not turn away from them.
  46. 2 Kings 13:11בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sight
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from all the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit, but he walked in them.
  47. 2 Kings 14:3בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyes
    And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not as his father David had done. He did everything as his father Joash had done.