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
- 2 Kings 14:24בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAnd 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.
- 2 Kings 15:3בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyesAnd he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
- 2 Kings 15:9בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done. He did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
- 2 Kings 15:18בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
- 2 Kings 15:24בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
- 2 Kings 15:28בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD and did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.
- 2 Kings 15:34בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyesAnd he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done.
- 2 Kings 16:2בְּעֵינֵ֛י · in the eyesAhaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
- 2 Kings 17:2בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, but not like the kings of Israel who preceded him.
- 2 Kings 17:17בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sightThey sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
- 2 Kings 18:3בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyesAnd he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
- 2 Kings 19:16עֵינֶ֖יךָ · Your eyesIncline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
- 2 Kings 19:22עֵינֶ֖יךָ · your eyesWhom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
- 2 Kings 20:3בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ · in Your sight“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what is good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- 2 Kings 21:2בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- 2 Kings 21:6בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sightHe sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
- 2 Kings 21:15בְּעֵינַ֔י · in My sight…because they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger from the day their fathers came out of Egypt until this day.’”
- 2 Kings 21:16בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sightMoreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 21:20בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done.
- 2 Kings 22:2בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyesAnd he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
- 2 Kings 22:20עֵינֶ֔יךָ · Your eyes‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
- 2 Kings 23:32בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
- 2 Kings 23:37בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.
- 2 Kings 24:9בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.
- 2 Kings 24:19בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightAnd Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
- 2 Kings 25:7לְעֵינָ֑יו · before his eyes; עֵינֵ֤י · eyesAnd they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- 1 Chronicles 2:3בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sightThe sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.
- 1 Chronicles 13:4בְּעֵינֵ֥י · seemedAnd because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
- 1 Chronicles 17:17בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ · in Your eyesAnd as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, You have spoken about the future of the house of Your servant and have regarded me as a man of great distinction, O LORD God.
- 1 Chronicles 19:3בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ · do you really believe…the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
- 1 Chronicles 19:13בְּעֵינָ֖יו · in His sightBe strong and let us fight bravely for our people and for the cities of our God. May the LORD do what is good in His sight.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:7בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the sightThis command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 21:16עֵינָ֗יו · his eyesWhen David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
- 1 Chronicles 21:23בְּעֵינָ֑יו · to himOrnan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”
- 1 Chronicles 28:8לְעֵינֵ֨י · in the sightSo now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.
- 1 Chronicles 29:10לְעֵינֵ֖י · in the sightThen David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
- 1 Chronicles 29:25לְעֵינֵ֖י · in the sightThe LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty such as had not been bestowed on any king in Israel before him.
- 2 Chronicles 6:20עֵינֶ֨יךָ · beMay Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
- 2 Chronicles 6:40עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ · Your eyesNow, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
- 2 Chronicles 7:15עֵינַי֙ · My eyesNow My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
- 2 Chronicles 7:16עֵינַ֧י · My eyesFor I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
- 2 Chronicles 9:6עֵינַ֔י · with my own eyesBut I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.
- 2 Chronicles 14:2בְּעֵינֵ֖י · in the eyesAnd Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9עֵינָ֞יו · the eyesFor the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:12עֵינֵֽינוּ׃ · our eyes [are]Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:32בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the eyesAnd Jehoshaphat walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn away from it; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 21:6בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sightAnd 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.
- 2 Chronicles 22:4בְּעֵינֵ֥י · in the sightAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.
- 2 Chronicles 24:2בְּעֵינֵ֣י · in the eyesAnd Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.