עַ֫יִן

a.yinAin
hebrewOld TestamentName of a place5 occurrences3 books5 verses
This name belongs to 2 different places in the Bible:
  • Ain: A city in Judah, allotted to the Levites
  • Ain: A place on the eastern boundary of the Promised Land

Definition

the same as H5869; fountain; Ajin, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Ain.

Glossary entries

En-Rimmon Ain

Where it occurs

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

5 total
  1. Numbers 34:11לָעָ֑יִן · of Ain
    …then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.
  2. Joshua 15:32וְעַ֣יִן · Ain
    Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
  3. Joshua 19:7עַ֥יִן׀ · Ain
    Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,
  4. Joshua 21:16עַ֣יִן · Ain
    Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.
  5. 1 Chronicles 4:32וָעַ֔יִן · Ain
    And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—