Ain
Ain or En-rimmon, a city in Judah's Negev region, given to the Levites.
PlaceOld Testament3 books5 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Joshua 15:32; referred to as Ain (עַ֫יִן) or En-rimmon (עֵין רִמּוֹן).
Location
- Certainty
- Possible (50% of scholarship) · 2 other possible locations
- Coordinates
- 31.383° N, 34.866° E
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- עַ֫יִןAin
- עֵין רִמּוֹןEn-rimmonmeans “well of weight”
Mentions
- Joshua 15:32עַ֫יִן · AinLebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
- Joshua 19:7עַ֫יִן · AinAin, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,
- Joshua 21:16עַ֫יִן · AinAin, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.
- 1 Chronicles 4:32עַ֫יִן · AinAnd their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—
- Nehemiah 11:29עֵין רִמּוֹן · En-rimmon…in En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth,