Occurrences
ʼay occurs 34 times in 32 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (3), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (4), 2 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Esther (1), Job (6), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (2), Jonah (1), Nahum (1)
- Genesis 3:9 — And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where (אַיֶּֽכָּה) art thou?
- Genesis 4:9 — And the LORD said unto Cain, Where (אֵ֖י) is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
- Genesis 16:8 — And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence (אֵֽי) camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
- Deuteronomy 32:37 — And he shall say, Where (אֵ֣י) are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
- Judges 13:6 — Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence (אֵֽי) he was, neither told he me his name:
- 1 Samuel 9:18 — Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where (אֵי) the seer’s house is.
- 1 Samuel 25:11 — Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence (אֵ֥י) they be?
- 1 Samuel 26:16 — This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD’s anointed. And now see where (אֵֽי) the king’s spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster.
- 1 Samuel 30:13 — And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence (וְאֵ֥י) art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick.
- 2 Samuel 1:3 — And David said unto him, From whence (אֵ֥י) comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
- 2 Samuel 1:13 — And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence (אֵ֥י) art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
- 2 Samuel 15:2 — And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what (אֵֽי) city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
- 1 Kings 13:12 — And their father said unto them, What (אֵֽי) way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
- 1 Kings 22:24 — But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which (אֵי) way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
- 2 Kings 3:8 — And he said, Which (אֵי) way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.
- 2 Chronicles 18:23 — Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which (אֵ֣י) way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
- Esther 7:5 — Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where (וְאֵֽי) is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
- Job 2:2 — And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence (אֵ֥י) comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
- Job 20:7 — Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where (אַיּֽוֹ) is he?
- Job 28:12 — But where shall wisdom be found? and where (וְאֵ֥י) is the place of understanding?
- Job 28:20 — Whence then cometh wisdom? and where (וְאֵ֥י) is the place of understanding?
- Job 38:19 — Where (אֵי) is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,
- Job 38:19 — Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where (אֵי) is the place thereof,
- Job 38:24 — By what (אֵי) way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?
- Ecclesiastes 2:3 — I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what (אֵי) was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
- Ecclesiastes 11:6 — In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether (אֵ֣י) shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
- Isaiah 19:12 — Where (אַיָּם֙) are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
- Isaiah 50:1 — Thus saith the LORD, Where (אֵ֣י) is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
- Isaiah 66:1 — Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where (אֵי) is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
- Isaiah 66:1 — Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where (וְאֵי) is the place of my rest?
- Jeremiah 5:7 — How (אֵ֤י) shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
- Jeremiah 6:16 — Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where (אֵי) is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
- Jonah 1:8 — Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what (וְאֵֽי) people art thou?
- Nahum 3:17 — Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where (אַיָּֽם) they are.