Occurrences
ʼîy occurs 36 times in 35 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Esther (1), Psalms (2), Isaiah (17), Jeremiah (4), Ezekiel (8), Daniel (1), Zephaniah (1)
- Genesis 10:5 — By these were the isles (אִיֵּ֤י) of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
- Esther 10:1 — And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles (וְאִיֵּ֥י) of the sea.
- Psalms 72:10 — The kings of Tarshish and of the isles (וְ֭אִיִּים) shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- Psalms 97:1 — The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles (אִיִּ֥ים) be glad thereof.
- Isaiah 11:11 — And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands (וּמֵאִיֵּ֖י) of the sea.
- Isaiah 20:6 — And the inhabitant of this isle (הָאִ֣י) shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
- Isaiah 23:2 — Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle (אִ֑י); thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished.
- Isaiah 23:6 — Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle (אִֽי).
- Isaiah 24:15 — Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles (בְּאִיֵּ֣י) of the sea.
- Isaiah 40:15 — Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles (אִיִּ֖ים) as a very little thing.
- Isaiah 41:1 — Keep silence before me, O islands (אִיִּ֔ים); and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
- Isaiah 41:5 — The isles (אִיִּים֙) saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
- Isaiah 42:4 — He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles (אִיִּ֥ים) shall wait for his law.
- Isaiah 42:10 — Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles (אִיִּ֖ים), and the inhabitants thereof.
- Isaiah 42:12 — Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands (בָּאִיִּ֥ים).
- Isaiah 42:15 — I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands (לָֽאִיִּ֔ים), and I will dry up the pools.
- Isaiah 49:1 — Listen, O isles (אִיִּים֙), unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
- Isaiah 51:5 — My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles (אִיִּ֣ים) shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
- Isaiah 59:18 — According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands (לָאִיִּ֖ים) he will repay recompence.
- Isaiah 60:9 — Surely the isles (אִיִּ֣ים) shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
- Isaiah 66:19 — And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles (הָאִיִּ֣ים) afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
- Jeremiah 2:10 — For pass over the isles (אִיֵּ֤י) of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.
- Jeremiah 25:22 — And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles (הָאִ֔י) which are beyond the sea,
- Jeremiah 31:10 — Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles (בָאִיִּ֖ים) afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
- Jeremiah 47:4 — Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country (אִ֥י) of Caphtor.
- Ezekiel 26:15 — Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles (הָאִיִּֽים) shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee?
- Ezekiel 26:18 — Now shall the isles (הָֽאִיִּ֔ן) tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
- Ezekiel 26:18 — Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles (הָאִיִּ֥ים) that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure.
- Ezekiel 27:3 — And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles (אִיִּ֖ים), Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty.
- Ezekiel 27:6 — Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles (מֵאִיֵּ֖י) of Chittim.
- Ezekiel 27:7 — Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles (מֵאִיֵּ֥י) of Elishah was that which covered thee.
- Ezekiel 27:15 — The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles (אִיִּ֥ים) were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony.
- Ezekiel 27:35 — All the inhabitants of the isles (הָאִיִּ֔ים) shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance.
- Ezekiel 39:6 — And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles (הָאִיִּ֖ים): and they shall know that I am the LORD.
- Daniel 11:18 — After this shall he turn his face unto the isles (לְאִיִּ֖ים), and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.
- Zephaniah 2:11 — The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles (אִיֵּ֥י) of the heathen.