Usually translated as
no, not, none, neither, without, nothing, nor, be gone, never, unsearchable, else, except, fatherless, incurable, past, fail, less, in, to nought, un, well-nigh
Occurrences
ʼayin occurs 787 times in 686 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (36), Exodus (20), Leviticus (17), Numbers (18), Deuteronomy (29), Joshua (4), Judges (25), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (27), 2 Samuel (13), 1 Kings (21), 2 Kings (18), 1 Chronicles (8), 2 Chronicles (24), Ezra (4), Nehemiah (9), Esther (9), Job (34), Psalms (56), Proverbs (34), Ecclesiastes (37), Song of Songs (5), Isaiah (72), Jeremiah (77), Lamentations (11), Ezekiel (21), Daniel (9), Hosea (9), Joel (3), Amos (5), Obadiah (1), Micah (6), Nahum (7), Habakkuk (2), Zephaniah (3), Haggai (3), Zechariah (3), Malachi (5)
- Genesis 2:5 — And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not (אַ֔יִן) a man to till the ground.
- Genesis 5:24 — And Enoch walked with God: and he was not (וְאֵינֶ֕נּוּ); for God took him.
- Genesis 7:8 — Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not (אֵינֶ֖נָּה) clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
- Genesis 11:30 — But Sarai was barren; she had no (אֵ֥ין) child.
- Genesis 19:31 — And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not (אֵ֤ין) a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
- Genesis 20:7 — Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not (אֵֽינְךָ֣), know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
- Genesis 20:11 — And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not (אֵין) in this place; and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.
- Genesis 28:17 — And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none (אֵ֣ין) other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
- Genesis 30:1 — And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else (אַ֖יִן) I die.
- Genesis 30:33 — So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not (אֵינֶנּוּ֩) speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me.
- Genesis 31:2 — And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not (אֵינֶ֛נּוּ) toward him as before.
- Genesis 31:5 — And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not (אֵינֶ֥נּוּ) toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
- Genesis 31:50 — If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no (אֵ֥ין) man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee.
- Genesis 37:24 — And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no (אֵ֥ין) water in it.
- Genesis 37:29 — And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not (אֵין) in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
- Genesis 37:30 — And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not (אֵינֶ֔נּוּ); and I, whither shall I go?
- Genesis 39:9 — There is none (אֵינֶ֨נּוּ) greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?
- Genesis 39:11 — And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none (וְאֵ֨ין) of the men of the house there within.
- Genesis 39:23 — The keeper of the prison looked not (אֵ֣ין) to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper.
- Genesis 40:8 — And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no (אֵ֣ין) interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
- Genesis 41:8 — And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none (וְאֵין) that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:15 — And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none (אֵ֣ין) that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.
- Genesis 41:24 — And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none (וְאֵ֥ין) that could declare it to me.
- Genesis 41:39 — And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none (אֵין) so discreet and wise as thou art:
- Genesis 41:49 — And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without (אֵ֥ין) number.
- Genesis 42:13 — And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not (אֵינֶֽנּוּ).
- Genesis 42:32 — We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not (אֵינֶ֔נּוּ), and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 42:36 — And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not (אֵינֶ֙נּוּ֙), and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
- Genesis 42:36 — And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not (אֵינֶ֔נּוּ), and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
- Genesis 43:5 — But if thou wilt not (אֵינְךָ֥) send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
- Genesis 44:26 — And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except (אֵינֶ֥נּוּ) our youngest brother be with us.
- Genesis 44:30 — Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not (אֵינֶ֣נּוּ) with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;
- Genesis 44:31 — It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not (אֵ֥ין) with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
- Genesis 44:34 — For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not (אֵינֶ֣נּוּ) with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
- Genesis 45:6 — For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither (אֵין) be earing nor harvest.
- Genesis 47:4 — They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no (אֵ֣ין) pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
- Genesis 47:13 — And there was no (אֵין֙) bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
- Exodus 2:12 — And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no (אֵ֣ין) man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
- Exodus 3:2 — And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not (אֵינֶ֥נּוּ) consumed.
- Exodus 5:10 — And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not (אֵינֶ֛נִּי) give you straw.
- Exodus 5:11 — Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not (אֵ֥ין) ought of your work shall be diminished.
- Exodus 5:16 — There is no (אֵ֤ין) straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people.
- Exodus 8:10 — And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none (אֵ֖ין) like unto the LORD our God.
- Exodus 8:21 — Else, if thou wilt not (אֵינְךָ֮) let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.
- Exodus 9:14 — For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none (אֵ֥ין) like me in all the earth.
- Exodus 12:30 — And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not (אֵ֣ין) a house where there was not one dead.
- Exodus 12:30 — And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not (אֵֽין) one dead.
- Exodus 14:11 — And they said unto Moses, Because there were no (אֵין) graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt?
- Exodus 17:1 — And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no (וְאֵ֥ין) water for the people to drink.
- Exodus 17:7 — And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not (אָֽיִן)?