ʻayin (H5869) — Meaning of the Hebrew word ʻayin in English — Strong's Lexicon

Occurrences

ʻayin occurs 883 times in 827 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (75), Exodus (27), Leviticus (15), Numbers (36), Deuteronomy (57), Joshua (11), Judges (18), Ruth (4), 1 Samuel (40), 2 Samuel (35), 1 Kings (31), 2 Kings (45), 1 Chronicles (11), 2 Chronicles (30), Ezra (2), Nehemiah (7), Esther (12), Job (44), Psalms (64), Proverbs (48), Ecclesiastes (9), Song of Songs (7), Isaiah (43), Jeremiah (45), Lamentations (9), Ezekiel (64), Daniel (6), Hosea (3), Joel (1), Amos (3), Jonah (1), Micah (2), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (17), Malachi (2)

Genesis 3:5 — For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes (עֵֽינֵיכֶ֑ם) shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes (לָעֵינַ֗יִם), and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Genesis 3:7 — And the eyes (עֵינֵ֣י) of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Genesis 6:8 — But Noah found grace in the eyes (בְּעֵינֵ֥י) of the LORD.
Genesis 13:10 — And Lot lifted up his eyes (עֵינָ֗יו), and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Genesis 13:14 — And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes (עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙), and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
Genesis 16:4 — And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes (בְּעֵינֶֽיהָ).
Genesis 16:5 — And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes (בְּעֵינֶ֑יהָ): the LORD judge between me and thee.
Genesis 16:6 — But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth (בְּעֵינָ֑יִךְ) thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
Genesis 16:7 — And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain (עֵ֥ין) of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
Genesis 16:7 — And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain (הָעַ֖יִן) in the way to Shur.
Genesis 18:2 — And he lift up his eyes (עֵינָיו֙) and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
Genesis 18:3 — And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight (בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ), pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
Genesis 19:8 — Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes (בְּעֵינֵיכֶ֑ם): only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
Genesis 19:14 — And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto (בְּעֵינֵ֥י) his sons in law.
Genesis 19:19 — Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight (בְּעֵינֶיךָ֒), and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
Genesis 20:15 — And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth (בְּעֵינֶ֖יךָ) thee.
Genesis 20:16 — And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes (עֵינַ֔יִם), unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
Genesis 21:11 — And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight (בְּעֵינֵ֣י) because of his son.
Genesis 21:12 — And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight (בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙) because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis 21:19 — And God opened her eyes (עֵינֶ֔יהָ), and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink.
Genesis 22:4 — Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes (עֵינָ֛יו), and saw the place afar off.
Genesis 22:13 — And Abraham lifted up his eyes (עֵינָ֗יו), and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Genesis 23:11 — Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence (לְעֵינֵ֧י) of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
Genesis 23:18 — Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence (לְעֵינֵ֣י) of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
Genesis 24:13 — Behold, I stand here by the well (עֵ֣ין) of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
Genesis 24:16 — And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well (הָעַ֔יְנָה), and filled her pitcher, and came up.
Genesis 24:29 — And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well (הָעָֽיִן).
Genesis 24:30 — And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well (הָעָֽיִן).
Genesis 24:42 — And I came this day unto the well (הָעָ֑יִן), and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go:
Genesis 24:43 — Behold, I stand by the well (עֵ֣ין) of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
Genesis 24:45 — And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well (הָעַ֖יְנָה), and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.
Genesis 24:63 — And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes (עֵינָיו֙), and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming.
Genesis 24:64 — And Rebekah lifted up her eyes (עֵינֶ֔יהָ), and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel.
Genesis 27:1 — And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes (עֵינָ֖יו) were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I.
Genesis 27:12 — My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him (בְעֵינָ֖יו) as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
Genesis 28:8 — And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not (בְּעֵינֵ֖י) Isaac his father;
Genesis 29:17 — Leah was tender eyed (וְעֵינֵ֥י); but Rachel was beautiful and well favoured.
Genesis 29:20 — And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed (בְעֵינָיו֙) unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Genesis 30:27 — And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes (בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ), tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
Genesis 30:41 — And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes (לְעֵינֵ֥י) of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods.
Genesis 31:10 — And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes (עֵינַ֛י), and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.
Genesis 31:12 — And he said, Lift up now thine eyes (עֵינֶ֤יךָ), and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and grisled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee.
Genesis 31:35 — And she said to her father, Let it not displease (בְּעֵינֵ֣י) my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
Genesis 31:40 — Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes (מֵֽעֵינָֽי).
Genesis 32:5 — And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight (בְּעֵינֶֽיךָ).
Genesis 33:1 — And Jacob lifted up his eyes (עֵינָ֗יו), and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
Genesis 33:5 — And he lifted up his eyes (עֵינָ֗יו), and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant.
Genesis 33:8 — And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight (בְּעֵינֵ֥י) of my lord.
Genesis 33:10 — And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight (בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ), then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.

ʻayin — H5869

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