עַיִן
ayin · Ain
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5871 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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ayin (עַיִן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Ain”.
A place on the eastern border of Canaan; another place bears the name. The name means "spring."
How to say it
a·yin
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
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Where it appears
- Numbers 34:11
and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east of Ain; and the border shall go down and reach the slope of the Sea of Chinnereth on the east;
- Joshua 15:32
Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon: twenty-nine cities in all, with their villages.
- Joshua 19:7
Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan: four cities with their villages;
- Joshua 21:16
and Ain with its pasturelands, and Juttah with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands —nine cities from these two tribes.
- 1 Chronicles 4:32
And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,