אַ֫יִן
a.yin
“where?”
Definition
where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)
probably identical with H369 (אַיִן) in the sense of query (compare H336 (אִי)lemma אי missing vowel, corrected to אִי)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Intg
H:Intg
H:Intg
Occurrences
אַ֫יִן appears 17 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?”“They came from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”
“My brothers,” Jacob asked the shepherds, “where are you from?”“We are from Haran,” they answered.
“Where are you from?” Micah asked him.“I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,” he replied, “and I am on my way to settle wherever I can find a place.”
But where can wisdom be found,and where does understanding dwell?
But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, “Yes, the men did come to me, but I did not know where they had come from.
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.