HebrewH5871Noun

עַ֫יִן

a.yin

5Occurrences
H5871Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ajin, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine

the same as H5869 (עַיִן); fountain;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Ain = "spring" one of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine Also named: rim.mon (רִמּוֹן, *רִמּוֹנוֹ *"Rimmon" H7417)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

עַ֫יִן appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
3
1 Chronicles
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 4:32BSB

And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—

Joshua 15:32BSB

Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon—twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.

Joshua 19:7BSB

Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan—four cities, along with their villages,

Joshua 21:16BSB

Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh—nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.

Numbers 34:11BSB

then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.

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