Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H5871: עַיִן

ʻAyin · pronounced ah'-yin · “Ain”

Definition

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

KJV translates it as: Ain.

Word origin: the same as H5869 (עַיִן); fountain;

Extended definition

Ain = "spring"
one of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine
Also named: rim.mon (רִמּוֹן, רִמּוֹנוֹ "Rimmon" H7417)

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H5871 is translated

  • ain ×5

Bible verses with H5871 (ʻAyin)

ʻayin appears in 5 verses.

  • Numbers 34:11

    And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

  • Joshua 15:32

    And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:

  • Joshua 19:7

    Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:

  • Joshua 21:16

    And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

  • 1 Chronicles 4:32

    And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: