Ayin אַ֫יִן

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Ayin
אַ֫יִן
Transliterationayin
Strong's numberH369
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechnegative particle
Glossnothing
Occurrences789 in 687 verses
Most frequent inJeremiah (77)

Ayin (Hebrew אַ֫יִן, Strong's H369) is a Hebrew negative particle meaning “nothing”. It occurs 789 times in 687 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) nothing, not, nought n
1a) nothing, nought neg
1b) not
1c) to have not (of possession) adv
1d) without w/prep
1e) for lack of

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVnot (3), never (2), no (2), gone (2), nothing (2), else (1), without (1), except (1), neither (1), where (1), abundance (1), than (1), and 10 other renderings
BSBno (102), there is no (81), no one (54), without (51), not (27), there was no (23), nothing (18), does not (15), none (12), is not (9), there is nothing (8), has no (7), and 197 other renderings

Verses

Ayin occurs in 687 verses, listed here by reference.

Genesis (36): 2:5, 5:24, 7:8, 11:30, 19:31, 20:7, 20:11, 28:17, 30:1, 30:33, 31:2, 31:5, 31:50, 37:24, 37:29, 37:30, 39:9, 39:11, 39:23, 40:8, 41:8, 41:15, 41:24, 41:39, 41:49, 42:13, 42:32, 42:36, 43:5, 44:26, 44:30, 44:31, 44:34, 45:6, 47:4, 47:13

Exodus (20): 2:12, 3:2, 5:10, 5:11, 5:16, 8:10, 8:21, 9:14, 12:30, 14:11, 17:1, 17:7, 21:11, 22:2, 22:3, 22:10, 22:14, 32:18, 32:32, 33:15

Leviticus (17): 11:4, 11:10, 11:12, 11:26, 13:4, 13:21, 13:26, 13:31, 13:32, 13:34, 14:21, 22:13, 25:31, 26:6, 26:17, 26:36, 26:37

Numbers (18): 5:8, 5:13, 11:6, 13:20, 14:42, 19:2, 19:15, 20:5, 20:19, 21:5, 22:26, 27:4, 27:8, 27:9, 27:10, 27:11, 27:17, 35:27

Deuteronomy (29): 1:32, 1:42, 4:12, 4:22, 4:35, 4:39, 8:15, 12:12, 14:10, 14:27, 14:29, 19:6, 21:18, 21:20, 22:26, 22:27, 25:5, 28:26, 28:29, 28:31, 28:32, 28:68, 29:15, 31:17, 32:4, 32:12, 32:28, 32:39, 33:26

Joshua (4): 6:1, 18:7, 22:25, 22:27

Judges (25): 3:25, 4:20, 6:5, 7:12, 7:14, 9:15, 9:20, 11:34, 12:3, 13:9, 14:3, 14:6, 16:15, 17:6, 18:1, 18:7, 18:10, 18:28, 19:1, 19:15, 19:18, 19:19, 19:28, 21:9, 21:25

Ruth (1): 4:4

1 Samuel (27): 1:2, 2:2, 3:1, 9:2, 9:4, 9:7, 10:14, 10:24, 11:3, 11:7, 14:6, 14:17, 14:26, 14:39, 17:50, 18:25, 19:11, 20:2, 20:21, 21:1, 21:4, 21:9, 22:8, 24:11, 26:12, 27:1, 30:4

2 Samuel (13): 3:22, 7:22, 12:3, 14:6, 15:3, 17:6, 18:18, 18:22, 19:6, 19:7, 20:1, 21:4, 22:42

1 Kings (21): 3:18, 5:4, 5:6, 6:18, 8:9, 8:23, 8:46, 8:60, 10:21, 15:22, 18:10, 18:26, 18:29, 18:43, 20:40, 21:5, 21:15, 22:1, 22:7, 22:17, 22:47

2 Kings (18): 1:3, 1:6, 1:16, 2:10, 3:11, 4:2, 4:6, 4:14, 4:31, 5:15, 7:5, 7:10, 9:10, 12:7, 14:26, 17:26, 17:34, 19:3

1 Chronicles (8): 4:27, 17:20, 22:3, 22:4, 22:14, 22:16, 23:26, 29:15

2 Chronicles (24): 5:10, 5:11, 6:14, 6:36, 9:20, 12:3, 14:6, 14:11, 14:13, 15:5, 18:6, 18:7, 18:16, 19:7, 20:6, 20:12, 20:24, 20:25, 21:18, 22:9, 25:7, 35:3, 35:15, 36:16

Ezra (4): 3:13, 9:14, 9:15, 10:13

Nehemiah (9): 2:2, 2:12, 2:14, 2:20, 4:23, 5:5, 7:4, 8:10, 13:24

Esther (9): 1:8, 2:7, 2:20, 3:5, 3:8, 4:2, 5:13, 7:4, 8:8

Job (34): 1:8, 2:3, 2:13, 3:9, 3:21, 5:4, 5:9, 6:13, 7:8, 7:21, 8:22, 9:10, 10:7, 11:3, 11:19, 12:3, 18:19, 19:7, 20:21, 21:33, 22:5, 23:8, 24:7, 24:24, 26:6, 27:19, 28:14, 31:19, 32:5, 32:12, 33:33, 34:22, 35:15, 41:33

Psalms (57): 3:2, 5:9, 6:5, 7:2, 10:4, 14:1, 14:3, 18:41, 19:3, 19:6, 22:11, 32:2, 32:9, 33:16, 34:9, 36:1, 37:10, 37:36, 38:3, 38:7, 38:10, 38:14, 39:5, 39:13, 40:5, 40:12, 50:22, 53:1, 53:3, 55:19, 56:7, 59:13, 69:2, 69:20, 71:11, 72:12, 73:2, 73:4, 73:5, 74:9, 79:3, 86:8, 88:4, 103:16, 104:25, 104:35, 105:34, 105:37, 107:12, 119:165, 135:17, 139:4, 142:4, 144:14, 145:3, 146:3, 147:5

Proverbs (34): 1:24, 5:17, 5:23, 6:7, 6:15, 7:19, 8:8, 8:24, 10:25, 11:14, 12:7, 13:4, 13:7, 14:4, 14:6, 15:22, 17:16, 20:4, 21:30, 22:27, 23:5, 25:3, 25:14, 25:28, 26:20, 28:1, 28:3, 28:24, 28:27, 29:1, 29:9, 29:18, 29:19, 30:27

Ecclesiastes (37): 1:7, 1:9, 1:11, 2:11, 2:16, 2:24, 3:12, 3:14, 3:19, 3:22, 4:1, 4:8, 4:10, 4:16, 5:1, 5:4, 5:12, 5:14, 6:2, 7:20, 8:7, 8:8, 8:11, 8:13, 8:15, 8:16, 9:1, 9:2, 9:5, 9:6, 9:10, 9:16, 10:11, 11:5, 11:6, 12:1, 12:12

Song of Solomon (5): 4:2, 4:7, 6:6, 6:8, 8:8

Isaiah (72): 1:6, 1:15, 1:30, 1:31, 2:7, 3:7, 5:9, 5:27, 5:29, 6:11, 8:20, 9:7, 13:14, 14:31, 17:2, 17:14, 19:7, 22:22, 23:10, 27:4, 33:19, 34:10, 34:12, 37:3, 40:16, 40:17, 40:23, 40:28, 40:29, 41:11, 41:12, 41:17, 41:24, 41:26, 41:28, 42:22, 43:11, 43:12, 43:13, 44:6, 44:8, 44:12, 45:5, 45:6, 45:9, 45:14, 45:18, 45:21, 45:22, 46:9, 47:1, 47:10, 47:14, 47:15, 48:22, 50:2, 50:10, 51:18, 55:1, 57:1, 57:21, 59:4, 59:8, 59:10, 59:11, 59:15, 59:16, 60:15, 63:3, 63:5, 64:7, 66:4

Jeremiah (77): 2:32, 4:4, 4:7, 4:23, 4:25, 4:29, 5:13, 5:21, 6:14, 7:16, 7:17, 7:32, 7:33, 8:6, 8:11, 8:13, 8:15, 8:17, 8:19, 8:22, 9:22, 10:5, 10:6, 10:7, 10:20, 11:14, 12:11, 12:12, 13:19, 14:6, 14:12, 14:16, 14:19, 15:1, 16:19, 19:11, 21:12, 22:17, 22:28, 26:9, 26:16, 30:5, 30:7, 30:10, 30:13, 30:17, 31:15, 32:33, 32:43, 33:10, 33:12, 34:22, 37:14, 38:4, 38:5, 38:6, 38:9, 39:10, 44:2, 44:16, 44:22, 46:11, 46:19, 46:23, 46:27, 48:2, 48:9, 48:38, 49:1, 49:5, 49:7, 49:10, 49:12, 50:20, 50:32, 51:29, 51:37

Lamentations (11): 1:2, 1:7, 1:9, 1:17, 1:21, 2:9, 3:49, 4:4, 5:3, 5:7, 5:8

Ezekiel (21): 3:7, 7:14, 7:25, 8:12, 9:9, 13:10, 13:15, 13:16, 20:39, 26:21, 27:36, 28:19, 33:28, 33:32, 34:6, 34:8, 34:28, 37:8, 38:11, 39:26, 42:6

Daniel (9): 1:4, 8:4, 8:5, 8:27, 9:26, 10:21, 11:15, 11:16, 11:45

Hosea (9): 3:4, 4:1, 5:14, 7:7, 7:11, 8:7, 8:8, 10:3, 13:4

Joel (3): 1:6, 1:18, 2:27

Amos (5): 2:11, 3:4, 3:5, 5:2, 5:6

Obadiah (1): 1:7

Micah (6): 3:7, 4:4, 4:9, 5:8, 7:1, 7:2

Nahum (7): 2:8, 2:9, 2:11, 3:3, 3:9, 3:18, 3:19

Habakkuk (2): 2:19, 3:17

Zephaniah (3): 2:5, 3:6, 3:13

Haggai (3): 1:6, 2:3, 2:17

Zechariah (3): 8:10, 9:11, 10:2

Malachi (5): 1:8, 1:10, 2:2, 2:9, 2:13

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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