Ain — the meaning of the Hebrew name עַיִן

עַיִן

ʻAyin · pronounced ah'-yin · Strong's H5871 · a place

Ain means fountain.

Built from

עַיִן ʻayin (the same as, H5869) — an eye (literally or figuratively) open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

the same as H5869; fountain; Ajin, the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine.

First appearance

Num 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: (KJV)

Every verse that names Ain

5 occurrences in 5 verses — Numbers, Joshua, 1 Chronicles

Num 34:11Josh 15:32Josh 19:7Josh 21:161Chr 4:32

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