Strong's Lexicon

H339

H339 — אִי

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewiynoun mascOccurrences: 35TWOT: 39a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H339
Word:אִי
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H183
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:35
Transliteration:iy
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ee
Meaning:1. (properly) a habitable spot (as desirable) 2. dry land, a coast, an island
KJV Renderings:country, isle, island.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB174

I. אִי noun masculine Isa 20:5 (feminine Isa 23:2 ) coast, region 339 (contracted from אֱוִי so Ol§ 152 b; place whither one betakes oneself for resting, etc., originally from mariner's standpoint) — אִי absolute Isa 20:6 +; construct Jer 47:4 (Job 22:30 see below IV. אִי compare Di) plural אִיִּים Ps 72:10 +; אִיִּן Ezek 26:18 ( Co איים) אִיֵּי Gen 10:5 +; — coast, border, region (mostly late), of Philistia & Phenicia with adjacent country Isa 20:6; Isa 23:2; Isa 23:6 so of Caphtor (= Crete) Jer 47:4 מַלְכֵי הָאִי אֲשֶׁר בְּעֵבֶר הַיָּם Jer 25:22 elswhere plural, coasts of Chittim Jer 2:10; Ezek 27:6, of Elishah Ezek 27:7 different countries (on or in sea) Ezek 27:3 Ezek 27:15 Ezek 27:35; Ezek 26:15; Ezek 26:18 (twice in verse) (last strike out Co compare ᵐ5 ) compare Ezek 39:6, so also אִיֵּי הַגּוֺיִם Gen 10:5 ( P ); particular אִיֵּי הַיָּם = coast-lands & islands Isa 11:11; Isa 24:15, || הָאָרֶץ Esth 10:1 see (without הַיָּם) Dan 11:18, & Ps 72:10 so often Isa2 including inhabitants, Ps 41:1; Ps 41:5; Ps 42:4; Ps 42:10 (אִיִּים וְישְׁבֵיהֶם || הַיָּם וּמְלֹאוֺ ) Isa 42:12; Isa 49:1; Isa 51:5 ; Isa 59:18 ; Isa 60:9; Isa 66:19 compare Jer 31:10 ; Ps 97:1; Zeph 2:11 ( אִיֵּי הַגּוֺיִם); islands, distinctly (taken up by ׳ א as little things) Isa 40:15 coasts, banks, i.e. habitable lands Isa 42:15 (|| נְהָרוֺת).


BDB373

I. אִי noun masculine isle, coast, see I. אָוָה .


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אי (Gh)

Genesis 4:9

KJV: And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
EHCC: Where (is) Abel thy brother?

Genesis 3:9

KJV: And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
EHCC: Where (art) thou?

Job 90:7

EHCC: Where (is) he? &e. 5

Job 19:19

KJV: All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me.my…: Heb. the men of my secret
EHCC: 12. Where (are 7

1 Kings 13:12

KJV: And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
EHCC: What way went he?

1 Kings 22:24

KJV: But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak unto thee?
EHCC: Which way went the opus of de Lord.

1 Kings 202:18

EHCC: 23, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord

Job 38:34

KJV: Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?
EHCC: By what way ia the Tight parted,

Job 88:15

EHCC: 2. Of what city (art) thou ?

Job 2:9

KJV: Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.
EHCC: From whence comest thou ?

Esther 10:1

KJV: And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
EHCC: cad (upon) the isles of the sea.

Job 22:30

KJV: He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands.He shall…: or, The innocent shall deliver the island
EHCC: He deliver the island of the innocent

Psalms 72:10

KJV: The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
EHCC: The kings of Tarshish and of the isles 0 .

Psalms 97:1

KJV: The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.multitude…: Heb. many, or, great isles
EHCC: let the multitude of isles be glad (

Isaiah 11:11

KJV: And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
EHCC: and from the islands of the sea. .

Isaiah 20:6

KJV: And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?isle: or, country
EHCC: inhabitant of this isle shall (mang. country)

Isaiah 23:9

KJV: The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.to stain: Heb. to pollute
EHCC: Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle ;

Isaiah 24:15

KJV: Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea.fires: or, valleys
EHCC: the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the

Isaiah 40:15

KJV: Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
EHCC: he taketh up the isles as ₪ very little

Isaiah 41:1

KJV: Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
EHCC: Keep silence before me, 0 ‘elinds ;

Isaiah 42:4

KJV: He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.discouraged: Heb. broken
EHCC: the isles shall wait for his law.

Isaiah 49:1

KJV: Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
EHCC: Listen, O isles, unto me;

Isaiah 59:18

KJV: According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.deeds: Heb. recompences
EHCC: to the islands he will repay recompence.

Isaiah 60:9

KJV: Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the Lord thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
EHCC: Surely the isles shall wait for me,

Isaiah 66:19

KJV: And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
EHCC: Tubal, and Javan, (20) the isles afar off,

Jeremiah 2:10

KJV: For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.over: or, over to
EHCC: pass over the isles of Chittim,

Jeremiah 25:22

KJV: And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea,isles: or, region by the sea side
EHCC: 7 isles which (are) oy the sea,

Jeremiah 31:10

KJV: Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
EHCC: declare (it) in the isles afar off,

Jeremiah 47:4

KJV: Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the Lord will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor.the country: Heb. the isle
EHCC: the remnant of the country of Caphtor.

Jeremiah 50:39

KJV: Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation.
EHCC: with the wild beasts of the islands

Jeremiah 27:3

KJV: And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;
EHCC: 8 merchant of the People for many isles,

Jeremiah 89:6

EHCC: them that dwell carelessly in the isles:

Daniel 11:18

KJV: After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.for…: Heb. for himthe reproach…: Heb. his reproach
EHCC: turn his face unto the iales,

Zephaniah 2:11

KJV: The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.famish: Heb. make lean
EHCC: (even) all the isles of the heathen.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

KJV: Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
EHCC: Woe to thee, 0 land, when thy king

Ecclesiastes 4:10

KJV: For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
EHCC: but woe to him (that is) alone !
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