BDB374
II. אַ֫יִן nought.
אִיעֶזֶר see אֲבִיעֶזֶר .
אִיתָמָר see I. אָוָה .
Strong's Lexicon
H369
H369 — אַיִן
Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | H369 |
|---|---|
| Word: | אַיִן |
| Part of Speech: | prt-n. |
| Etymology: | as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist |
| Language: | Hebrew |
| Occurrences: | 791 |
| Transliteration: | ayin |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ah'-yin |
| Meaning: | 1. a non-entity 2. (generally) used as a negative particle |
| KJV Renderings: | else, except, fail, (father-)less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. |
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced
BDB385
II. אַ֫יִן, אָ֑֫יִן construct אֵין substantive properly nothing, nought (Moabite אן, Assyrian iânu ).
1.
Isa 40:23
הַנּוֺתֵן
רוֺזְנִים לְאָ֑יִן who bringeth princes to nothing; כְּאַיִן
as nothing, ib. Isa 40:17; Isa 41:11; Isa 41:12; Hag 2:3; Ps 39:6
almost (|| כִּמְעַט) Ps 73:2
מֵאַיִן
of nothing
Isa 41:24.
2. construct אֵין, very frequently as particle [of negation],
is not, are not, was not, were not, etc. (corresponding to the affirmative
יֵשׁ
q. v. Similar in usage, though not etymology akin, are
[untranscribed source text 176], לַיִת,
[untranscribed source text 177],
[untranscribed source text 178], properly 'there is nought of …' followed by a substantive or a pronominal
suffix (אֵינֶנִּי [verbal form, Ges
«GKC:100»§ 100, 5; «GKC:152»152, 1 c], אֵינְךָ, אֵינֵךְ,
אֵינֶנּוּ, אֵינֶנָּה, אֵינְכֶם, אֵינָם, also Ps 59:14
אֵינֵ֫מוֺ, Ps 73:5
אֵינֵ֫ימוֺ): twice abnormally, in late Hebrew, a noun אֵין אֲנִי, אֵין
אֲנַחְנוּ
Neh 4:17 (so
sometimes לַיִת,
[untranscribed source text 179], NöM. p. 295); once, incorrectly, את
Hag 2:17.
a. denying existence absolutely Isa 44:6; Isa 47:10
אֵין רֹאָנִי
there is none that seeth me, literally nought of one seeing me!
אֵין עוֺד
there is none else Deut 4:39; 1Kgs 8:60; Isa 45:5; Isa 45:6; Isa 45:18; Isa 45:22. b. more commonly, in a limited sense,
there is none here or at hand
Exod 2:12 and he
saw כִּיאֵֿין
אִישׁ that there was no man (that is, there), Num 21:5; Gen 5:24
וְאֵינֶנּוּ and he was not (of Enoch's disappearance from earth) Gen 42:13 one (
cas. pend. as often), he is not, Gen 42:36 often = is
(or has) vanished
Gen 37:30; 1Kgs 20:40;
Isa 17:14;
Ps 37:10; Ps 103:16;
Job 8:22; Job 24:24; Job 27:19.
c. with the sense determined by a predicate following: Gen 37:29 Joseph was not in the pit
, Gen
41:39 + often;
Exod 5:10
אֵינֶנִּי נֹתֵן לָכֶם תֶּבֶן
I am not giving you straw; and so often with particip. where duration has to be expressed
Gen 39:23; Deut 21:18; Isa 1:15; Jer 7:16, or
intention Gen 20:7
אֵינְךָ מֵשִׁיב דַּע ֗֗֗ אִם if thou art not restoring her, know Gen 43:5; Exod 8:17; Exod 33:15
(idiomatically, after אם; see Dr§ 137) Judg 12:3. Following
once pleonastic by יֵשׁ
Ps 135:17.
Treated as a mere particle of negation, אֵין may vary its position in the
sentence, the substantive which should strictly stand in the genitive being not only separated from it by a little
word, as בּוֺ
Gen 37:24,
לוֺ
Exod 22:1,
שָׁם
Exod 12:30,
גַּם
Ps 14:3, etc., but
even for emphasis prefixed to it, as Gen 19:31; Gen 40:8
וּפֹתֵר אֵין אֹתוֺ
Gen 41:15; Exod 5:16; Judg 13:9; Judg 14:6; Judg 16:15; Judg 19:1 (so
MI24
): if however it be thus brought to the end of a sentence, or be disconnected with what follows, it stands
in the absolute form, as Gen
2:5
ואדם אַיִן לעבד האדמה and man there was none to till the ground, Lev 26:37
וְרֹדֵף אָ֑יִן
Num 20:5; 2Kgs 19:3; Hos 13:4; Mic 7:2. d.
sometimes the subject has to be supplied from the context: thus (α) 1Sam 9:4 and they passed through the land of
Shaalim וָאַיִן
and they (the asses) were not (literally and nought!
), especially after verbs of waiting or seeking
Isa 59:11;
Ps 69:21; Job 3:9; Isa 41:17. Ezek 7:25; Prov 14:6; Prov 13:4; Prov 20:4. (β
) Exod 17:7
is ׳
י in the midst of us אִםאָֽֿיִן ׃
or not ?
Num 13:20. (
γ) Judg 4:20
וְאָמַרְתְּ אָֽיִן׃ then thou shalt say, There is not, 1Kgs 18:10; 1Sam 10:14. (
δ) Gen 30:1
give me children, וְאִםאַֿיִן
and if not, I die, Exod 32:32; Judg 9:15; Judg 9:20; 2Sam 17:6 (see Dr) 2Kgs 2:10; Job 33:33. e.
with subject not expressed, once (late), Dan 8:5
וְאֵין נֹגֵעַ בָּאָרֶץ and (it) was not touching the earth. feminine
once, Job
35:15 with the finite verb; but read here כִּי אֵין פֹּקֵד (the usage of
[untranscribed source text 180], cited by De, does not justify the anomaly in Hebrew)
Jer 38:5 the
imperfect may be due to the fact that no participle of יָכֹל was in use, and a relation must be
tacitly supplied: 'The king is not (one that) can do aught against you.' On Exod 3:2 see Ges«GKC:52»§ 52, 2 R. 6; Ew§ 169
d.
3.
׳
אֵין לְ, with substantive, or pronoun, there is (was) not to . . . = . . .
have, has, had, etc. not:
Gen 11:30
אֵין לָהּ וָלָד
she had no child, Num 27:9
וְאִםאֵֿין לוֺ בַּת and if he have no daughter + often; with a participle
Deut 22:27;
Jer 14:16;
Jer 30:17;
Jer 49:5; Jer 50:32; Ps 142:5; Lam 1:2; Lam 1:9; Lam 1:17; Exod 22:2
אִםאֵֿין לוֺ if he have nought, Dan 9:26
ואין לו and have nought (or none).
4. in circumstantial clauses (Dr§ 164): —
(a) Exod 21:11 she shall go out free אֵין כָּ֑סֶף
without money, Exod 22:9
אֵין רֹאֶה
none seeing it, Num 11:6; Isa 47:1; Jer 2:32; Hos 3:4; Hos 7:11; Ps 32:9; Ps 88:5 + .
(b) Deut 32:4 a God of faithfulness וְאֵין עָוֶל
and no iniquity, i.e. without iniquity, Jer 5:21; Joel 1:6; Ps 104:25.
(c)
very often, in such phrases as וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד
with none to affright
Lev 26:6 (12
t.);
וְאֵין מְכַבֶּה
Isa 1:31 and
elsewhere; וְאֵין מַצִּיל
Isa 5:29; Ps 7:3, etc. (
Dr§ 159).
5. with infinitive and ׳
ל, it is not to . . . : i.e. (a) like οὐκ
ἔστιν
, it is not possible to . . . (compare below יֵשׁ and לֹא
), but hardly except in late Hebrew; 2Chr 20:6
וְאֵין עִמְּךָ
לְהִתְיַצֵּב
it is not possible to stand (in conflict) with thee, 2Chr 22:9; Ezra 9:15; Eccl 3:14;
Esth 4:2. Once
without ל, Ps 40:6
אֵין עֲרֹךְ אֵלָיךָ
οὐκ ἔστι παραβάλλειν σοι. (β) there is no need to . . . 1Chr 23:26
וְגַם לַלְוִיִּם
אֵיןלָֿשֵׂאת for the Levites also there was no need to bear 2Chr 5:11;
2Chr 35:15
(see Dr§ 202. 1).
6. with prefixes: —
a.
בְּאֵין properly in defect of: — (a) for want of, without
— Prov
5:23 HE will die בְּאֵין מוּסָר
for lack of instruction, Prov 11:14
בְּאֵין תַּחְבֻּלוֺת
without guidance, Prov 14:4; Prov 15:22; Prov 26:20; Prov 29:18; Isa 57:1; Ezek 38:11 compare
בְּלֹא. (β) of
time = when there was (were) not
Prov 8:24
(twice
in verse).
b.
כְּאֵין
Isa 59:10
כְּאֵין עֵינַיִם in poetry for כַּאֲשֶׁר אֵין לוֺ עֵינַיִם (compare Ew§ 286 g
Ges«GKC:152»§ 152. 1 h).
c.
לְאֵין (α) for לַאֲשֶׁר אֵין לוֺ
Isa 40:29
inlate prose
2Chr
14:10; Neh
8:10. (β) in the condition of not. . . (ל of state,
see
below ל) = without or so that not . . . (peculiar
to
Chronicles), 1Chr
22:4
cedar trees לְאֵין מִסְפָּר
without number, 2Chr 14:12 and there fell of the Cushites לְאֵיןלָֿהֶם מִחְיָה
so that they had none remaining alive, 2Chr 20:25
לְאֵין
מַשָּׂא
so that there was no carrying away, 2Chr 21:18; Ezra 9:14. (γ) עַדלְֿאֵין
(see
׳
עַד ל), 2Chr 36:16
until there was no remedy (compare עַד אֵין ֗֗֗
Ps 40:13;
Job 5:9).
d.
מֵאֵין (a) (מִן causal) from lack of . . .
Isa 50:2; Jer 7:32; Jer 19:11.
(
β) (מִן negative, see
מִן
) properly away from there being no. . . (with אֵין
pleonastic,
compare מִבְּלִי, and מִבְּלִי אֵין), i.e. so that not. . .,
without
, mostly epexegetical of some term expressing desolation: Isa 5:9 Surely many houses shall be desolate
מֵאֵין יוֺשֵׁב
without inhabitant, Isa 6:11 + often Jeremiah & Zephaniah; Isa 6:11
מֵאֵין אָדָם, Jer 32:43
מֵאֵין אָדָם וּבְהֵמָה
Jer 33:10;
Jer 33:12;
Ezek 33:28
;
Lam 3:49. Once
followed by infinitive
Mal 2:13
so that there is no regarding more. (γ) in Jer 10:6; Jer 10:7
מֵאֵין כָּמוֺךָ, מֵאֵין is supposed by some to = a strengthened אֵין
, even none, none at all; but it is difficult to justify this explanation
logically;
and it is preferable to point מֵאַיִן כָּמוֺךָ
whence is any like thee? compare Jer 30:7. (So Hi
see
DrHebraica. ii. 34-7.)
Other Resources
Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke
Englishman's Hebrew Concordance
אין (ah’-yin)
Genesis 2:5
- KJV: And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
- EHCC: and (there was) not a man to till
Genesis 30:1
- KJV: And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
- EHCC: זס else (lit. and if not) 1 die.
Genesis 41:49
- KJV: And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.
- EHCC: for (it was) without Sears ) with
Genesis 44:26
- KJV: And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
- EHCC: except our you! er (be) with us.
Genesis 45:6
- KJV: For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
- EHCC: (thereshall nelher(be)earingnorharvest
Judges 14:3
- KJV: Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.pleaseth…: Heb. is right in mine eyes
- EHCC: (Is there) never a woman among the
1 Kings 18:26
- KJV: And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made.hear: or, answeranswered: or, heardleaped…: or, leaped up and down at the altar
- EHCC: (there was no voice, nor any that answered,
1 Kings 20:40
- KJV: And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.he was…: Heb. he was not
- EHCC: was busy here and there, he was gone.
1 Chronicles 22:4
- KJV: Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David.
- EHCC: in abundance: (lit. without number)
2 Chronicles 20:25
- KJV: And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
- EHCC: more than (lit. til not) they could carry
2 Chronicles 21:18
- KJV: And after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
- EHCC: an incurable disease,
Job 5:9
- KJV: Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:unsearchable: Heb. there is no searchwithout…: Heb. till there be no number
- EHCC: great things and sasearchable;
Job 8:22
- KJV: They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.shall come…: Heb. shall not be
- EHCC: place of the wicked shall come to nought.
Job 9:10
- KJV: Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.
- EHCC: Which doeth great things past finding out;
Psalms 38:10
- KJV: My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.is gone…: Heb. is not with me
- EHCC: (11). it also is gone from me.
Psalms 73:9
- KJV: They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
- EHCC: my steps had well nigh slipped.
Ecclesiastes 3:14
- KJV: I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
- EHCC: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing
Isaiah 40:16
- KJV: And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
- EHCC: to burn, nor the beasts thereof’
Isaiah 44:12
- KJV: The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.with the tongs: or, with an axe
- EHCC: aad his strength faileth:
Isaiah 45:21
- KJV: Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
- EHCC: a Saviour; (there is) none beside me.
Jeremiah 7:32
- KJV: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place.
- EHCC: till there be no place.
Jeremiah 46:23
- KJV: They shall cut down her forest, saith the Lord, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable.
- EHCC: and (are) innumerabie,
Lamentations 5:8
- KJV: Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.
- EHCC: orphans and fatherless,
Ezekiel 28:19
- KJV: All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.a terror: Heb. terrors
- EHCC: and never (shalt) thou (be) any more.
Isaiah 41:24
- KJV: Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.of nothing: or, worse than nothingof nought: or, worse than of a viper
- EHCC: Behold ye, (are) of nothing,
Jeremiah 30:7
- KJV: Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
- EHCC: that none ray ibe i 9