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ain

also known as: ayin, ayin, 'ayun, 'en, spring, fountain

Hebrew: ע or ׳ע (masculine form) —transliteration: ain, ayin, en

This ancient word has various meanings…

Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: 'ayin, ah'-yin; probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analysis a fountain (as the eye of the landscape):—affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, color, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye ([-brow], [-d], -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow [from the marginal note], X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open (-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you (-rselves).

More information

• eye (ain)
• Springs in the Bible
• fountain
• el Ain (see: Riblah)
• Ain 'Atan (see: Etam, Nephtoah)
• Ain el Barideh (Ain el Bareideh) (see: Dalmanutha)
• Ain Hamul (see: Hammon
• Ain Haud (see: En-shemesh)
• Ain Hawarah (see: Marah)
• Ain Helweh (see: Abel-meholah)
• Ain Hudherah (see: Kibroth-hattaavah)
• Ain el Hudhera (see: Hazeroth)
• Ain Jalud (see: Harod, Fountain of Jezreel)
• Ain Jidy (Ain Jidi) (see: Engedi, cave, Dead Sea)
• Ain Kana (see: Kanah)
• Ain Karim (see: Beth-haccerem)
• Ain Kezbeh (see: Achzib)
• Ain Lifta (see: Nephtoah)
• Ain Muweileh (see: Beer-lahai-roi)
• Ain Rimmon (see: Rimmon)
• Ain Sarah (see: Sirah)
• Ain Shems (see: Ebenezer, Beth-shemesh, Kirjath-jearim
• Ain esh Shemsiyeh (see: Beth-shemesh
• Ain es Sultan (see: Jericho
• Ain Tabighah (see: Bethsaida)
• Ain Ummel-Daraj (En-rogel)
• Ain el Ghudyan (see: Ezion-geber
• Bel'ain (see: Baalath)
• M'ain (see: Baal-meon)
• Ras-el-Ain (see: Antipatris)
• 'Ayun Musa