אַ֫יִן
nothing
also: not, nought fuller range ↓
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Particle
- A short function word — article, negation, interrogative, the sign of the direct object, and the like.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
Grammatical forms
- Particle, Negative 786 times (99%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 3 times (0%)
- Particle, Interrogative 1 time (0%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 790 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 2 of 4 — showing verses 201–400 of 686 distinct verses where H369 appears, across 38 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Kings 21 verses
- 1 Kings 18:10 אָ֑יִן ptcl neg As Yahweh your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they didn't find you.
- 1 Kings 18:26 וְ/אֵ֥ין וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg They took the bull which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any who answered. They leaped about the altar which was made.
- 1 Kings 18:29 וְ/אֵֽין וְ/אֵין וְ/אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg It was so, when midday was past, that they prophesied until the time of the offering of the [evening] offering; but there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any who regarded.
- 1 Kings 18:43 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg He said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. He went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. He said, Go again seven times.
- 1 Kings 20:40 אֵינֶ֑/נּוּ ptcl neg + sfx pers 3ms As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. The king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be; yourself have decided it.
- 1 Kings 21:5 וְ/אֵינְ/ךָ֖ conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 2ms But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread?
- 1 Kings 21:15 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg It happened, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead.
- 1 Kings 22:1 אֵ֚ין ptcl neg They continued three years without war between Syria and Israel.
- 1 Kings 22:7 הַ/אֵ֨ין ptcl inter + ptcl neg But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh besides, that we may inquire of him?
- 1 Kings 22:17 אֵין ptcl neg He said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Yahweh said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.
- 1 Kings 22:47 אֵ֛ין ptcl neg There was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.
2 Kings 18 verses
- 2 Kings 1:3 אֵין ptcl neg But the angel of Yahweh said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and tell them, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron?
- 2 Kings 1:6 אֵין ptcl neg They said to him, There came up a man to meet us, and said to us, Go, turn again to the king who sent you, and tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.
- 2 Kings 1:16 אֵין ptcl neg He said to him, Thus says Yahweh, Because you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.
- 2 Kings 2:10 אַ֖יִן ptcl neg He said, You have asked a hard thing: [nevertheless], if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so to you; but if not, it shall not be so.
- 2 Kings 3:11 הַ/אֵ֨ין ptcl inter + ptcl neg But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh, that we may inquire of Yahweh by him? One of the king of Israel's servants answered, Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who poured water on the hands of Elijah.
- 2 Kings 4:2 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? tell me; what have you in the house? She said, Your handmaid has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.
- 2 Kings 4:6 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg It happened, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. He said to her, There isn't another vessel. The oil stayed.
- 2 Kings 4:14 אֵֽין ptcl neg He said, What then is to be done for her? Gehazi answered, Most assuredly she has no son, and her husband is old.
- 2 Kings 4:31 וְ/אֵ֥ין וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child has not awakened.
- 2 Kings 5:15 אֵ֤ין ptcl neg He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, please take a present from your servant.
- 2 Kings 7:5 אֵֽין ptcl neg They rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians; and when they were come to the outermost part of the camp of the Syrians, behold, there was no man there.
- 2 Kings 7:10 אֵֽין ptcl neg So they came and called to the porter of the city; and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but the horses tied, and the donkeys tied, and the tents as they were.
- 2 Kings 9:10 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. He opened the door, and fled.
- 2 Kings 12:7 אֵינְ/כֶ֥ם ptcl neg + sfx pers 2mp Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the [other] priests, and said to them, Why don't you repair the breaches of the house? now therefore take no [more] money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.
- 2 Kings 14:26 וְ/אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg For Yahweh saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter; for there was none shut up nor left at large, neither was there any helper for Israel.
- 2 Kings 17:26 אֵינָ֣/ם ptcl neg + sfx pers 3mp Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, don't know the law of the god of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them, because they don't know the law of the god of the land.
- 2 Kings 17:34 אֵינָ֤/ם וְ/אֵינָ֣/ם ptcl neg + sfx pers 3mp conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 3mp To this day they do after the former manner: they don't fear Yahweh, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Yahweh commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
- 2 Kings 19:3 אַ֖יִן ptcl neg They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
1 Chronicles 8 verses
- 1 Chronicles 4:27 אֵ֖ין ptcl neg Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn't have many children, neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 17:20 אֵ֣ין וְ/אֵ֥ין ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Yahweh, there is none like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
- 1 Chronicles 22:3 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the couplings; and brass in abundance without weight;
- 1 Chronicles 22:4 לְ/אֵ֣ין prep + ptcl neg and cedar trees without number: for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought cedar trees in abundance to David.
- 1 Chronicles 22:14 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg Now, behold, in my affliction I have prepared for the house of Yahweh one hundred thousand talents of gold, and one thousand thousand talents of silver, and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and you may add to them.
- 1 Chronicles 22:16 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise and be doing, and Yahweh be with you.
- 1 Chronicles 23:26 אֵין ptcl neg and also the Levites shall no more have need to carry the tent and all the vessels of it for the service of it.
- 1 Chronicles 29:15 וְ/אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg For we are strangers before you, and foreigners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.
2 Chronicles 24 verses
- 2 Chronicles 5:10 אֵ֚ין ptcl neg There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put [there] at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
- 2 Chronicles 5:11 אֵ֖ין ptcl neg It happened, when the priests were come out of the holy place, (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, and did not keep their divisions;
- 2 Chronicles 6:14 אֵין ptcl neg and he said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven, or on earth; who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants, who walk before you with all their heart;
- 2 Chronicles 6:36 אֵ֤ין ptcl neg If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn't sin), and you are angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;
- 2 Chronicles 9:20 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg All king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: silver was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
- 2 Chronicles 12:3 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg with twelve hundred chariots, and sixty thousand horsemen. The people were without number who came with him out of Egypt: the Lubim, the Sukkiim, and the Ethiopians.
- 2 Chronicles 14:6 וְ/אֵין conj + ptcl neg He built fortified cities in Judah; for the land was quiet, and he had no war in those years, because Yahweh had given him rest.
- 2 Chronicles 14:11 אֵֽין לְ/אֵ֣ין ptcl neg prep + ptcl neg Asa cried to Yahweh his God, and said, Yahweh, there is none besides you to help, between the mighty and him who has no strength: help us, Yahweh our God; for we rely on you, and in your name are we come against this multitude. Yahweh, you are our God; don't let man prevail against you.
- 2 Chronicles 14:13 לְ/אֵ֣ין prep + ptcl neg Asa and the people who were with him pursued them to Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Yahweh, and before his host; and they carried away very much booty.
- 2 Chronicles 15:5 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great vexations were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
- 2 Chronicles 18:6 הַ/אֵ֨ין ptcl inter + ptcl neg But Jehoshaphat said, Isn't there here a prophet of Yahweh besides, that we may inquire of him?
- 2 Chronicles 18:7 אֵ֠ינֶ/נּוּ ptcl neg + sfx pers 3ms The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Yahweh: but I hate him; for he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. Jehoshaphat said, Don't let the king say so.
- 2 Chronicles 18:16 אֵין ptcl neg He said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Yahweh said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.
- 2 Chronicles 19:7 אֵ֞ין ptcl neg Now therefore let the fear of Yahweh be on you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with Yahweh our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of bribes.
- 2 Chronicles 20:6 וְ/אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg and he said, Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren't you God in heaven? and aren't you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.
- 2 Chronicles 20:12 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg Our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do: but out eyes are on you.
- 2 Chronicles 20:24 וְ/אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg When Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped.
- 2 Chronicles 20:25 לְ/אֵ֣ין prep + ptcl neg When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.
- 2 Chronicles 21:18 לְ/אֵ֥ין prep + ptcl neg After all this Yahweh struck him in his bowels with an incurable disease.
- 2 Chronicles 22:9 וְ/אֵין֙ conj + ptcl neg He sought Ahaziah, and they caught him (now he was hiding in Samaria), and they brought him to Jehu, and killed him; and they buried him, for they said, He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought Yahweh with all his heart. The house of Ahaziah had no power to hold the kingdom.
- 2 Chronicles 25:7 אֵ֤ין ptcl neg But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, don't let the army of Israel go with you; for Yahweh is not with Israel, [to wit], with all the children of Ephraim.
- 2 Chronicles 35:3 אֵין ptcl neg He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to Yahweh, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden on your shoulders: now serve Yahweh your God, and his people Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 35:15 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg The singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters were at every gate: they didn't need to depart from their service; for their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16 לְ/אֵ֥ין prep + ptcl neg but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Yahweh arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
Ezra 4 verses
- Ezra 3:13 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg so that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people; for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.
- Ezra 9:14 לְ/אֵ֥ין prep + ptcl neg shall we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? would not you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
- Ezra 9:15 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg Yahweh, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for none can stand before you because of this.
- Ezra 10:13 וְ/אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand outside: neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.
Nehemiah 9 verses
- Nehemiah 2:2 אֵֽינְ/ךָ֣ אֵ֣ין ptcl neg + sfx pers 2ms ptcl neg The king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid.
- Nehemiah 2:12 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any animal with me, except the animal that I rode on.
- Nehemiah 2:14 וְ/אֵין conj + ptcl neg Then I went on to the spring gate and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the animal that was under me to pass.
- Nehemiah 2:20 אֵֽין ptcl neg Then answered I them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 4:23 וְ/אֵ֨ין אֵין conj + ptcl neg ptcl neg So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us put off our clothes, everyone [went with] his weapon [to] the water.
- Nehemiah 5:5 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children: and, behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage [already]: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.
- Nehemiah 7:4 וְ/אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg Now the city was wide and large; but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built.
- Nehemiah 8:10 לְ/אֵ֣ין prep + ptcl neg Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord: neither be you grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.
- Nehemiah 13:24 וְ/אֵינָ֥/ם conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 3mp and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
Esther 9 verses
- Esther 1:8 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg The drinking was according to the law; none could compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
- Esther 2:7 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg He brought up Hadassah, who is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
- Esther 2:20 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
- Esther 3:5 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg When Haman saw that Mordecai didn't bow down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
- Esther 3:8 אֵינָ֣/ם אֵין ptcl neg + sfx pers 3mp ptcl neg Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; and their laws are diverse from [those of] every people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them.
- Esther 4:2 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
- Esther 5:13 אֵינֶ֥/נּוּ ptcl neg + sfx pers 3ms Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
- Esther 7:4 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.
- Esther 8:8 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg Write you also to the Jews, as it pleases you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
Job 34 verses
- Job 1:8 אֵ֤ין ptcl neg Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil."
- Job 2:3 אֵ֨ין ptcl neg Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause."
- Job 2:13 וְ/אֵין conj + ptcl neg So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.
- Job 3:9 וָ/אַ֑יִן conj + ptcl neg Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, Neither let it see the eyelids of the morning,
- Job 3:21 וְ/אֵינֶ֑/נּוּ conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 3ms Who long for death, but it doesn't come; Dig for it more than for hidden treasures,
- Job 5:4 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg His children are far from safety, They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
- Job 5:9 וְ/אֵ֣ין אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg ptcl neg Who does great things that can't be fathomed, Marvelous things without number;
- Job 6:13 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg Isn't it that I have no help in me, That wisdom is driven quite from me?
- Job 7:8 וְ/אֵינֶֽ/נִּי conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 1cs The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be.
- Job 7:21 וְ/אֵינֶֽ/נִּי conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 1cs Why do you not pardon my disobedience, and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust. You will seek me diligently, but I shall not be."
- Job 8:22 אֵינֶֽ/נּוּ ptcl neg + sfx pers 3ms Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more."
- Job 9:10 אֵ֣ין אֵ֥ין ptcl neg ptcl neg Who does great things past finding out, Yes, marvelous things without number.
- Job 10:7 וְ/אֵ֖ין conj + ptcl neg Although you know that I am not wicked, There is no one who can deliver out of your hand.
- Job 11:3 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
- Job 11:19 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; Yes, many shall court your favor.
- Job 12:3 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: Yes, who doesn't know such things as these?
- Job 18:19 וְ/אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.
- Job 19:7 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg "Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
- Job 20:21 אֵין ptcl neg There was nothing left that he didn't devour, Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.
- Job 21:33 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.
- Job 22:5 וְ/אֵֽין conj + ptcl neg Isn't your wickedness great? Neither is there any end to your iniquities.
- Job 23:8 וְ/אֵינֶ֑/נּוּ conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 3ms "If I go east, he is not there; If west, I can't find him;
- Job 24:7 וְ/אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
- Job 24:24 וְֽ/אֵינֶ֗/נּוּ conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 3ms They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
- Job 26:6 וְ/אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg Sheol is naked before God, And Abaddon has no covering.
- Job 27:19 וְ/אֵינֶֽ/נּוּ conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 3ms He lies down rich, but he shall not do so again. He opens his eyes, and he is not.
- Job 28:14 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg The deep says, 'It isn't in me.' The sea says, 'It isn't with me.'
- Job 31:19 וְ/אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering;
- Job 32:5 אֵ֤ין ptcl neg When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.
- Job 32:12 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg Yes, I gave you my full attention, But there was no one who convinced Job, Or who answered his words, among you.
- Job 33:33 אַ֭יִן ptcl neg If not, listen to me: Hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom."
- Job 34:22 אֵֽין וְ/אֵ֣ין ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
- Job 35:15 אַ֭יִן ptcl neg But now, because he has not visited in his anger, Neither does he greatly regard arrogance.
- Job 41:33 אֵֽין ptcl neg On earth there is not his equal, That is made without fear.
Psalms 56 verses
- Psalms 3:2 אֵ֤ין ptcl neg Many there are who say of my soul, "There is no help for him in God." Selah.
- Psalms 5:9 אֵ֪ין ptcl neg For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.
- Psalms 6:5 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
- Psalms 7:2 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg Lest they tear apart my soul like a lion, Ripping it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
- Psalms 10:4 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg The wicked, in the pride of his face, Has no room in his thoughts for God.
- Psalms 14:1 אֵ֣ין אֵ֣ין ptcl neg ptcl neg The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.
- Psalms 14:3 אֵ֤ין אֵ֝֗ין ptcl neg ptcl neg They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.
- Psalms 18:41 וְ/אֵין conj + ptcl neg They cried, but there was none to save; Even to Yahweh, but he didn't answer them.
- Psalms 19:3 אֵֽין וְ/אֵ֣ין ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg There is no speech nor language, Where their voice is not heard.
- Psalms 19:6 וְ/אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg His going forth is from the end of the heavens, His circuit to its ends; There is nothing hidden from its heat.
- Psalms 22:11 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg Don't be far from me, for trouble is near. For there is none to help.
- Psalms 32:2 וְ/אֵ֖ין conj + ptcl neg Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn't impute iniquity, In whose spirit there is no deceit.
- Psalms 32:9 אֵ֤ין ptcl neg Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, Who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
- Psalms 33:16 אֵֽין ptcl neg There is no king saved by the multitude of a host. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
- Psalms 34:9 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, For there is no lack with those who fear him.
- Psalms 36:1 אֵֽין ptcl neg An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."
- Psalms 37:10 וְ/אֵ֣ין וְ/אֵינֶֽ/נּוּ conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 3ms For yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more. Yes, though you look for his place, he isn't there.
- Psalms 37:36 אֵינֶ֑/נּוּ ptcl neg + sfx pers 3ms But he passed away, and, behold, he was not. Yes, I sought him, but he could not be found.
- Psalms 38:3 אֵין אֵין ptcl neg ptcl neg There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
- Psalms 38:7 וְ/אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg For my loins are filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
- Psalms 38:10 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
- Psalms 38:14 וְ/אֵ֥ין conj + ptcl neg Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, In whose mouth are no reproofs.
- Psalms 39:5 כְ/אַ֣יִן prep + n c ms Behold, you have made my days handbreadths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath." Selah.
- Psalms 39:13 וְ/אֵינֶֽ/נִּי conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 1cs Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, Before I go away, and be no more."
- Psalms 40:5 אֵ֤ין ptcl neg Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, And your thoughts which are toward us. They can't be set in order to you; If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
- Psalms 40:12 אֵ֬ין ptcl neg For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.
- Psalms 50:22 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg "Now consider this, you who forget God, Lest I tear you into pieces, and there be none to deliver.
- Psalms 53:1 אֵ֣ין אֵ֣ין ptcl neg ptcl neg The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.
- Psalms 53:3 אֵ֤ין אֵ֝֗ין ptcl neg ptcl neg Every one of them has gone back. They have become filthy together. There is no one who does good, no, not one.
- Psalms 55:19 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg God, who is enthroned forever, Will hear, and answer them. Selah. They never change, Who don't fear God.
- Psalms 59:13 וְֽ/אֵ֫ינֵ֥/מוֹ conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 3mp Consume them in wrath. Consume them, and they will be no more. Let them know that God rules in Jacob, To the ends of the earth. Selah.
- Psalms 69:2 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold. I have come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
- Psalms 69:20 וָ/אַ֑יִן conj + ptcl neg Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; For comforters, but I found none.
- Psalms 71:11 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg Saying, "God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for no one will rescue him."
- Psalms 72:12 וְֽ/אֵין conj + ptcl neg For he will deliver the needy when he cries; The poor, who has no helper.
- Psalms 73:2 כְּ֝/אַ֗יִן prep + ptcl neg But as for me, my feet were almost gone. My steps had nearly slipped.
- Psalms 73:4 אֵ֖ין ptcl neg For there are no struggles in their death, But their strength is firm.
- Psalms 73:5 אֵינֵ֑/מוֹ ptcl neg + sfx pers 3mp They are free from burdens of men, Neither are they plagued like other men.
- Psalms 74:9 אֵֽין ptcl neg We see no miraculous signs. There is no longer any prophet, Neither is there among us anyone who knows how long.
- Psalms 79:3 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg Their blood they have shed like water around Jerusalem. There was no one to bury them.
- Psalms 86:8 אֵין וְ/אֵ֣ין ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, Nor any deeds like your deeds.
- Psalms 88:4 אֵֽין ptcl neg I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
- Psalms 103:16 וְ/אֵינֶ֑/נּוּ conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 3ms For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.
- Psalms 104:25 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg There is the sea, great and wide, In which are innumerable living things, Both small and large animals.
- Psalms 104:35 אֵינָ֗/ם ptcl neg + sfx pers 3mp Let sinners be consumed out of the earth. Let the wicked be no more. Bless Yahweh, my soul. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 105:34 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg He spoke, and the locusts came, And the grasshoppers, without number,
- Psalms 105:37 וְ/אֵ֖ין conj + ptcl neg He brought them forth with silver and gold. There was not one feeble person among his tribes.
- Psalms 107:12 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg Therefore he brought down their heart with labor. They fell down, and there was none to help.
- Psalms 119:165 וְ/אֵֽין conj + ptcl neg Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
- Psalms 135:17 אֵין ptcl neg They have ears, but they can't hear; Neither is there any breath in their mouths.
- Psalms 139:4 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg For there is not a word on my tongue, But, behold, Yahweh, you know it altogether.
- Psalms 142:4 וְ/אֵֽין אֵ֖ין conj + ptcl neg ptcl neg Look on my right, and see; For there is no one who is concerned for me. Refuge has fled from me. No one cares for my soul.
- Psalms 144:14 אֵֽין וְ/אֵ֣ין וְ/אֵ֥ין ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, And no outcry in our streets.
- Psalms 145:3 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg Great is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised! His greatness is unsearchable.
- Psalms 146:3 שֶׁ֤/אֵֽין ptcl rel + ptcl neg Don't put your trust in princes, Each a son of man in whom there is no help.
- Psalms 147:5 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite.
Proverbs 34 verses
- Proverbs 1:24 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg Because I have called, and you have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one has paid attention;
- Proverbs 5:17 וְ/אֵ֖ין conj + ptcl neg Let them be for yourself alone, Not for strangers with you.
- Proverbs 5:23 בְּ/אֵ֣ין prep + ptcl neg He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
- Proverbs 6:7 אֵֽין ptcl neg Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
- Proverbs 6:15 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
- Proverbs 7:19 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg For my husband isn't at home. He has gone on a long journey.
- Proverbs 8:8 אֵ֥ין ptcl neg All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
- Proverbs 8:24 בְּ/אֵין בְּ/אֵ֥ין prep + ptcl neg prep + ptcl neg When there were no depths, I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water.
- Proverbs 10:25 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; But the righteous stand firm forever.
- Proverbs 11:14 בְּ/אֵ֣ין prep + ptcl neg Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, But in the multitude of counselors there is victory.
- Proverbs 12:7 וְ/אֵינָ֑/ם conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 3mp The wicked are overthrown, and are no more, But the house of the righteous shall stand.
- Proverbs 13:4 וָ֭/אַיִן conj + ptcl neg The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, But the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
- Proverbs 13:7 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg There are some who pretend to be rich, yet have nothing. There are some who pretend to be poor, yet have great wealth.
- Proverbs 14:4 בְּ/אֵ֣ין prep + ptcl neg Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, But much increase is by the strength of the ox.
- Proverbs 14:6 וָ/אָ֑יִן conj + ptcl neg A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, But knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
- Proverbs 15:22 בְּ/אֵ֣ין prep + ptcl neg Where there is no counsel, plans fail; But in a multitude of counselors they are established.
- Proverbs 17:16 אָֽיִן ptcl neg Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he has no understanding?
- Proverbs 20:4 וָ/אָֽיִן conj + ptcl neg The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Proverbs 21:30 אֵ֣ין וְ/אֵ֣ין וְ/אֵ֥ין ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg conj + ptcl neg There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Yahweh.
- Proverbs 22:27 אֵֽין ptcl neg If you don't have means to pay, Why should he take away your bed from under you?
- Proverbs 23:5 וְֽ/אֵ֫ינֶ֥/נּוּ conj + ptcl neg + sfx pers 3ms Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
- Proverbs 25:3 אֵ֣ין ptcl neg As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, So the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
- Proverbs 25:14 אָ֑יִן ptcl neg As clouds and wind without rain, So is he who boasts of gifts deceptively.
- Proverbs 25:28 אֵ֣ין אֵ֖ין ptcl neg ptcl neg Like a city that is broken down and without walls Is a man whose spirit is without restraint.
- Proverbs 26:20 וּ/בְ/אֵ֥ין conj + prep + ptcl neg For lack of wood a fire goes out; Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
- Proverbs 28:1 וְ/אֵין conj + ptcl neg The wicked flee when no one pursues; But the righteous are as bold as a lion.
- Proverbs 28:3 וְ/אֵ֣ין conj + ptcl neg A needy man who oppresses the poor Is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
About this entry
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At its core, אין (ʼayin) means “nothing.” Beyond its headline sense, its full sense range takes in “not” and “nought”. Spanning 686 verses in 38 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 2:5. Sharing its root, it stands alongside אין and אין. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H369 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 686
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 686 distinct verses.
- 38 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 38 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #59
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 59 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 686 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 686 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 325 verses · 47%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 241 verses · 35%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 120 verses · 17%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 4 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Abundance 1×, Are innumerable 1×, Are not 1×
- American Standard Version†: Abundance 1×, Are innumerable 1×, Are not 1×
- Berean Standard Bible†: No 114×, Is no 85×, One 68×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Is no 168×, Is not 78×, Was no 52×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H369 across 29† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H369 across 29† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H369 across 745† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 134 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 32 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H369 across 834† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 72 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
16 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 16 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
אין I (from אַי
אין II ought, v. p. 34.
אין III whence? v. sub אַי.
אין IV cstr. אֵין subst. proposes nothing, nought (Moab. אן, As. iûnu).
- 1. †Is 40:23 הַנּוֹתֵן רוֹזְנִים לְאָ֑יִן who bringeth princes to nothing; †כְּאַיִן as nothing, ib. 40:17; 41:11, 12 Hg 2:3 ψ 39:6; almost (‖ כִּמְעַט) ψ 73:2; †מֵאַיִן of nothing Is 41:24. e.g. Isaiah 40:23
- 2. cstr. אֵין, very freq. as particle of negation, is not, are not, was not, were not, etc. (corresp. to the affirm. יֵשׁ q.v. Similar in usage, though not etym. akin, are لَيْسَ, לַיִת, ܠܰܝܬ, አልቦ), proposes ‘there is nought of …’ sq. a subst. or a pron. suffix (אֵינֶנִּי [verbal form, Ges§ 100, 5; 152, 1 c], אֵינְךָ, אֵינֵךְ, אֵינֶנּוּ, אֵינֶנָּה, אֵינְכֶם, אֵינָם, also ψ 59:14 אֵינֵ֫מוֹ, 73:5 אֵינֵ֫ימוֹ): twice abnormally, in late Heb., a nom. אֵין אֲנִי, אֵין אֲנַחְנוּ Ne 4:17 (so sts. לַיִת, ܠܰܝܬ, NöM. p. 295); once, incorrectly, את Hg 2:17 (?). e.g. Psalms 59:14
- a. denying existence absolutely Is 44:6; 47:10 אֵין רֹאָנִי there is none that seeth me, lit. nought of one seeing me! אֵין עוֹד there is none else Dt 4:39 1 K 8:60 Is 45:5, 6, 18, 22. e.g. Isaiah 44:6
- b. more commonly, in a limited sense, there is none here or at hand Ex 2:12 and he saw כִּי־אֵין אִישׁ that there was no man (sc. there), Nu 21:5; Gn 5:24 וְאֵינֶנּוּ and he was not (of Enoch’s disappearance from earth) 42:13 one (cas.pend. as oft.), he is not, v 36; oft. = is (or has) vanished Gn 37:30 1 K 20:40 Is 17:14 ψ 37:10; 39:14; 103:16 Jb 8:22; 24:24; 27:19. e.g. Exodus 2:12
- c. with the sense determined by a predic. following: Gn 37:29 Joseph was not in the pit, 41:39 + often; Ex 5:10 אֵינֶנִּי נֹתֵן לָכֶם תֶּבֶן I am not giving you straw; and so often with particip. where duration has to be expressed Gn 39:23 Dt 21:18 Is 1:15 Je 7:16, or intention Gn 20:7 אִם אֵינְךָ מֵשִׁיב דַּע … if thou art not restoring her, know, 43:5 Ex 8:17; 33:15 (idiomatically, after אם; v. Dr§ 137) Ju 12:3. Foll. once pleon. by יֵשׁ ψ 135:17. Treated as a mere part. of negation, אֵין may vary its position in the sentence, the subst. which should strictly stand in the genitive being not only separated from it by a little word, as בּוֹ Gn 37:24, לוֹ Ex 22:1, שָׁם Ex 12:30, גַּם ψ 14:3, etc., but even for emphasis prefixed to it, as Gn 19:31; 40:8 וּפֹתֵר אֵין אֹתוֹ 41:15 Ex 5:16 Ju 13:9; 14:6; 16:15; 19:1 (so MI 24): if however it be thus brought to the end of a sentence, or be disconnected with what follows, it stands in the absol. form, as Gn 2:5 ואדם אַיִן לעבד האדמה and man there was none to till the ground, Lv 26:37 וְרֹדֵף אָ֑יִן, Nu 20:5 2 K 19:3 Ho 13:4 Mi 7:2. e.g. Genesis 37:29
- d. sometimes the subj. has to be supplied from the context: thus (α) †1 S 9:4 and they passed through the land of Shaalim וָאַיִן and they (the asses) were not (lit. and nought!), especially after vbs. of waiting or seeking Is 59:11 ψ 69:21 Jb 3:9; Is 41:17 Ez 7:25 Pr 14:6; 13:4; 20:4. (β) †Ex 17:7 is י׳ in the midst of us אִם־אָֽיִן׃ or not? Nu 13:20. (γ) †Ju 4:20 וְאָמַרְתְּ אָֽיִן׃ then thou shalt say, There is not, 1 K 18:10 1 S 10:14. (δ) Gn 30:1 give me children, וְאִם־אַיִן and if not, I die, Ex 32:32 Ju 9:15, 20 2 S 17:6 (v. Dr) 2 K 2:10 Jb 33:33. e.g. 1 Samuel 9:4
- e. with subj. not expressed, once (late), Dn 8:5 וְאֵין נוֹגֵעַ בָּאָרֶץ and (it) was not touching the earth. e.g. Daniel 8:5
- f. Ec 8:11, Jb 35:15 with the finite vb.; but rd. here כִּי אֵין פֹּקֵד (the usage of لَيْسَ, cited by De, does not justify the anomaly in Heb.) Je 38:5 the impf. may be due to the fact that no ptcp. of יָכֹל was in use, and a relat. must be tacitly supplied: ‘The king is not (one that) can do aught against you.’ On Ex 3:2 see Ges§ 52, 2 R. 6; Ew§ 169 d. e.g. Ecclesiastes 8:11
- 3. אֵין לְ׳, with subst., or pron., there is (was) not to … = … have, has, had, etc. not: Gn 11:30 אֵין לָהּ וָלָד she had no child, Nu 27:9 וְאִם־אֵין לוֹ בַּת and if he have no daughter + oft.; with a ptcp. Dt 22:27 Je 14:16; 30:17; 49:5; 50:32 ψ 142:5 La 1:2, 9, 17; Ex 22:2 אִם־אֵין לוֹ if he have nought, Dn 9:26 ואין לו and have nought (or none). e.g. Genesis 11:30
- 4. in circumst. clauses (Dr§ 164):—(a) Ex 21:11 she shall go out free אֵין כָּ֑סֶף without money, 22:9 אֵין רֹאֶה none seeing it, Nu 11:6 Is 47:1 Je 2:32 Ho 3:4; 7:11 ψ 32:9; 88:5 +. (b) Dt 32:4 a God of faithfulness וְאֵין עָוֶל and no iniquity, i.e. without iniquity, Je 5:21 Jo 1:6 ψ 104:25. (c) very oft., in such phrases as וְאֵין מַחֲרִיד with none to affright Lv 26:6 (12 textual); וְאֵין מְכַבֶּה Is 1:31 al.; וְאֵין מַצִּיל 5:29 ψ 7:3, etc. (Dr§ 159). e.g. Exodus 21:11
- 5. with inf. and ל׳, it is not to …: i.e. (α) like οὐκ ἔστιν, it is not possible to … (cf. sub יֵשׁ and לֹא), but hardly exc. in late Heb.; 2 Ch 20:6 וְאֵין עִמְּךָ לְהִתְיַצֵּב it is not possible to stand (in conflict) with thee, 22:9 Ezr 9:15 Ec 3:14 Est 4:2. Once without ל, ψ 40:6 אֵין עֲרֹךְ אֵלֶיךָ οὐκ ἔστι παραβάλλειν σοι. (β) there is no need to … 1 Ch 23:26 וְגַם לַלְוִיִּם אֵין־לָשֵׂאת for the Levites also there was no need to bear 2 Ch 5:11; 35:15 (v. Dr§ 202. 1). e.g. 2 Chronicles 20:6
- 6. with prefixes:—
- a. †בְּאֵין prop. in defect of:—(α) for want of, without—Pr 5:23 he will die בְּאֵין מוּסָר for lack of instruction, 11:14 בְּאֵין תַּחְבֻּלוֹת without guidance, 14:4; 15:22; 26:20; 29:18 Is 57:1 Ez 38:11; cf. בְּלֹא. (β) of time = when there was (were) not Pr 8:24(×2). e.g. Proverbs 5:23
- b. †כְּאֵין Is 59:10 כְּאֵין עֵינַיִם poet. for כַּאֲשֶׁר אֵין לוֹ עֵינַיִם (cf. Ew§ 286 g Ges§ 152. 1 h). e.g. Isaiah 59:10
- c. †לְאֵין (α) for לַאֲשֶׁר אֵין לוֹ Is 40:29; in late prose 2 Ch 14:10 Ne 8:10. (β) in the condition of not … (ל of state, v. sub ל) = without or so that not … (peculiar to Ch), 1 Ch 22:4 cedar trees לְאֵין מִסְפָּר without number, 2 Ch 14:12 and there fell of the Cushites לְאֵין־לָהֶם מִחְיָה so that they had none remaining alive, 20:25 לְאֵין מַשָּׂא so that there was no carrying away, 21:18 Ezr 9:14. (γ) עַד־לְאֵין (see עַד ל׳), 2 Ch 36:16 until there was no remedy (cf. עַד אֵין … ψ 40:13 Jb 5:9). e.g. Isaiah 40:29
- d. מֵאֵין (α) (מִן causal) from lack of … Is 50:2 Je 7:32; 19:11 Ez 34:8. (β) (v. מִן 7 b) proposes away from there being no … (with אֵין pleon., cf. מִבְּלִי, and מִבְּלִי אֵין), i.e. so that not …, without, mostly epexegetical of some term expressing desolation: Is 5:9 Surely many houses shall be desolate מֵאֵין יוֹשֵׁב without inhabitant, 6:11 + oft. Je & Zp; Is 6:11 מֵאֵין אָדָם, Je 32:43 מֵאֵין אָדָם וּבְהֵמָה 33:10, 12 Ez 33:28; La 3:49. Once sq. inf. Mal 2:13 so that there is no regarding more. (γ) in Je 10:6, 7 מֵאֵין כָּמוֹךָ, מֵאֵין is supposed by some to = a strengthened אֵין, even none, none at all; but it is difficult to justify this expl. logically; and it is preferable to point מֵאַיִן כָּמוֹךָ whence is any like thee? cf. 30:7. (So Mich v. DrHbr ii.34–7.) e.g. Isaiah 50:2
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. adv. (from אַי; Ass. aina, ainu, Ara. أَيْنَ where? مِنْ أَيْنَ whence?) only in the compound מֵאַ֫יִן17 whence? Gn 29:4; 42:7 (syn. אֵי־מִזֶּה e.g. Gn 16:8 1 S 30:13) Ju 17:9; 19:17 Jb 1:7 (2:2 אֵי־מִזֶּה); used in a rhet. or poet. style (where אֵי־מִזֶּה would be too prosaic) Nu 11:13 מֵאַיִן לִי בָּשָׂר whence have I flesh etc.? 2 K 6:27 Je 30:7 Alas! for that day is great; מֵאַיִן כָּמוֹהוּ whence is its like? (see also II. אַיִן ad fin.) Na 3:7 ψ 121:1 Jb 28:12, 20; in an indirect sentence Jos 2:4 (cf. אֵי־מִזֶּה 1 S 25:11).
III. whence? v. sub אַי.
IV. cstr. אֵין subst. proposes nothing, nought (Moab. אן, As. iûnu).
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אָיַן
- , Pi. אִיֵּין (= עִיֵּין, v. next w.) to look upon, investigate. B. Bath. 115ᵃ (play on אִין) אַיֵּין עליו Ar. (ed. עַיֵּין) investigate his family relations. Kidd. 4ᵃ
אַיִן I
- (√או; cmp. אָוֶן, עַיִן) [b. h. naught], something rounded, decorative. Koh. R. to III, 12 expl. as נוֹי, ref. to the shape of the human buttock, v. אֱפִיפְּיוֹן.
אַיִן II
- where? (only with pref. מ or ל). לְאַ׳ whither? מֵאַ׳ whence? Y. Snh. X, 28ᵈ bot; Y. Ḥag. II, 77ᵃ bot. מא׳ ולא׳ whence and whither?—Aboth III, 1. Gen. R. s. 2 מא׳ הרגלים whence art thou coming? i.e. where hast thou been staying?—Y. Snh. X, 28ᵇ top היה לו מא׳ ללמוד he had (a precedent) to learn from.—Contr. of מן אין: מִנַיִן, v. מִן.
אֵין
- nothing, not. Ber. 5ᵃ אין עוף אלא וכ׳ uf (flight, Job V, 7) means nothing else but &c.; a. v. fr.—אֵינִי, אֵינְךָ not I &c. אֵינִי יודע I do not know; do I not know? B. Mets. 97ᵇ; a. fr. Ber. l. c. but the Holy One … אֵינוֹ כן is not so; a. fr.—אֵינוֹ דין is it not a legitimate conclusion?, whence so much the more. Y. Naz. VI, 55ᵃ; a. v. fr.—… אין לי אלא … מניין from this I could only prove …, whence, however, will you deduct …? Ḥull. 65ᵇ; a. fr. [Y. Git. IX, end, 50ᵈ אפי׳ כתב אינו read סימנו.] e.g. Job 5:7
אִין I
- (Syr. = הֵין, הֶן) yes, indeed. Keth. 65ᵃ השתא א׳ וכ׳ now,—yes, but not before. B. Mets. 98ᵃ חדא א׳ בעידן וכ׳ as regards the one (cow)—well, she died &c.; a. fr.—אֵינִי = אִין הִי is it really so? indeed?, i.e. it cannot be. Ḥull. 96ᵇ א׳ והאמר it cannot be so; for did not R. … say &c.? M. Kat. 20ᵃ; a. v. fr.
אִין II
- 1. if, whether. Targ. Ps. VII, 4; a. e. [Apocopated: אִי q. v.]—אין תימר (h. אם תאמר) if thou wilt say (argue). Y. Macc. II, 31ᵈ bot.; a. fr.—אין כיני (h. אם כן היא) if this is (be) the case. Y. Naz. VI, 54ᵈ bot.—Lam. R. introd. end אן את יתיב וכ׳ if thou remainest here, or &c. Koh. R. to X, 5 אן אתת ענתה וכ׳ if the (my dying) time comes first, what of it? and if &c.
- 2. adv. of interrogation, introducing the alternative, or. Targ. Job VI, 6; a. e.
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Forms in the corpus
The 119 distinct written forms H369 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֥ין | Particle, Negative | Amos 5:2 | 102 |
| וְ/אֵ֥ין | Particle, Negative | Daniel 8:4 | 98 |
| אֵ֣ין | Particle, Negative | Amos 3:4 | 89 |
| וְ/אֵ֣ין | Particle, Negative | Daniel 9:26 | 73 |
| אֵֽין | Particle, Negative | Amos 2:11 | 60 |
| אֵין | Particle, Negative | Ecclesiastes 8:11 | 56 |
| אֵ֤ין | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 31:17 | 23 |
| וְ/אֵין | Particle, Negative | Amos 5:6 | 21 |
| מֵ/אֵ֥ין | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 33:28 | 18 |
| אֵינֶ֥/נּוּ | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 21:20 | 11 |
| אֵ֖ין | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 4:39 | 10 |
| וְ/אֵ֖ין | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 28:26 | 10 |
| וְ/אֵֽין | Particle, Negative | Ecclesiastes 9:5 | 10 |
| אַ֖יִן | Particle, Negative | Genesis 30:1 | 8 |
| וְ/אֵ֤ין | Particle, Negative | Ecclesiastes 4:1 | 8 |
| בְּ/אֵ֣ין | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 38:11 | 7 |
| אֵ֨ין | Particle, Negative | Ecclesiastes 2:16 | 6 |
| אֵינֶ֣/נּוּ | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 21:18 | 6 |
| וְ/אֵ֨ין | Particle, Negative | Daniel 10:21 | 6 |
| מֵ/אֵ֣ין | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 34:8 | 6 |
| לְ/אֵ֣ין | Particle, Negative | 1 Chronicles 22:4 | 5 |
| אָ֑יִן | Particle, Negative | 1 Kings 18:10 | 4 |
| וְ/אֵינֶֽ/נּוּ | Particle, Negative | Isaiah 19:7 | 4 |
| אֵינֶ֣/נִּי | Particle, Negative | Isaiah 1:15 | 3 |
| אֵ֚ין | Particle, Negative | 1 Kings 8:9 | 3 |
| אֵינֶ֑/נּוּ | Particle, Negative | 1 Kings 20:40 | 3 |
| אֵינֶ֔/נּוּ | Particle, Negative | Genesis 37:30 | 3 |
| אֵינֶ֛/נּוּ | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 29:15 | 3 |
| אֵינֶ֨/נּוּ | Particle, Negative | Genesis 39:9 | 3 |
| אֵינֶֽ/נּוּ | Particle, Negative | Genesis 42:13 | 3 |
| אֵינָ֥/ם | Particle, Negative | Ecclesiastes 5:1 | 3 |
| אַ֔יִן | Particle, Negative | Genesis 2:5 | 3 |
| אַ֕יִן | Particle, Negative | Exodus 32:32 | 3 |
| אָֽיִן | Particle, Negative | Exodus 17:7 | 3 |
| הַ/אֵ֨ין | Particle, Negative | 1 Kings 22:7 | 3 |
| וְ/אֵינֶ֑/נּוּ | Particle, Negative | Job 3:21 | 3 |
| וְ/אֵינֶֽ/נִּי | Particle, Negative | Job 7:8 | 3 |
| וָ/אַ֔יִן | Particle, Negative | 1 Samuel 9:4 | 3 |
| לְ/אֵ֥ין | Particle, Negative | Ezra 9:14 | 3 |
| אֵ֝֗ין | Particle, Negative | Psalms 14:3 | 2 |
| אֵֽינְ/ךָ֣ | Particle, Negative | Genesis 20:7 | 2 |
| אֵֽינְ/כֶם֙ | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 1:32 | 2 |
| אֵין֙ | Particle, Negative | Genesis 47:13 | 2 |
| אֵינְ/ךָ֣ | Particle, Negative | 2 Samuel 19:7 | 2 |
| אֵינְ/כֶ֖ם | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 20:39 | 2 |
| אֵינְ/כֶ֥ם | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 4:12 | 2 |
| אֵינֶ֛/נָּה | Particle, Negative | Leviticus 13:21 | 2 |
| אֵינֶ֣/נָּה | Particle, Negative | Leviticus 11:26 | 2 |
| אֵינֶ֤/נִּי | Particle, Negative | Jeremiah 14:12 | 2 |
| אֵינֶ֥/נִּי | Particle, Negative | Deuteronomy 4:22 | 2 |
| אֵינָ֣/ם | Particle, Negative | Esther 3:8 | 2 |
| אַ֭יִן | Particle, Negative | Job 33:33 | 2 |
| וְ/אֵינְ/ךָ֖ | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 28:19 | 2 |
| וְ/אֵינָ֔/ם | Particle, Negative | Jeremiah 10:20 | 2 |
| וְ/אֵינָ֥/ם | Particle, Negative | Jeremiah 32:33 | 2 |
| וְֽ/אֵין | Particle, Negative | Hosea 4:1 | 2 |
| וָ/אַ֑יִן | Particle, Negative | Job 3:9 | 2 |
| וָ/אָֽיִן | Particle, Negative | Ezekiel 7:25 | 2 |
| וּ/מֵ/אֵ֥ין | Particle, Negative | Jeremiah 33:10 | 2 |
| כְ/אַ֛יִן | Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute | Isaiah 41:11 | 2 |
The 60 most common forms are shown; 59 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 646 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 686 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:5
- Exodus 2:12
- Leviticus 11:4
- Numbers 5:8
- Deuteronomy 1:32
- Joshua 6:1
- Judges 3:25
- Ruth 4:4
- 1 Samuel 1:2
- 2 Samuel 3:22
- 1 Kings 3:18
- 2 Kings 1:3
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.