עַ֫יִן
eye
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
State
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Both
- Attested as both masculine and feminine.
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Dual
- Exactly two — for natural pairs and some measures of time.
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
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Isaiah 37 verses
- Isaiah 44:18 עֵֽינֵי/הֶ֔ם n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp They don't know, neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes, that they can't see; and their hearts, that they can't understand.
- Isaiah 49:5 בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י prep + n c bd cs Now says Yahweh who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, and that Israel be gathered to him (for I am honorable in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God is become my strength);
- Isaiah 49:18 עֵינַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2fs Lift up your eyes round about, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live, says Yahweh, you shall surely clothe you with them all as with an ornament, and gird yourself with them, like a bride.
- Isaiah 51:6 עֵֽינֵי/כֶ֜ם n c bd cs + sfx pers 2mp Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment; and those who dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be forever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
- Isaiah 52:10 לְ/עֵינֵ֖י prep + n c bd cs Yahweh has made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- Isaiah 59:15 בְּ/עֵינָ֖י/ו prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Yahweh saw it, and it displeased him who there was no justice.
- Isaiah 60:4 עֵינַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2fs Lift up your eyes round about, and see: they all gather themselves together, they come to you; your sons shall come from far, and your daughters shall be carried in the arms.
- Isaiah 65:12 בְּ/עֵינַ֔/י prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs I will destine you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter; because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but you did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight.
- Isaiah 65:16 מֵ/עֵינָֽ/י prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs so that he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he who swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes.
- Isaiah 66:4 בְּ/עֵינַ֔/י prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did that which was evil in my eyes, and chose that in which I didn't delight.
Jeremiah 44 verses
- Jeremiah 3:2 עֵינַ֨יִ/ךְ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2fs Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see; where have you not been lain with? By the ways have you sat for them, as an Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness.
- Jeremiah 4:30 עֵינַ֔יִ/ךְ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2fs You, when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck you with ornaments of gold, though you enlarge your eyes with paint, in vain do you make yourself beautiful; [your] lovers despise you, they seek your life.
- Jeremiah 5:3 עֵינֶי/ךָ֮ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms O Yahweh, don't your eyes look on truth? you have stricken them, but they were not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
- Jeremiah 7:11 בְּ/עֵינֵי/כֶ֑ם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2mp Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I, even I, have seen it, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 7:30 בְּ/עֵינַ֖/י prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in my sight, says Yahweh: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to defile it.
- Jeremiah 9:1 וְ/עֵינִ֖/י conj + n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
- Jeremiah 9:18 עֵינֵ֨י/נוּ֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cp and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
- Jeremiah 13:17 עֵינִ/י֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret for [your] pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Yahweh's flock is taken captive.
- Jeremiah 13:20 עֵֽינֵי/כֶם֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2mp Lift up your eyes, and see those who come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock?
- Jeremiah 14:6 עֵינֵי/הֶ֖ם n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.
- Jeremiah 14:17 עֵינַ֥/י n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs You shall say this word to them, Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous wound.
- Jeremiah 16:9 לְ/עֵינֵי/כֶ֖ם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2mp For thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
- Jeremiah 16:17 עֵינַ/י֙ עֵינָֽ/י n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs For my eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
- Jeremiah 18:4 בְּ/עֵינֵ֥י prep + n c bd cs When the vessel that he made of the clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
- Jeremiah 18:10 בְּ/עֵינַ֔/י prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.
- Jeremiah 19:10 לְ/עֵינֵי֙ prep + n c bd cs Then shall you break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with you,
- Jeremiah 20:4 וְ/עֵינֶ֣י/ךָ conj + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms For thus says Yahweh, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall kill them with the sword.
- Jeremiah 22:17 עֵינֶ֨י/ךָ֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.
- Jeremiah 24:6 עֵינִ֤/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
- Jeremiah 26:14 בְּ/עֵינֵי/כֶֽם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2mp But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
- Jeremiah 27:5 בְּ/עֵינָֽ/י prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs I have made the earth, the men and the animals that are on the surface of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it to whom it seems right to me.
- Jeremiah 28:1 לְ/עֵינֵ֧י prep + n c bd cs It happened the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of Yahweh, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
- Jeremiah 28:5 לְ/עֵינֵ֤י וּ/לְ/עֵינֵ֣י prep + n c bd cs conj + prep + n c bd cs Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people who stood in the house of Yahweh,
- Jeremiah 28:11 לְ/עֵינֵ֨י prep + n c bd cs Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus says Yahweh: Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon within two full years from off the neck of all the nations. The prophet Jeremiah went his way.
- Jeremiah 29:21 לְ/עֵינֵי/כֶֽם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2mp Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall kill them before your eyes;
- Jeremiah 31:16 וְ/עֵינַ֖יִ/ךְ conj + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2fs Thus says Yahweh: Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears; for your work shall be rewarded, says Yahweh; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
- Jeremiah 32:4 וְ/עֵינָ֖י/ו עינ/ו עֵינָ֥י/ו conj + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms ptcl def.art + Adjective Ordinal number fs and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall see his eyes;
- Jeremiah 32:12 לְ/עֵינֵי֙ וּ/לְ/עֵינֵי֙ לְ/עֵינֵי֙ prep + n c bd cs conj + prep + n c bd cs prep + n c bd cs and I delivered the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses who subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the guard.
- Jeremiah 32:13 לְ/עֵינֵי/הֶ֖ם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp I charged Baruch before them, saying,
- Jeremiah 32:19 עֵינֶ֣י/ךָ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms great in counsel, and mighty in work; whose eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
- Jeremiah 32:30 בְּ/עֵינַ֖/י prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only that which was evil in my sight from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 34:3 וְֽ֠/עֵינֶי/ךָ עֵינֵ֨י conj + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms n c bd cs and you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you shall go to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 34:15 בְּ/עֵינַ֔/י prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs You were now turned, and had done that which is right in my eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
- Jeremiah 39:6 לְ/עֵינָ֑י/ו prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon killed all the nobles of Judah.
- Jeremiah 39:7 עֵינֵ֥י n c bd cs Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 39:12 וְ/עֵינֶ֨י/ךָ֙ conj + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall tell you.
- Jeremiah 40:4 בְּ/עֵינֶ֜י/ךָ עֵינִ/י֙ בְּ/עֵינֶ֛י/ךָ בְּ/עֵינֶ֛י/ךָ prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms Now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which are on your hand. If it seem good to you to come with me into Babylon, come, and I will look well to you; but if it seem ill to you to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before you; where it seems good and right to you to go, there go.
- Jeremiah 40:5 בְּ/עֵינֶ֛י/ךָ prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms Now while he was not yet gone back, Go back then, [said he], to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him food and a present, and let him go.
- Jeremiah 42:2 עֵינֶ֖י/ךָ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms and said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we pray you, our supplication be presented before you, and pray for us to Yahweh your God, even for all this remnant; for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes do see us:
- Jeremiah 43:9 לְ/עֵינֵ֖י prep + n c bd cs Take great stones in your hand, and hide them in mortar in the brick work, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah;
- Jeremiah 51:24 לְ/עֵֽינֵי/כֶ֑ם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2mp I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 52:2 בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י prep + n c bd cs He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
- Jeremiah 52:10 לְ/עֵינָ֑י/ו prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he killed also all the princes of Judah in Riblah.
- Jeremiah 52:11 עֵינֵ֥י n c bd cs He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.
Lamentations 8 verses
- Lamentations 1:16 עֵינִ֤/י עֵינִ/י֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water; Because the comforter who should refresh my soul is far from me: My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.
- Lamentations 2:11 עֵינַ/י֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs My eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children and the infants swoon in the streets of the city.
- Lamentations 2:18 עֵינֵֽ/ךְ n c bs cs + sfx pers 2fs Their heart cried to the Lord: wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no respite; don't let the apple of your eye cease.
- Lamentations 3:48 עֵינִ֔/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs My eye runs down with streams of water, for the destruction of the daughter of my people.
- Lamentations 3:49 עֵינִ֧/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs My eye pours down, and doesn't cease, without any intermission,
- Lamentations 3:51 עֵינִ/י֙ n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs My eye affects my soul, because of all the daughters of my city.
- Lamentations 4:17 עֵינֵ֔י/נוּ n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cp Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
- Lamentations 5:17 עֵינֵֽי/נוּ n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cp For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
Ezekiel 59 verses
- Ezekiel 1:4 כְּ/עֵ֥ין prep + n c bs cs I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness round about it, and out of the midst of it as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.
- Ezekiel 1:7 כְּ/עֵ֖ין prep + n c bs cs Their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot; and they sparkled like burnished brass.
- Ezekiel 1:16 כְּ/עֵ֣ין prep + n c bs cs The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl: and they four had one likeness; and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.
- Ezekiel 1:22 כְּ/עֵ֖ין prep + n c bs cs Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the awesome crystal to look on, stretched forth over their heads above.
- Ezekiel 1:27 כְּ/עֵ֣ין prep + n c bs cs I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him.
- Ezekiel 4:12 לְ/עֵינֵי/הֶֽם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp You shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of man.
- Ezekiel 5:8 לְ/עֵינֵ֥י prep + n c bd cs therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I, even I, am against you; and I will execute judgments in the midst of you in the sight of the nations.
- Ezekiel 5:11 עֵינִ֔/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish [you]; neither shall my eye spare, and I also will have no pity.
- Ezekiel 5:14 לְ/עֵינֵ֖י prep + n c bd cs Moreover I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about you, in the sight of all that pass by.
- Ezekiel 6:9 עֵֽינֵי/הֶ֔ם n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp Those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with they eyes, which play the prostitute after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
- Ezekiel 7:4 עֵינִ֛/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs My eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity; but I will bring your ways on you, and your abominations shall be in the midst of you: and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 7:9 עֵינִ֖/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs My eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will bring on you according to your ways; and your abominations shall be in the midst of you; and you shall know that I, Yahweh, do strike.
- Ezekiel 8:2 כְּ/עֵ֥ין prep + n c bs cs Then I saw, and, behold, a likeness as the appearance of fire; from the appearance of his loins and downward, fire; and from his loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as it were glowing metal.
- Ezekiel 8:5 עֵינֶ֖י/ךָ עֵינַ/י֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs Then said he to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and see, northward of the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
- Ezekiel 8:18 עֵינִ֖/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs Therefore will I also deal in wrath; my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity; and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
- Ezekiel 9:5 עיני/כם עֵינְ/כֶ֖ם n c bd cs + sfx pers 2mp n c bs cs + sfx pers 2mp To the others he said in my hearing, Go you through the city after him, and strike: don't let your eye spare, neither have you pity;
- Ezekiel 9:10 עֵינִ֖/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs As for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will bring their way on their head.
- Ezekiel 10:2 לְ/עֵינָֽ/י prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, Go in between the whirling [wheels], even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. He went in as I watched.
- Ezekiel 10:9 כְּ/עֵ֖ין prep + n c bs cs I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.
- Ezekiel 10:19 לְ/עֵינַ/י֙ prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went forth, and the wheels beside them: and they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
- Ezekiel 12:3 לְ/עֵֽינֵי/הֶ֑ם לְ/עֵ֣ינֵי/הֶ֔ם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp Therefore, you son of man, prepare you stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and you shall remove from your place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.
- Ezekiel 12:4 לְ/עֵֽינֵי/הֶ֑ם לְ/עֵ֣ינֵי/הֶ֔ם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp You shall bring forth your stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing; and you shall go forth yourself at even in their sight, as when men go forth into exile.
- Ezekiel 12:5 לְ/עֵינֵי/הֶ֖ם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp Dig you through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.
- Ezekiel 12:6 לְ/עֵ֨ינֵי/הֶ֜ם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp In their sight shall you bear it on your shoulder, and carry it forth in the dark; you shall cover your face, that you don't see the land: for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 12:7 לְ/עֵינֵי/הֶֽם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for removing, and in the even I dug through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the dark, and bore it on my shoulder in their sight.
- Ezekiel 16:41 לְ/עֵינֵ֖י prep + n c bd cs They shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women; and I will cause you to cease from playing the prostitute, and you shall also give no hire any more.
- Ezekiel 18:6 וְ/עֵינָי/ו֙ conj + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms and has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor's wife, neither has come near to a woman in her impurity,
- Ezekiel 18:12 עֵינָ֔י/ו n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination,
- Ezekiel 18:15 וְ/עֵינָי/ו֙ conj + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms who has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife,
- Ezekiel 20:7 עֵינָי/ו֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms I said to them, Cast you away every man the abominations of his eyes, and don't defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am Yahweh your God.
- Ezekiel 20:8 עֵֽינֵי/הֶם֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me; they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 20:9 לְ/עֵינֵ֥י לְ/עֵ֣ינֵי/הֶ֔ם prep + n c bd cs prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, among which they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.
- Ezekiel 20:14 לְ/עֵינֵ֣י לְ/עֵינֵי/הֶֽם prep + n c bd cs prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp But I worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
- Ezekiel 20:17 עֵינִ֛/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs Nevertheless my eye spared them, and I didn't destroy them, neither did I make a full end of them in the wilderness.
- Ezekiel 20:22 לְ/עֵינֵ֣י לְ/עֵינֵי/הֶֽם prep + n c bd cs prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them forth.
- Ezekiel 20:24 עֵינֵי/הֶֽם n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.
- Ezekiel 20:41 לְ/עֵינֵ֥י prep + n c bd cs As a sweet savor will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.
- Ezekiel 21:6 לְ/עֵינֵי/הֶֽם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp Sigh therefore, you son of man; with the breaking of your loins and with bitterness shall you sigh before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 21:23 בְּ/עֵ֣ינֵי/הֶ֔ם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp It shall be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken.
- Ezekiel 22:16 לְ/עֵינֵ֣י prep + n c bd cs You shall be profaned in yourself, in the sight of the nations; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 22:26 עֵֽינֵי/הֶ֔ם n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp Her priests have done violence to my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they caused men to discern between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
- Ezekiel 23:16 עֵינֶ֑י/הָ n c bd cs + sfx pers 3fs As soon as she saw them she doted on them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea.
- Ezekiel 23:27 עֵינַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2fs Thus will I make your lewdness to cease from you, and your prostitution [brought] from the land of Egypt; so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more.
- Ezekiel 23:40 עֵינַ֖יִ/ךְ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2fs Furthermore you have sent for men who come from far, to whom a messenger was sent, and, behold, they came; for whom you did wash yourself, paint your eyes, and deck yourself with ornaments,
- Ezekiel 24:16 עֵינֶ֖י/ךָ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down.
- Ezekiel 24:21 עֵֽינֵי/כֶ֖ם n c bd cs + sfx pers 2mp Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword.
- Ezekiel 24:25 עֵֽינֵי/הֶם֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp You, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their heart, their sons and their daughters,
- Ezekiel 28:18 לְ/עֵינֵ֖י prep + n c bd cs By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your traffic, you have profaned your sanctuaries; therefore have I brought forth a fire from the midst of you; it has devoured you, and I have turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all those who see you.
- Ezekiel 28:25 לְ/עֵינֵ֣י prep + n c bd cs Thus says the Lord Yahweh: When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to my servant Jacob.
- Ezekiel 33:25 וְ/עֵינֵ/כֶ֛ם conj + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2mp Therefore tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes to your idols, and shed blood: and shall you possess the land?
- Ezekiel 36:23 לְ/עֵינֵי/הֶֽם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp I will sanctify my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in the midst of them; and the nations shall know that I am Yahweh, says the Lord Yahweh, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 36:34 לְ/עֵינֵ֖י prep + n c bd cs The land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all who passed by.
- Ezekiel 37:20 לְ/עֵינֵי/הֶֽם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp The sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 38:16 לְ/עֵינֵי/הֶ֖ם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp and you shall come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land: it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when I shall be sanctified in you, Gog, before their eyes.
- Ezekiel 38:23 לְ/עֵינֵ֖י prep + n c bd cs I will magnify myself, and sanctify myself, and I will make myself known in the eyes of many nations; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 39:27 לְ/עֵינֵ֖י prep + n c bd cs when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.
- Ezekiel 40:4 בְ/עֵינֶי/ךָ֩ prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms The man said to me, Son of man, see with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I shall show you; for, to the intent that I may show them to you, are you brought here: declare all that you see to the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 43:11 לְ/עֵֽינֵי/הֶ֑ם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3mp If they be ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the form of the house, and the fashion of it, and the exits of it, and the entrances of it, and all the forms of it, and all the ordinances of it, and all the forms of it, and all the laws of it; and write it in their sight; that they may keep the whole form of it, and all the ordinances of it, and do them.
- Ezekiel 44:5 בְ/עֵינֶ֜י/ךָ prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh said to me, Son of man, mark well, and see with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I tell you concerning all the ordinances of the house of Yahweh, and all the laws of it; and mark well the entrance of the house, with every exit of the sanctuary.
Daniel 6 verses
- Daniel 8:3 עֵינַ/י֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
- Daniel 8:5 עֵינָֽי/ו n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms As I was considering, behold, a male goat came from the west over the surface of the whole earth, and didn't touch the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
- Daniel 8:21 עֵינָ֔י/ו n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms The rough male goat is the king of Greece: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
- Daniel 9:18 עֵינֶ֗י/ךָ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms My God, turn your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not present our petitions before you for our righteousness, but for your great mercies' sake.
- Daniel 10:5 עֵינַ/י֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and, behold, a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with pure gold of Uphaz:
- Daniel 10:6 וְ/עֵינָי/ו֙ כְּ/עֵ֖ין conj + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + n c bs cs his body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches, and his arms and his feet like burnished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude.
Hosea 3 verses
- Hosea 2:10 לְ/עֵינֵ֣י prep + n c bd cs Now I will uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, And no one will deliver her out of my hand.
- Hosea 10:10 עינת/ם n c bp cs + sfx pers 3mp When it is my desire, I will chastise them; And the nations will be gathered against them, When they are bound to their two transgressions.
- Hosea 13:14 מֵ/עֵינָֽ/י prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
Joel 1 verse
Amos 3 verses
- Amos 9:3 עֵינַ/י֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out there; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.
- Amos 9:4 עֵינִ֧/י n c bs cs + sfx pers 1cs Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good.
- Amos 9:8 עֵינֵ֣י n c bd cs Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," says Yahweh.
Jonah 1 verse
Micah 2 verses
- Micah 4:11 עֵינֵֽי/נוּ n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cp Now many nations have assembled against you, that say, 'Let her be defiled, And let our eye gloat over Zion.'
- Micah 7:10 עֵינַ/י֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs Then my enemy will see it, And shame will cover her who said to me, Where is Yahweh your God? Then my enemy will see me and will cover her shame. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.
Zephaniah 1 verse
Haggai 1 verse
Zechariah 16 verses
- Zechariah 1:18 עֵינַ֖/י n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, four horns.
- Zechariah 2:1 עֵינַ֛/י n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.
- Zechariah 2:8 עֵינֽ/וֹ n c bs cs + sfx pers 3ms For thus says Yahweh of hosts: 'For honor he has sent me to the nations which plundered you; for he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.
- Zechariah 4:10 עֵינֵ֣י n c bd cs Indeed, who despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice, and shall see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. These are the eyes of Yahweh, which run back and forth through the whole earth."
- Zechariah 5:1 עֵינַ֖/י n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs Then again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying scroll.
- Zechariah 5:5 עֵינֶ֨י/ךָ֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 2ms Then the angel who talked with me came forward, and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that is appearing."
- Zechariah 5:6 עֵינָ֖/ם n c bs cs + sfx pers 3mp I said, "What is it?" He said, "This is the ephah basket that is appearing." He said moreover, "This is their appearance in all the land
- Zechariah 5:9 עֵינַ֜/י n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were two women, and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.
- Zechariah 6:1 עֵינַ/י֙ n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs Again I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass.
- Zechariah 8:6 בְּ/עֵינֵי֙ בְּ/עֵינַ/י֙ prep + n c bd cs prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: "If it is marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes?" says Yahweh of Hosts.
- Zechariah 9:1 עֵ֣ין n c bs cs An oracle. The word of Yahweh is against the land of Hadrach, And will rest upon Damascus; For the eye of man And of all the tribes of Israel is toward Yahweh;
- Zechariah 9:8 בְ/עֵינָֽ/י prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs I will encamp around my house against the army, That none pass through or return; And no oppressor will pass through them any more: For now I have seen with my eyes.
- Zechariah 11:12 בְּ/עֵינֵי/כֶ֛ם prep + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2mp I said to them, "If you think it best, give me my wages; and if not, keep them." So they weighed for my wages thirty pieces of silver.
- Zechariah 11:17 עֵ֣ין וְ/עֵ֥ין n c bs cs conj + n c bs cs Woe to the worthless shepherd who leaves the flock! The sword will be on his arm, and on his right eye. His arm will be completely withered, and his right eye will be totally blinded!"
- Zechariah 12:4 עֵינַ֔/י n c bd cs + sfx pers 1cs In that day," says Yahweh, "I will strike every horse with terror, and his rider with madness; and I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will strike every horse of the peoples with blindness.
- Zechariah 14:12 וְ/עֵינָי/ו֙ conj + n c bd cs + sfx pers 3ms This will be the plague with which Yahweh will strike all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh will consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will consume away in their sockets, and their tongue will consume away in their mouth.
Malachi 2 verses
- Malachi 1:5 וְ/עֵינֵי/כֶ֖ם conj + n c bd cs + sfx pers 2mp Your eyes will see, and you will say, "Yahweh is great--even beyond the border of Israel!"
- Malachi 2:17 בְּ/עֵינֵ֣י prep + n c bd cs You have wearied Yahweh with your words. Yet you say, 'How have we wearied him?' In that you say, 'Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of Yahweh, and he delights in them;' or 'Where is the God of justice?'
About this entry
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The Hebrew noun עין centers on the idea of “eye.” First canonically at Genesis 3:5, it enters the text early. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 828 verses — among the most common. Not a single-sense word: explore its full sense range. It clusters with מעין, עון and עין under a shared root. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H5869 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 →
- 828
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 828 distinct verses.
- 37 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 37 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #46
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 46 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 828 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 828 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 365 verses · 44%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 253 verses · 31%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 210 verses · 25%
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†: Eyes 322×, Sight 202×, Eye 61×
- American Standard Version†: Eyes 308×, Sight 177×, Eye 59×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Eyes 305×, Sight 183×, Eye 36×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Eyes 468×, Eyes of 201×, Eye 76×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H5869 across 839† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 101 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 49 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H5869 across 834† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 128 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H5869 across 765† 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. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 120 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H5869 across 881† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 33 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
39 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 39 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.
עין I
- 1. lit. as physical organ,
- a. of man Ex 21:6(×3) (E), Gn 3:6 (J) +, Lv 21:20; 24:20(×2); 26:16 (H; very rarely P, e.g. Dt 34:4, 7), 2 K 4:34(×2) +; once שְׁתֵּי עֵינַי Ju 16:28. e.g. Exodus 21:6
- b. anthropomorph. of י׳ ψ 33:18; 34:16 (אֶל) +. e.g. Psalms 33:18
- c. of idols ψ 115:5; 135:16. e.g. Psalms 115:5
- d. of beasts Gn 30:41 (J), Jb 40:24 (hippop., si vera l., but prob. crpt. Di Siegf Bu Du where see conj.), 41:10 (crocod.); bird Jb 28:7; 39:29; Pr 1:17. e.g. Genesis 30:41
- e. in wheels Ez 1:18 cf. 10:12; on stone Zc 3:9 (all in visions). e.g. Ezekiel 1:18
- f. subj. of ראה see Gn 45:12(×2) (E), + (often Dt), c. חזה ψ 11:4; men see בְּע׳ Dt 3:27; 2 K 7:12 +; especially נָשָׂא ע׳ + ראה Gn 13:10, 14 (J) +; cf. לְכָל־מַרְאֵה עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן Lv 13:12 = as far as the priest can see, מַרְאֵה ע׳ Dt 28:34 what is seen by the eyes = v 67 Ec 6:9. e.g. Genesis 45:12
- g. as affected by sleep, v. שֵׁנָה sub [יָשֵׁן].
- h. as weeping, ע׳ מְקוֹר דִּמְעָה Je 8:23, ע׳ נִגְּרָה La 3:49, דָּֽלְפָה ע׳ Jb 16:20; v. also Je 31:16 ψ 116:8, and ירד Qal 3 c. e.g. Jeremiah 8:23
- i. as growing dim, v. I. כָּהָה, חָשַׁךְ 3; c. כָּבֵד Gn 48:10 (E), קוּם 1 S 4:15 1 K 14:4, שָׁעַע Is 32:3; 6:10 (Hiph.); c. כָּלָה pine, languish, v. כ׳ Qal 2 b, Pi. 2 b, c. דָּאַב ψ 88:10, עָשַׁשׁ 6:8; 31:10, דָּלַל Is 38:14. e.g. Genesis 48:10
- j. c. פָּקַח open, after sleep Jb 27:19, sleep of death 2 K 4:35; = keep awake Pr 20:13 (opp. שֵׁנָה); of new power of vision Gn 3:5, 7 (J), given by God 21:19 (E), 2 K 6:17(×2); so (c. וַיְגַל) Nu 22:31 (JE); = give sight to blind 2 K 6:20(×2); Is 35:5; 42:7 ψ 146:8; of God (י׳) opening his eyes, פָּקַח ע׳ 2 K 19:16 = Is 37:17, Dn 9:18, + עַל־ Je 32:19; Zc 12:4; Jb 14:3 שִׂים ע׳ עַל Gn 44:21 (J) Je 39:12; 40:4, + לטובה 24:6, + לרעה Am 9:4; c. פָּתַח, + אֶל־ 1 K 8:29 = 2 Ch 6:20; 1 K 8:52; Ne 1:6, + ל 2 Ch 6:40; 7:15; + inf. Ne 1:6. e.g. Job 27:19
- k. אוֹר ע׳ etc., = revive, v. אור vb. Qal, Hiph.; noun, 10.
- l. קָרַץ ע׳ = wink ψ 35:19; Pr 10:10, ק׳ בְּע׳ 6:13. e.g. Psalms 35:19
- m. יִרְזְמוּן ע׳ Jb 15:12 i.e. roll (in anger). e.g. Job 15:12
- n. לָטַשׁ ע׳ ל׳ Jb 16:9 whet eyes against = ‘look daggers at.’ e.g. Job 16:9
- o. put out eye, v. עִוֵּר, נקר.
- p. as feature of beauty, יְפֵה ע׳ Dt 16:12; cf. Ct 4:9; 7:5, ע׳ יוֹנִים 1:15; 4:1 and 5:12 (כְּיוֹנִים); on other hand, ע׳ לֵאָה רַכּוֹת Gn 29:17 (E); וַתָּשֶׂם בַּפּוּךְ ע׳ †2 K 9:30 (v. פּוּךְ), cf. Je 4:30, כָּחַל ע׳ Ez 23:40 paint the eyes †. e.g. Deuteronomy 16:12
- q. apple of the eye, v. אִישׁוֹן, [בָּבָה], בַּת 6.
- r. גַּבֹּת ע׳ Lv 14:9 eyebrows. e.g. Leviticus 14:9
- s. חַכְלִילִי ע׳ מִיָּ֑יִן Gn 49:12, חַכְלִילוּת ע ׳ Pr 23:29 (v. ח׳); מְאוֹר ע׳ Pr 15:30, v. Toy.—v. שׁתם for Nu 24:3, 15. e.g. Genesis 49:12
- 2.
- a. eyes as shewing mental qualities: arrogance ע׳ גַבְהוּת Is 2:11, ע׳ גְבֹהִים 5:15, גְּבַהּ־ע׳ ψ 101:5, תִּפְאֶרֶת רוּם ע׳ Is 10:12; c. רוּם also ψ 18:28 (so read also ‖ 2 S 22:28 Hup HPS), 131:1 Pr 6:17; 21:4; humility, שַׁח ע׳ Jb 22:29; mockery, ע׳ תִּלְעַג לְ Pr 30:17; cf. רָעָה ע׳ בְּ Dt 15:9 (grudging), 28:54, 56 (id.); especially (עַל) ע׳ אַל־תָּחֹס not have pity on Dt 7:16 + 4 times Dt, Ez 5:11 + 8 times Ez, Is 13:18, also Gn 45:20 (E; = not regret); cf. נֹחַם יִסָּתֵר מֵע׳ Ho 13:14. e.g. Isaiah 2:11
- b. מַחְמַד ע׳ Ez 24:16 desire of the eyes, so v 21, 25; שִׁקּוּצֵי ע׳ 20:7 abominations of the eyes, so v 3.—ψ 73:7 v. חֵלֶב. e.g. Ezekiel 24:16
- 3. Fig. of mental and spiritual faculties, acts and states:
- a. תִּפָּקַחְנָה ע׳ Gn 3:5, 7 (J) Is 42:7, גִּלוּי ע׳ Nu 24:4, 16 (JE); also טַח מֵרְאוֹת ע׳ Is 44:18; ע׳ אֶל־י׳ ψ 123:2 (see v 2(×2) for origin of fig.), +; of י׳, 33:18 (i.e. his favour) 34:16 (id.) +. e.g. Genesis 3:5
- b. ע׳ הַזֹּנוֹת Ez 6:9; תִּשְׂבַּע ע׳ Ec 1:8; 4:8; שָֽׁאֲלוּ ע׳ 2:10; ע׳ לְנֹכַח יַבִּיטוּ Pr 4:25; טוֹב־ע׳ 22:9 = bountiful, רַע עָ֑יִן 23:6 = niggardly one, so 28:22; eye as avenue of temptation Jb 31:1, 7; שִׁית ע׳ ψ 17:11 = design. e.g. Ezekiel 6:9
- c. especially בְּעֵינֵי, c. adj. and intrans. verbs, in the view, opinion, of Gn 16:4, 5 (J), 21:11, 12 (E), 34:18 (P), + often; c. act. vb. 2 S 10:3 = 1 Ch 19:3; Est 1:17; 3:6; הַטּוֹב בְּע׳ Gn 16:6; 19:14 (J), +, i.e. what one pleases, Nu 36:6 (P) whom they please; הַיָּשָׁר בְּע׳ Dt 12:8, 25 +, הַטּוֹב וְהַיָּשָׁר בְּע׳ v 28 Jos 9:25 (D), הָרַע בְּע׳ Ju 2:11; 3:7; Dt 4:25 + especially D and K (RD); so לְנֶגֶד עיניו 2 S 22:25 = ψ 18:25; אַחֲרֵי עֵינֵיכֶם Nu 15:39 = according to your wish, fancy (+ לְבַבְכֶם). e.g. Genesis 16:4
- d. נֶעְלָם מֵע׳ Lv 4:13 i.e. hid from knowledge of, so Nu 5:13 (both P), Jb 28:21; מֵע׳ Nu 15:24 (P) without the knowledge of; אַעְלִים ע׳ מִן Is 1:15 = disregard, pay no attention; cf. Lv 20:4 (H) Ez 22:26; without מִן, abs., Pr 28:27; נִסְתְּרוּ מֵע׳ Is 65:16, וַיַּסְתֵּר עָמָל מֵע׳ Jb 3:10; אַעְלִים ע׳ בּוֹ (i.e. בַּכֹּפֶר) 1 S 12:3 (נעלים sandals + ענו בי 𝔊 Th We Kit, cf. Ecclusxlvi. 19; Bu HPS ins. ענו בי); הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר ע׳ Dt 16:19, cf. כְּסוּת ע׳ Gn 20:16 (E). e.g. Leviticus 4:13
- 4. Transferred meanings:
- a. visible surface of earth Ex 10:5, 15 (J) Nu 22:5, 11 (JE). e.g. Exodus 10:5
- b. appearance Lv 13:5 (P; reading בְּעֵינוֹ Di Kau Dr-Wh), v 37 (P; reading id.), v 55 (P) Nu 11:7(×2) (JE); so appar. dual 1 S 16:7. e.g. Leviticus 13:5
- c. gleam, sparkle (of metal, jewels, etc.) Ez 1:4, 7, 16, 22, 27; 8:2; 10:9 Dn 10:6; of wine Pr 23:31. e.g. Ezekiel 1:4
- 5. Other phrases are: ע׳ תַּחַת ע׳ Ex 21:24 (E) = Lv 24:20 (H), = ע׳ בְּע׳ Dt 19:21, all = an eye for an eye; ע׳ בְּע׳ = eye to eye, Nu 14:14 (P) Is 52:8 (fig.), cf. וְע׳ אֶת־ע׳ תִּרְאֶינָה Je 32:4; 34:3; especially לְעֵינֵי in the presence of, in full view of Gn 42:24 (E) 47:19 (J) Ex 4:30 (J) Nu 19:5 (P), + often of business transaction Je 32:12(×2); Gn 23:11, 18 (P); so נֶגֶד ע׳ Jo 1:16, לְנֶגֶד ע׳ Jb 4:16, בְּע׳ Jos 3:7; 4:14 1 S 21:14 Ezr 3:12; נִגְרַזְתִּי מִנֶּגֶד ע׳ ψ 31:23; בֵּין ע׳ = on the forehead Ex 13:9, 16 (JE) Dt 6:8; 11:18; 14:1; Dn 8:5, 21. e.g. Exodus 21:24
עין II spring (of water) (connexion with i. ע׳ dub.
- a. ע׳ חֲרֹד Ju 7:1 (on loc. cf. GFM). e.g. Judges 7:1
- b. ע׳ הַקּוֹרֵא (partridge-spring) Ju 15:19 (cf. id.). e.g. Judges 15:19
- c. ע׳ רֹגֵל near Jerus. (early sanctuary RSSem i. 157, 2nd ed. 172) 2 S 17:17 cf. 1 K 1:9, on border of Judah Jos 15:7, and Benj. 18:16. e.g. 2 Samuel 17:17
- d. ע׳ הַתַּנִּין (dragonspring) Ne 2:13 (= c.? so RSl.c.).—On שַׁעַר הָעַיִן Ne 2:14; 3:15; 12:37 v. שַׁעַר. e.g. Nehemiah 2:13
עין III loc.
- 1. לָעָ֑יִן, on NE. border of Can. Nu 34:11, 𝔊 ἐπὶ πηγάς. e.g. Numbers 34:11
- 2.
- a. in Negeb of Judah Jos 15:32 (+ וְרִמּוֹן), Levit. city 21:16 (but 𝔊B Ασα read עָשָׁן, as 1 Ch 6:44), appar. = e.g. Joshua 15:32
- b. 19:7 (+ ר׳; assigned to Simeon), וָע׳ ר׳ 1 Ch 4:32 (read prob. וְעֵין ר׳); prob. mod. Umm er-Ramāmīn, c. 18 mils SW. from Hebron, BuhlGeogr.183.—Vid. עֵין רִמּוֹן. e.g. 1 Chronicles 19:7
עין IV Qr, [עֵינָה] Kt n.f. only sf. Ho 10
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Word origin
I. n.f. Gn 3:7 and (Zc 3:9; 4:10 AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 75) m. eye (ancient Sem. word; √ and relation to ii. ע׳ unknown; NH id.; Ph. ען; 𝔗 עֵינָא, עַיְינָא; Palm. עינא, Zinj. sf. עיני, עינך; Syriac ܥܰܝܢܳܐ; Assyrian ênu, enu, TelAm. sf. inaya and (appar. Can. gloss) ḫinaya; Arabic عَيْنٌ; Ethiopic ዐይን );—abs. ע׳ Ex 21:4 +, cstr. עֵין v 26 +; sf. עֵינִי Gn 44:21 + (2 S 16:12 read עָנְיִי Vrss Comm.), עֵינֵךָ Dt 7:16 +, עֵינֵנוּ ψ 35:21 (2 S 20:6 v. נצל Hiph.); sf. 3 mpl. עֵינָם Is 13:18 (Zc 5:6 read עֲוֹנָם 𝔊 We Gr Now), עֵינֵמוֹ ψ 73:7 (but read עֲוֹנָמוֹ v. Comm.); usually du. עֵינַיִם Gn 20:16 +, עֵינָ֑יִם Is 3:16 +, especially cstr. עֵינֵי Gn 3:7 +, עֵנֵי Is 3:8; sf. עֵינַי Gn 31:10 +, עֵינֶיךָ Ju 6:17 +, etc. (Ho 10:10 read עֲוֹנֹתָם) cf. 𝔊 𝔙 Che We Gr Now);—eye:
II. n.f. spring (of water) (connexion with i. ע׳ dub.; NH id., Ph. ען; Assyrian ênu, înu; Arabic عَيْنٌ; Ethiopic ዐይን; Palm. עינא, 𝔗 עֵינָא, עַיְינָא; Syriac ܥܰܝܢܳܐ );—abs. ע׳ 1 S 29:1 +, עָ֑יִן Gn 49:22 +, הָעַ֫יְנָה 24:16, 45; cstr. עֵין v 13 +; pl. עֲיָנֹת Dt 8:7, -וֹת 2 Ch 32:3; cstr. עֵינוֹת Ex 15:27 = Nu 33:9, עִינוֹת Pr 8:28 (Ges§93 v);—spring Gn 16:7; 24:16, 29, 30, 42, 45 (all J) 49:22 (poem in J), 1 S 29:1; עֵין הַמַּיִם Gn 16:7; 24:13, 43 (J), cf. Ex 15:27 (J) Nu 33:9 (P); נַחֲלֵי מַיִם ע׳ וּתְהֹמֹת Dt 8:7; מֵימֵי הָעֲיָנוֹת 2 Ch 32:3; ע׳ תְּהוֹם Pr 8:28 (i.e. of the sea); fig. עֵין יַעֲקֹב Dt 33:28 (poem), i.e. Jacob’s descendants. Particular springs are:
I. Qr, [עֵינָה] Kt n.f. only sf. Ho 10:10: Qr pl. עוֹנֹתָם Baer, sg. עוֹנָתָם Ginsb; > עֵינֹתָם Kt; but read עֲוֹנֹתָם, v. עָוֹן 1 a. p. 730.
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Origin: probably a primitive word
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.
עַיִן
- 1. eye, sight, look. Kidd. 24ᵃ בשן וע׳, v. יָצָא. Ib. 24ᵇ הכהו על עֵינוֹ וכ׳ if the master struck him on his eye and made it blind. B. Kam. 83ᵇ (ref. to Ex. XXI, 24) אימא ע׳ ממש may not the text mean that he who injures a person’s eye must really suffer the same injury? Sabb. 108ᵇ bot. יד לע׳ וכ׳ an unwashed hand (in the morning) touching the eye deserves to be cut off. Taan. 8ᵇ סמוי מן הע׳, v. סָמָא. Ib. דבר שאין הע׳ שולטת בו something which the eye cannot look at (being stored away), v. infra; a. v. fr.—[Y. Ned. IX, end, 41ᶜ עשה לה ע׳ של זהב, a corrupt dittography of עשה לה שן של זהב.]—ע׳ טובה (also יפה) a benevolent eye, good will, liberality, opp. ע׳ רעה or עֵין הרע (abbr. עה"ר), also ע׳ צרה ill-will, selfishness, envy. Ab. II, 9. Sabb. 74ᵃ משום ע׳ יפה וכ׳ he intended to show his good will. Tosef. Ḥall. I, 7 שעינו יפה בעיסתו he is liberal with his dough (is glad to give the priest’s portion), opp. עינו צרה. Esth. R. to I, 4 היתה עינו צרה בממונו he was jealous of his wealth (unwilling to leave it to his heirs to be enjoyed by them). Ab. V, 13 עינו רצה בשל אחרים he is illiberal with regard to other people’s money (begrudges them the privilege of giving charity), ע׳ רעה בשלו he is illiberal with his own money (is too greedy to afford himself the pleasure of giving charity). Ib. II, 11, v. יֵצֶר; a. fr.—צַר ע׳ (= רַע ע׳) selfish, opp. טוב ע׳ liberal, selfless. Sabb. 108ᵇ שדורי … צר ע׳ אנא I send you (the salve), lest you say that I am selfish. Sot. 38ᵇ אפי׳ העופות מכירין בצָרֵי ע׳ even birds recognize selfish men. Ib. כל הנהנה מצרי ע׳ וכ׳ he who accepts benefits from self-seeking men, transgresses a law (ref. to Prov. XXIII, 6). Ib. אין … לטוב ע׳ the cup of benediction must be handed to none but an unselfish person (with ref. to Prov. XXII, 9); a. e.—Esp. ע׳ רעה, עֵין הרע (abbrev. עה"ר), or only עַיִן, the evil eye, an envious glance that brings harm to the person looked at, bewitchment. B. Mets. 107ᵇ (ref. to Deut. VII, 15) זו ע׳ that means the effect of an evil eye. Ib. תשעים … בע׳ רעה וכ׳ ninety-nine persons die of an evil eye against one in the natural course. Gen. R. s. 91 שלא תשלוט בכם עה"ר that the evil eye may have no power over you. Ib. לא הייתם … מפני הע׳ were you not afraid of the evil eye? Ber. 20a ע׳ שלא … אין עה"ר שולטת בי no evil eye can affect him whose eye refused to feed on what was not his (to look at the charms of a married woman); a. fr.—שקל ע׳ בע׳ to balance the scales exactly, to allow no overweight (v. עוּן, a. כָּרַע). B. Bath. V, 11; a. fr.—בע׳ visible to the eye, discernible; in natural form. Y. Ber. VI, 10ᵃ אע"פ ששחוקין בעֵינָן הן although they are ground, they are still discernible. Ib. אם בעַיְינָן הן if they are in their natural form (not mashed); a. fr.—כְּעֵין like the appearance of, similar to, a sort of (cmp. גַּוָּון). Ib.ᵇ כל שהוא כע׳ סולת וכ׳ whatever resembles a pudding or dumpling. Ber. 58ᵃ (in Chald. dict.) מלכותא דארעא כע׳ וכ׳ the government on earth is like the government in heaven (inspires reverence); a. fr.—מֵעֵין a reflection of, of the nature of; an abstract of. Snh. 105ᵇ (ref. to the preposition מ in I Kings I, 47) מע׳ קאמר ליה he means, ‘as a reflection’ (of thy name, thy throne). Ib. (ref. to Jud. V, 24) מע׳ קאמר it means ‘similar to’ (the blessings of Sarah &c.). Ber. IV, 3 מע׳ י"ח an abstract of the eighteen benedictions. Y. ib. 8ᵃ bot. שבע מע׳ י"ח seven benedictions embodying the eighteen. Ib. VI, 10ᵇ ברכה אחת מע׳ שלש one benediction embodying the three. Gen. R. s. 11, a. e., v. דּוּגְמַטְרִין.—Du. עֵינַיִים, עֵינַיִם. Bekh. VII, 4 עֵינָיו גדולות וכ׳ if his (the priest’s) eyes are as large as those of a calf. Ib. 3. Ber. 58ᵃ, a. e. נתן עיניו בו וכ׳ he put his eyes on him, and he was turned into a heap of bones. Y. Hor. III, end, 48ᶜ נתנו עֵינֵיהֶן בשמואל וכ׳ they directed their attention to Samuel &c.; a. fr.—אחז את הע׳, v. אָחַז. e.g. Exodus 21:24
- 2. anything resembling the eye, hole, ring &c. Kel. VIII, 7 ע׳ של תנור the ‘eye’ of an oven (the fire-place under the oven, Maim.; the opening for the escape of the smoke, which may be closed to retain the heat, R. S.). Ib. IX, 8 תנור שניקב מעינו an oven in the eye of which is a defect. Ib. XXI, 2 ע׳ the ring-shaped pad around an animal’s neck (a halter of soft material). Ib. ע׳ של מתכת a metal hame (cmp. עוֹנָתָא). Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. I, 7 העיין שבמצעד the ring attached to an adze; a. fr.
- 3. spring, well. Keth. I, 10; a. fr.—[Frequ. עֵין in pr. n. pl., as ע׳ סוכר, ע׳ טב; v. respective determinants].
עַיִן ²
- 1. eye, sight &c. Targ. Lev. XXIV, 20. Targ. O. Ex. XXII, 2. Ib. X, 5; a. fr.—Ḥull. 96ᵃ, a. fr. טביעות ע׳, v. טְבִיעוּתָא.—בע׳ (v. preced.) discernible, in natural form. Pes. 75ᵃ top בְּעֵינֵיה, v. קִיּוּהָא.—כְּעֵין, מֵעֵין, v. preced. Targ. Deut. XXXIII, 28. Targ. Josh. XXIV, 27; a. e.—ע׳ בישא (or only ע׳) evil eye. Targ. Y. Gen. XLII, 5.—Ber. 20ᵃ. Pes. 50ᵇ שלטא בהו ע׳ the eye controls them (they cannot be hidden from sight; v. Taan. 8ᵇ, quot. in preced.). B. Mets. 30ᵃ משום ע׳ (Ms. M. ע׳ בישא) because it attracts the (evil) eye; a. v. fr.—Ned. 50ᵃ the ram (figure-head, v. אֵילָא) דכל ספינתא עבדין ליה מן ע׳ which all ships have attached (as a protection) from the evil eye (and which the losers paid a high price for redeeming; cmp. Sm. Ant. s. v. Insigne) [comment. explain differently].—Pl. עֵינִין, עַיְינִין. Targ. Gen. III, 6; a. fr.
- 2. ring, collar; hole. M. Kat. 10ᵃ בת עינא (he cuts out) the hole for the hopper, v. כָּבַשׁ.—Pl. as ab. Targ. Hos. X, 10, v. עוֹנָתָא
- 3. [guide,] guide-post on cross-roads (only in pl.). Targ. O. Gen. XXXVIII, 14 פרשות ע׳; ib. 21 ע׳ (ed. Berl. עֵינַיִם, as pr. n. pl.; Y. סכות ע׳).
- 4. spring, well. Targ. Gen. XVI, 7; a. fr.—Targ. Y. I Ex. XV, 27 ענווא (some ed. עניא, read: עֵינָא or עַיְינָא).—Pl. עַיְינִין, עֵינָוָון, עֵינָוָן, עֵינְוָתָא; עֵינָתָא. Targ. Y. I, II ib. Targ. II Chr. XXXII, 3. Ib. 4 עַיְינָוָתָא. Targ. Y. I Num. XXXIV, 9, sq. (טירת) עֵינְוָותָא pr. n. pl. Ṭirath ‘Envatha (h. text חצר עינן); Targ. Y. II ib. (דירת) עַיְינוּתָא, v. עַיְנוּתָא.—Bekh. 55ᵃ sq. והאיכא עינתא מידליין but are there not springs higher than the Euphrates?
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Forms in the corpus
The 330 distinct written forms H5869 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.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 270 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H5869, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
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- עין ʻAyin H5871 Ain
- עין גדי ʻÊyn Gedîy H5872 En-gedi
- עין גנים ʻÊyn Gannîym H5873 En-gannim
- עיןדאר ʻÊyn-Dôʼr H5874 En-dor
- עין הקורא ʻÊyn haq-Qôwrêʼ H5875 En-hakkore
- עין חדה ʻÊyn Chaddâh H5876 En-haddah
- עין חצור ʻÊyn Châtsôwr H5877 En-hazor
- עין חרד ʻÊyn Chărôd H5878 En-harod
- עינים ʻÊynayim H5879 Enam
- עין משפט ʻÊyn Mishpâṭ H5880 En-mishpat
- עינן ʻÊynân H5881 Enan
- עין עגלים ʻÊyn ʻEglayim H5882 En-eglaim
- עין רגל ʻÊyn Rôgêl H5883 En-rogel
- עין רמון ʻÊyn Rimmôwn H5884 En-rimmon
- עין שמש ʻÊyn Shemesh H5885 En-shemesh
- עין תנים ʻÊyn Tannîym H5886 dragon well
- עין תפוח ʻÊyn Tappûwach H5887 En-tappuah
- ענים ʻÂnîym H6044 Anim
- ענם ʻÂnêm H6046 Anem
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 23 — not the complete family. 19 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 788 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 828 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 3:5
- Exodus 3:21
- Leviticus 4:13
- Numbers 5:13
- Deuteronomy 1:23
- Joshua 3:7
- Judges 2:11
- Ruth 2:2
- 1 Samuel 1:18
- 2 Samuel 3:19
- 1 Kings 1:20
- 2 Kings 1:13
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.
