Word Study · Strong's H5870 · Hebrew
עַיִן
ayin
ah'-yin
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻayin
“an eye”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an eye
Rendered in the KJV as
eye.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- וְעֵ֣ין1
- וְעַיְנִ֣ין1
- כְּעַיְנֵ֤י1
- עַיְנַ֣י׀1
- עַיְנִ֜ין1
How it is rendered · 5
- and [the] eye of1
- and eyes1
- eye my1
- eyes1
- like [the] eyes of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine plural1
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- AC/Ncbsc · 1
- AC/Ncmpa · 1
- ANcmpa · 1
- ANcmpc/Sp1bs · 1
- AR/Ncmpc · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Daniel4 occurrences
- Daniel 4:34עַיְנַ֣י׀ʾaynainoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularBut at the end of those days I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up to heaven, and my sanity was restored to me. Then I praised the Most High, and I honored and glorified Him who lives forever: “For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endures from generation to generation.here: eye my
- Daniel 7:8עַיְנִ֜יןʾayninnoun · masculine pluralWhile I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.here: eyes
- Daniel 7:8כְּעַיְנֵ֤יkeayneipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)While I was contemplating the horns, suddenly another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were uprooted before it. This horn had eyes like those of a man and a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.here: like [the] eyes of
- Daniel 7:20וְעַיְנִ֣יןveayninconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine pluralI also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn whose appearance was more imposing than the others, with eyes and with a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.here: and eyes
Same headword in Strong's