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אַיִן

A nonentity ; generally used as a negative particle

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אַיִן H369
Pronunciation ʾayin

What does אַיִן (ʾayin) mean in the Bible?

אַיִן (ʾayin): Negation rooted in ontological absence: what is "not" fundamentally does not exist or lack substance.

Full entry for אַיִן (H369) · Open the biblical lexicon

Questions this entry answers

What does אַיִן (ʾayin) mean in the Bible?

אַיִן (ʾayin): Negation rooted in ontological absence: what is "not" fundamentally does not exist or lack substance.

How does the BSB render H369?

The BSB source-word alignment has 788 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include there is no (55), without (48), no (43), . . . (22), with no (21).

Where does אַיִן (ʾayin) appear in Scripture?

The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 2:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (92), Jeremiah (89), Psalms (67), Ecclesiastes (44).

Source Word Evidence

BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.

How English Renders It
there is no 55× Genesis 20:11, Genesis 47:4, Leviticus 13:21, Numbers 21:5
without 48× Genesis 44:34, Genesis 45:6, Exodus 12:30, Exodus 21:11
no 43× Genesis 11:30, Genesis 39:9, Exodus 2:12, Exodus 5:16
. . . 22× Genesis 30:1, Numbers 21:5, Judges 14:6, 1 Kings 5:4
with no 21× Genesis 37:24, Leviticus 22:13, Deuteronomy 28:26, Deuteronomy 28:32
and there is no 19× Genesis 19:31, Leviticus 13:31, Numbers 20:5, 1 Samuel 2:2
not 18× Exodus 17:7, Exodus 32:32, Leviticus 11:26, Numbers 13:20
with no one 15× Deuteronomy 28:29, Psalms 7:2, Psalms 50:22, Isaiah 1:31
and no 14× Genesis 41:15, Deuteronomy 32:12, 2 Kings 7:10, 2 Chronicles 20:6
no one 14× Exodus 22:2, Joshua 6:1, 1 Samuel 21:1, 2 Chronicles 14:6
does not 11× Exodus 33:15, Leviticus 11:4, Leviticus 11:10, Leviticus 11:12
There was no 11× Genesis 47:13, Numbers 22:26, Judges 17:6, Judges 18:1
vvv 11× Genesis 7:8, Deuteronomy 8:15, 2 Chronicles 20:12, Job 35:15
but no 10× Genesis 41:24, Deuteronomy 28:68, Judges 19:15, Judges 19:18
nothing 10× Judges 18:10, 1 Samuel 14:6, Job 20:21, Job 41:33
[There is] no 9× 1 Samuel 21:4, 1 Samuel 21:9, 2 Kings 1:3, Psalms 14:1
[there is] no one 9× Exodus 9:14, Ruth 4:4, 1 Samuel 2:2, 1 Samuel 10:24
is not 9× Genesis 44:26, Genesis 44:30, Exodus 22:14, Numbers 14:42
and no one 7× Deuteronomy 28:31, Joshua 6:1, 1 Kings 18:26, Proverbs 1:24
there is nothing 7× Numbers 11:6, 1 Samuel 27:1, Ecclesiastes 1:9, Ecclesiastes 3:12
[or] 6× 1 Samuel 26:12, 2 Kings 4:31, Job 34:22, Isaiah 5:27
has no 6× Numbers 5:8, Numbers 19:2, Numbers 27:11, Job 26:6
he has no 6× Numbers 27:9, Numbers 27:10, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 14:27
nor 6× Exodus 32:18, 2 Samuel 21:4, Psalms 135:17, Jeremiah 8:13
but there was no 5× Exodus 17:1, Judges 19:28, 1 Kings 18:26, 2 Kings 4:31
I will not 5× Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 7:16, Jeremiah 11:14, Jeremiah 14:12
none 5× Judges 21:9, 2 Kings 17:34, Psalms 40:5, Proverbs 8:8
there is no one 5× Genesis 41:39, Exodus 8:10, 1 Samuel 2:2, 2 Chronicles 14:11
There will be no 5× Numbers 20:19, Psalms 144:14, Isaiah 47:14, Jeremiah 8:13
they have no 5× Job 24:7, Psalms 73:4, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Isaiah 8:20
you do not 5× Genesis 20:7, 1 Samuel 19:11, 2 Samuel 19:7, Ecclesiastes 11:5
[There is] none 4× 1 Samuel 21:9, 2 Samuel 7:22, 1 Chronicles 17:20, Psalms 86:8
And there was no 4× 1 Kings 22:47, Psalms 107:12, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Daniel 8:4
but there is no 4× 2 Kings 19:3, Isaiah 37:3, Lamentations 1:17, Lamentations 1:21
did not 4× Genesis 39:23, Deuteronomy 19:6, 1 Chronicles 4:27, 2 Chronicles 35:15
for lack 4× Proverbs 5:23, Proverbs 11:14, Proverbs 15:22, Isaiah 50:2
is no more 4× Genesis 42:13, Genesis 42:32, Genesis 42:36, Lamentations 2:9
Is there no 4× 2 Kings 3:11, Jeremiah 8:22, Jeremiah 49:7, Micah 4:9
There is none 4× Deuteronomy 33:26, Isaiah 45:21, Jeremiah 10:6, Jeremiah 10:7
will not 4× Numbers 35:27, Psalms 3:2, Proverbs 28:27, Daniel 11:15
- 3× Nehemiah 4:23, Job 6:13, Proverbs 29:1
[is] not 3× Isaiah 40:16, Jeremiah 5:13, Jeremiah 26:16
and without 3× Isaiah 6:11, Hosea 3:4, Joel 1:6
are not 3× Genesis 30:33, Deuteronomy 29:15, Ecclesiastes 9:16
but never 3× Haggai 1:6
cannot 3× Esther 8:8, Proverbs 25:3, Jeremiah 8:17
do not 3× Ecclesiastes 5:1, Ecclesiastes 8:16, Jeremiah 49:12
have no 3× Joshua 18:7, Nehemiah 2:20, Proverbs 30:27
is gone 3× Genesis 37:30, Genesis 42:36, Ezekiel 13:15
or 3× Psalms 19:3, Ezekiel 34:6, Hosea 3:4
There was no one 3× Judges 18:28, Isaiah 59:16, Lamentations 1:9
when no one 3× Leviticus 26:17, Leviticus 26:36, Proverbs 28:1
when there is no 3× Jeremiah 6:14, Jeremiah 8:11, Ezekiel 13:10
[There was] nothing 2× 1 Kings 8:9, 2 Chronicles 5:10
and [there is] no one 2× Deuteronomy 32:39, Psalms 79:3
and does not 2× Leviticus 13:4, Leviticus 13:34
and had no 2× Judges 18:7, Judges 18:28
and it is not 2× Leviticus 13:21, Leviticus 13:26
and none 2× Psalms 105:37, Isaiah 43:13
and not one 2× Song Of Solomon 4:2, Song Of Solomon 6:6
beyond 2× 2 Chronicles 36:16, Proverbs 6:15
But [there was] no 2× 1 Kings 18:29, Nehemiah 2:14
but [there was] no one 2× 2 Samuel 22:42, Psalms 18:41
but I will be no more 2× Job 7:8, Job 7:21
but no one 2× Genesis 41:8, Job 32:12
but there was no one 2× Deuteronomy 22:27, Isaiah 63:5
I am not 2× Isaiah 27:4, Jeremiah 37:14
I have no 2× 2 Samuel 18:18, Isaiah 3:7
is it not 2× Malachi 1:8
is no 2× Deuteronomy 31:17, Jeremiah 8:22
it was beyond 2× Genesis 41:49, Daniel 8:27
lack 2× Jeremiah 14:6, Zechariah 10:2
Not one 2× 1 Samuel 22:8, Hosea 7:7
not one of them 2× 1 Samuel 14:26, Isaiah 47:15
that no 2× Isaiah 63:5, Jeremiah 22:28
There was nothing 2× Judges 18:7, Ecclesiastes 2:11
they are no more 2× Isaiah 17:14, Jeremiah 31:15
to nothing 2× Isaiah 40:23, Isaiah 41:12
when there was no 2× Judges 19:1, Ezekiel 13:16
where [there is] no 2× Psalms 69:2, Proverbs 29:18
who does not 2× Deuteronomy 21:18, Ecclesiastes 9:2
will be no more 2× Job 8:22, Psalms 37:10
with nothing 2× Leviticus 26:6, Nahum 2:11
would not 2× Esther 3:5, Jeremiah 15:1
You have no 2× Joshua 22:25, Joshua 22:27
you will not 2× Genesis 43:5, Exodus 8:21
[and are] no more 1× Lamentations 5:7
[are set on] nothing 1× Jeremiah 22:17
[craftsmen] beyond 1× 1 Chronicles 22:16
[has committed] no 1× Deuteronomy 22:26
[has] no deputy 1× 2 Samuel 15:3
[He is] not [here] 1× 1 Kings 18:10
[I,] and not 1× Isaiah 43:12
[is] not [with us] 1× Genesis 44:31
[It is] not 1× Job 28:14
[the wicked] do not 1× Ecclesiastes 8:13
[there are] none 1× 1 Kings 5:6
[There is] nothing there 1× 1 Kings 18:43
[there will be] no 1× Isaiah 9:7
[were] not [there] 1× 1 Samuel 14:17
[where] no one 1× Hosea 5:14
[which] have no 1× Psalms 32:9
all is gone 1× Job 27:19
although no 1× Genesis 31:50
and 1× Job 5:9
and [finds] none 1× Proverbs 14:6
and [so] 1× Ezekiel 13:15
and [there is] no 1× 1 Chronicles 17:20
and [there was] no 1× Genesis 2:5
and [there will be] no one 1× 2 Kings 9:10
and [will] [be] no more 1× Ezekiel 28:19
and am no more 1× Psalms 39:13
and are no more 1× Jeremiah 10:20
and be no [more] 1× Isaiah 19:7
and cannot 1× Leviticus 14:21
and could not 1× 2 Chronicles 14:13
and countless 1× 2 Chronicles 12:3
and has no 1× Isaiah 50:10
and he will be no more 1× Jeremiah 49:10
and leaves no 1× Numbers 27:8
and no one will be 1× Zephaniah 2:5
and not 1× Genesis 39:11
and perish 1× Proverbs 12:7
and senseless 1× Jeremiah 5:21
and then [he was] no more 1× Genesis 5:24
and there are no 1× Isaiah 14:31
and there will be no one 1× Jeremiah 7:33
and they [had] no 1× Jeremiah 4:23
and they do not 1× Esther 3:8
and they had no 1× Ecclesiastes 4:1
and they will never again have 1× Ecclesiastes 9:6
And though there is no 1× Ecclesiastes 4:8
and was no more 1× Psalms 37:36
and will be no more 1× Ezekiel 27:36
and will have nothing 1× Daniel 9:26
and you will be no more 1× Ezekiel 26:21
are as nothing 1× Isaiah 40:17
are left unoccupied 1× Isaiah 6:11
are no more 1× Proverbs 10:25
are not yet grown 1× Song Of Solomon 8:8
are nothing 1× Isaiah 41:24
are without 1× Job 21:33
As no 1× Ecclesiastes 8:8
As no one 1× Ecclesiastes 8:8
as nothing 1× Psalms 39:5
be no 1× Psalms 104:35
because He no 1× Malachi 2:13
beyond number 1× Psalms 104:25
but [find] none 1× Isaiah 59:11
but [they were] not [there] 1× 1 Samuel 9:4
but do not 1× Ezekiel 33:32
but find none 1× Ezekiel 7:25
but has nothing 1× Proverbs 13:7
but it was not 1× Exodus 3:2
But not one 1× 1 Samuel 14:39
but nothing is there 1× Proverbs 20:4
but there is no one 1× Genesis 40:8
but there is none 1× Isaiah 41:17
but there was none 1× Psalms 69:20
but there will be none 1× Jeremiah 50:20
but we are powerless [to redeem them] 1× Nehemiah 5:5
but you did not 1× Haggai 2:17
by neither 1× Jeremiah 33:10
can do nothing 1× Jeremiah 38:5
Can’t you [find] 1× Judges 14:3
could not 1× Ezra 3:13
could only be 1× Nehemiah 2:2
desolation 1× Jeremiah 44:2
disappeared 1× 1 Kings 20:40
do I lack 1× Isaiah 50:2
Do you not 1× Jeremiah 7:17
does not [know] 1× Job 12:3
endless 1× Job 22:5
fatherless 1× Lamentations 5:3
for [there is] no 1× Hosea 13:4
For I will not 1× Deuteronomy 4:22
for there was no 1× Exodus 12:30
from the waterless 1× Zechariah 9:11
had changed 1× Genesis 31:2
had nearly 1× Psalms 73:2
had no 1× Job 32:5
had no property 1× Jeremiah 39:10
had none 1× 1 Samuel 1:2
had not yet 1× Nehemiah 7:4
has changed 1× Genesis 31:5
has faded 1× Psalms 38:10
has nothing 1× 2 Kings 4:2
have you not 1× 2 Kings 12:7
he does not 1× Deuteronomy 21:20
he had no 1× Numbers 27:4
he has nothing 1× Exodus 22:3
He is not there 1× Job 23:8
he never 1× 2 Chronicles 18:7
He takes no 1× Ecclesiastes 5:4
he will not 1× Proverbs 29:19
I [am] not 1× Deuteronomy 1:42
I am no longer 1× Exodus 5:10
I find no 1× Ecclesiastes 12:1
I have no one 1× Jeremiah 10:20
I take no 1× Malachi 1:10
in vain 1× Job 3:9
Is [there] not 1× 1 Kings 22:7
is beyond 1× Isaiah 40:28
Is he without 1× Jeremiah 49:1
is never 1× Ecclesiastes 1:7
is no longer 1× 1 Kings 21:15
is none 1× Genesis 28:17
is nothing 1× Judges 7:14
Is there not 1× 2 Chronicles 18:6
it disappears 1× Proverbs 23:5
it does not 1× Leviticus 13:31
It is neither 1× Exodus 32:18
It is not 1× Proverbs 28:24
It is not to be 1× 2 Chronicles 35:3
it vanishes 1× Psalms 103:16
lacks 1× Ezekiel 34:8
leaving no 1× Ezra 9:14
like a worthless 1× Hosea 8:8
like nothing 1× Haggai 2:3
like those without 1× Isaiah 59:10
man all alone 1× Ecclesiastes 4:8
man had nothing 1× 2 Samuel 12:3
mean nothing 1× 2 Samuel 19:6
more than 1× 2 Chronicles 20:25
neither can they 1× Jeremiah 10:5
never 1× Proverbs 5:17
no longer 1× Jeremiah 8:19
None will be 1× Jeremiah 30:7
nor any 1× Psalms 86:8
nor did anyone 1× 1 Samuel 26:12
nor was there 1× Zechariah 8:10
not a word 1× Psalms 5:9
Not one [of you] 1× 1 Samuel 22:8
of no 1× Jeremiah 16:19
of the weak 1× Isaiah 40:29
or that does not 1× Leviticus 11:26
reduced to nothing 1× Isaiah 41:11
regardless of 1× 2 Chronicles 5:11
senseless 1× Hosea 7:11
she did not 1× Esther 2:7
she received no 1× Lamentations 1:7
since there is no 1× Numbers 5:13
So it is not 1× Esther 3:8
so no one 1× Ecclesiastes 8:8
So no one [was left] 1× 2 Chronicles 22:9
so that no one 1× Ezekiel 33:28
so that we are beyond 1× Jeremiah 14:19
still had not 1× Esther 2:20
than could be counted 1× 1 Chronicles 22:4
that does not come 1× Job 3:21
that he had still not 1× Judges 3:25
that leaves no 1× Proverbs 28:3
that you refuse 1× 1 Kings 21:5
the law prohibited 1× Esther 4:2
the powerless 1× 2 Chronicles 14:11
then they are gone 1× Job 24:24
there [is no] 1× Micah 7:1
There are no 1× 2 Kings 4:6
There is nothing that 1× Judges 19:19
there was not 1× 2 Kings 7:5
They are free 1× Psalms 73:5
they cannot 1× Jeremiah 46:23
they do not 1× Psalms 55:19
they had no 1× 1 Samuel 30:4
they were not to be found 1× 1 Samuel 10:14
they will not be found 1× Psalms 37:10
they would not 1× Jeremiah 32:33
This cannot be true 1× 1 Samuel 20:2
though no one 1× Leviticus 26:37
till they are no more 1× Psalms 59:13
to those who have nothing 1× Nehemiah 8:10
until there is no 1× Jeremiah 7:32
until there is no more 1× Jeremiah 19:11
Was it because 1× Exodus 14:11
was no 1× Isaiah 50:2
was not 1× Judges 13:9
was not there 1× Genesis 37:29
We are not 1× Ezra 10:13
We have no 1× 2 Samuel 20:1
We need no 1× 2 Samuel 21:4
we will not 1× Jeremiah 44:16
were 1× 1 Samuel 3:1
were as countless 1× Judges 7:12
were her boundless 1× Nahum 3:9
were innumerable 1× Judges 6:5
when he has no 1× Amos 3:4
when no 1× Proverbs 8:24
When there were no 1× Proverbs 8:24
where no 1× Amos 3:5
Where there are no 1× Proverbs 14:4
which had no 1× Jeremiah 38:6
while no 1× Exodus 22:10
while no one 1× Isaiah 57:1
who cannot 1× Psalms 146:3
who have no 1× Psalms 72:12
Why did no one 1× Isaiah 50:2
will be reduced 1× Jeremiah 4:7
will in no way 1× Exodus 5:11
with an incurable 1× 2 Chronicles 21:18
without equal 1× 1 Samuel 9:2
without your 1× Obadiah 1:7
yet [has] nothing 1× Proverbs 13:4
Yet no 1× Daniel 10:21
yet there is no 1× Habakkuk 2:19
you are not 1× Malachi 2:2
you cannot 1× Isaiah 33:19
you did not 1× Deuteronomy 1:32
you have not 1× Malachi 2:9
you have nothing 1× Proverbs 22:27
you would not 1× Judges 12:3
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 2:5 אַ֔יִן to and [there was] no Adverb Genesis 5:24 וְאֵינֶ֕נּוּ to and then [he was] no more Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singular Genesis 7:8 אֵינֶ֖נָּה to vvv Adverb | third person feminine singular Genesis 11:30 אֵ֥ין to no Adverb Genesis 19:31 אֵ֤ין to and there is no Adverb Genesis 20:7 אֵֽינְךָ֣ to you do not Adverb | second person masculine singular Genesis 20:11 אֵין־ to there is no Adverb Genesis 28:17 אֵ֣ין to is none Adverb Genesis 30:1 אַ֖יִן to . . . Adverb Genesis 30:33 אֵינֶנּוּ֩ to are not Adverb | third person masculine singular
Usage map

A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.

First aligned row Genesis 2:5
Aligned rows 788
Books represented 38
Genesis 37 Exodus 22 Leviticus 21 Numbers 19 Deuteronomy 30 Joshua 5 Judges 27 Ruth 1 1 Samuel 33 2 Samuel 15 1 Kings 25 2 Kings 20 1 Chronicles 9 2 Chronicles 25 Ezra 4 Nehemiah 11 Esther 10 Job 37 Psalms 67 Proverbs 38 Ecclesiastes 44 Song Of Solomon 5 Isaiah 92 Jeremiah 89 Lamentations 11 Ezekiel 24 Daniel 9 Hosea 15 Joel 3 Amos 5 Obadiah 1 Micah 6 Nahum 7 Habakkuk 3 Zephaniah 3 Haggai 5 Zechariah 4 Malachi 6
Source forms
אֵ֥ין 102x ’ên Genesis 11:30, Genesis 31:50, Genesis 37:24, Genesis 41:49
וְאֵ֥ין 98x wə·’ên Genesis 41:24, Exodus 17:1, Exodus 32:18, Leviticus 26:36
אֵ֣ין 88x ’ên Genesis 28:17, Genesis 40:8, Genesis 41:15, Genesis 47:4
וְאֵ֣ין 72x wə·’ên Leviticus 14:21, Leviticus 26:6, Numbers 21:5, Deuteronomy 32:4
אֵֽין־ 60x ’ên- Exodus 12:30, Leviticus 11:10, Leviticus 11:12, Leviticus 13:21
אֵין־ 56x ’ên- Genesis 20:11, Genesis 37:29, Genesis 41:39, Genesis 45:6
אֵ֤ין 22x ’ên Genesis 19:31, Exodus 5:16, Exodus 33:15, Deuteronomy 31:17
וְאֵין־ 21x wə·’ên- Genesis 41:8, Leviticus 26:17, Judges 18:7, 1 Samuel 14:26
Parsing patterns
Adverb 386x Genesis 2:5, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:11
Conjunctive waw | Adverb 239x Genesis 39:11, Genesis 41:8, Genesis 41:24, Exodus 17:1
Adverb | third person masculine singular 35x Genesis 30:33, Genesis 31:2, Genesis 31:5, Genesis 37:30
Preposition-m | Adverb 28x Isaiah 5:9, Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 41:24, Isaiah 50:2
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singular 12x Genesis 5:24, Job 3:21, Job 23:8, Job 24:24
Adverb | second person masculine singular 10x Genesis 20:7, Genesis 43:5, Exodus 8:21, Judges 12:3
Adverb | third person masculine plural 10x 2 Kings 17:26, 2 Kings 17:34, Esther 3:8, Psalms 73:5
Adverb | first person common singular 9x Exodus 5:10, Deuteronomy 1:42, Deuteronomy 4:22, Isaiah 1:15
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