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אַיִן

A nonentity ; generally used as a negative particle

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אַיִןH369
Pronunciationʾayin

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 no55×Genesis 20:11, Genesis 47:4, Leviticus 13:21, Numbers 21:5
without48×Genesis 44:34, Genesis 45:6, Exodus 12:30, Exodus 21:11
no43×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 no21×Genesis 37:24, Leviticus 22:13, Deuteronomy 28:26, Deuteronomy 28:32
and there is no19×Genesis 19:31, Leviticus 13:31, Numbers 20:5, 1 Samuel 2:2
not18×Exodus 17:7, Exodus 32:32, Leviticus 11:26, Numbers 13:20
with no one15×Deuteronomy 28:29, Psalms 7:2, Psalms 50:22, Isaiah 1:31
and no14×Genesis 41:15, Deuteronomy 32:12, 2 Kings 7:10, 2 Chronicles 20:6
no one14×Exodus 22:2, Joshua 6:1, 1 Samuel 21:1, 2 Chronicles 14:6
does not11×Exodus 33:15, Leviticus 11:4, Leviticus 11:10, Leviticus 11:12
There was no11×Genesis 47:13, Numbers 22:26, Judges 17:6, Judges 18:1
vvv11×Genesis 7:8, Deuteronomy 8:15, 2 Chronicles 20:12, Job 35:15
but no10×Genesis 41:24, Deuteronomy 28:68, Judges 19:15, Judges 19:18
nothing10×Judges 18:10, 1 Samuel 14:6, Job 20:21, Job 41:33
[There is] no9×1 Samuel 21:4, 1 Samuel 21:9, 2 Kings 1:3, Psalms 14:1
[there is] no one9×Exodus 9:14, Ruth 4:4, 1 Samuel 2:2, 1 Samuel 10:24
is not9×Genesis 44:26, Genesis 44:30, Exodus 22:14, Numbers 14:42
and no one7×Deuteronomy 28:31, Joshua 6:1, 1 Kings 18:26, Proverbs 1:24
there is nothing7×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 no6×Numbers 5:8, Numbers 19:2, Numbers 27:11, Job 26:6
he has no6×Numbers 27:9, Numbers 27:10, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 14:27
nor6×Exodus 32:18, 2 Samuel 21:4, Psalms 135:17, Jeremiah 8:13
but there was no5×Exodus 17:1, Judges 19:28, 1 Kings 18:26, 2 Kings 4:31
I will not5×Isaiah 1:15, Jeremiah 7:16, Jeremiah 11:14, Jeremiah 14:12
none5×Judges 21:9, 2 Kings 17:34, Psalms 40:5, Proverbs 8:8
there is no one5×Genesis 41:39, Exodus 8:10, 1 Samuel 2:2, 2 Chronicles 14:11
There will be no5×Numbers 20:19, Psalms 144:14, Isaiah 47:14, Jeremiah 8:13
they have no5×Job 24:7, Psalms 73:4, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Isaiah 8:20
you do not5×Genesis 20:7, 1 Samuel 19:11, 2 Samuel 19:7, Ecclesiastes 11:5
[There is] none4×1 Samuel 21:9, 2 Samuel 7:22, 1 Chronicles 17:20, Psalms 86:8
And there was no4×1 Kings 22:47, Psalms 107:12, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Daniel 8:4
but there is no4×2 Kings 19:3, Isaiah 37:3, Lamentations 1:17, Lamentations 1:21
did not4×Genesis 39:23, Deuteronomy 19:6, 1 Chronicles 4:27, 2 Chronicles 35:15
for lack4×Proverbs 5:23, Proverbs 11:14, Proverbs 15:22, Isaiah 50:2
is no more4×Genesis 42:13, Genesis 42:32, Genesis 42:36, Lamentations 2:9
Is there no4×2 Kings 3:11, Jeremiah 8:22, Jeremiah 49:7, Micah 4:9
There is none4×Deuteronomy 33:26, Isaiah 45:21, Jeremiah 10:6, Jeremiah 10:7
will not4×Numbers 35:27, Psalms 3:2, Proverbs 28:27, Daniel 11:15
-3×Nehemiah 4:23, Job 6:13, Proverbs 29:1
[is] not3×Isaiah 40:16, Jeremiah 5:13, Jeremiah 26:16
and without3×Isaiah 6:11, Hosea 3:4, Joel 1:6
are not3×Genesis 30:33, Deuteronomy 29:15, Ecclesiastes 9:16
but never3×Haggai 1:6
cannot3×Esther 8:8, Proverbs 25:3, Jeremiah 8:17
do not3×Ecclesiastes 5:1, Ecclesiastes 8:16, Jeremiah 49:12
have no3×Joshua 18:7, Nehemiah 2:20, Proverbs 30:27
is gone3×Genesis 37:30, Genesis 42:36, Ezekiel 13:15
or3×Psalms 19:3, Ezekiel 34:6, Hosea 3:4
There was no one3×Judges 18:28, Isaiah 59:16, Lamentations 1:9
when no one3×Leviticus 26:17, Leviticus 26:36, Proverbs 28:1
when there is no3×Jeremiah 6:14, Jeremiah 8:11, Ezekiel 13:10
[There was] nothing2×1 Kings 8:9, 2 Chronicles 5:10
and [there is] no one2×Deuteronomy 32:39, Psalms 79:3
and does not2×Leviticus 13:4, Leviticus 13:34
and had no2×Judges 18:7, Judges 18:28
and it is not2×Leviticus 13:21, Leviticus 13:26
and none2×Psalms 105:37, Isaiah 43:13
and not one2×Song Of Solomon 4:2, Song Of Solomon 6:6
beyond2×2 Chronicles 36:16, Proverbs 6:15
But [there was] no2×1 Kings 18:29, Nehemiah 2:14
but [there was] no one2×2 Samuel 22:42, Psalms 18:41
but I will be no more2×Job 7:8, Job 7:21
but no one2×Genesis 41:8, Job 32:12
but there was no one2×Deuteronomy 22:27, Isaiah 63:5
I am not2×Isaiah 27:4, Jeremiah 37:14
I have no2×2 Samuel 18:18, Isaiah 3:7
is it not2×Malachi 1:8
is no2×Deuteronomy 31:17, Jeremiah 8:22
it was beyond2×Genesis 41:49, Daniel 8:27
lack2×Jeremiah 14:6, Zechariah 10:2
Not one2×1 Samuel 22:8, Hosea 7:7
not one of them2×1 Samuel 14:26, Isaiah 47:15
that no2×Isaiah 63:5, Jeremiah 22:28
There was nothing2×Judges 18:7, Ecclesiastes 2:11
they are no more2×Isaiah 17:14, Jeremiah 31:15
to nothing2×Isaiah 40:23, Isaiah 41:12
when there was no2×Judges 19:1, Ezekiel 13:16
where [there is] no2×Psalms 69:2, Proverbs 29:18
who does not2×Deuteronomy 21:18, Ecclesiastes 9:2
will be no more2×Job 8:22, Psalms 37:10
with nothing2×Leviticus 26:6, Nahum 2:11
would not2×Esther 3:5, Jeremiah 15:1
You have no2×Joshua 22:25, Joshua 22:27
you will not2×Genesis 43:5, Exodus 8:21
[and are] no more1×Lamentations 5:7
[are set on] nothing1×Jeremiah 22:17
[craftsmen] beyond1×1 Chronicles 22:16
[has committed] no1×Deuteronomy 22:26
[has] no deputy1×2 Samuel 15:3
[He is] not [here]1×1 Kings 18:10
[I,] and not1×Isaiah 43:12
[is] not [with us]1×Genesis 44:31
[It is] not1×Job 28:14
[the wicked] do not1×Ecclesiastes 8:13
[there are] none1×1 Kings 5:6
[There is] nothing there1×1 Kings 18:43
[there will be] no1×Isaiah 9:7
[were] not [there]1×1 Samuel 14:17
[where] no one1×Hosea 5:14
[which] have no1×Psalms 32:9
all is gone1×Job 27:19
although no1×Genesis 31:50
and1×Job 5:9
and [finds] none1×Proverbs 14:6
and [so]1×Ezekiel 13:15
and [there is] no1×1 Chronicles 17:20
and [there was] no1×Genesis 2:5
and [there will be] no one1×2 Kings 9:10
and [will] [be] no more1×Ezekiel 28:19
and am no more1×Psalms 39:13
and are no more1×Jeremiah 10:20
and be no [more]1×Isaiah 19:7
and cannot1×Leviticus 14:21
and could not1×2 Chronicles 14:13
and countless1×2 Chronicles 12:3
and has no1×Isaiah 50:10
and he will be no more1×Jeremiah 49:10
and leaves no1×Numbers 27:8
and no one will be1×Zephaniah 2:5
and not1×Genesis 39:11
and perish1×Proverbs 12:7
and senseless1×Jeremiah 5:21
and then [he was] no more1×Genesis 5:24
and there are no1×Isaiah 14:31
and there will be no one1×Jeremiah 7:33
and they [had] no1×Jeremiah 4:23
and they do not1×Esther 3:8
and they had no1×Ecclesiastes 4:1
and they will never again have1×Ecclesiastes 9:6
And though there is no1×Ecclesiastes 4:8
and was no more1×Psalms 37:36
and will be no more1×Ezekiel 27:36
and will have nothing1×Daniel 9:26
and you will be no more1×Ezekiel 26:21
are as nothing1×Isaiah 40:17
are left unoccupied1×Isaiah 6:11
are no more1×Proverbs 10:25
are not yet grown1×Song Of Solomon 8:8
are nothing1×Isaiah 41:24
are without1×Job 21:33
As no1×Ecclesiastes 8:8
As no one1×Ecclesiastes 8:8
as nothing1×Psalms 39:5
be no1×Psalms 104:35
because He no1×Malachi 2:13
beyond number1×Psalms 104:25
but [find] none1×Isaiah 59:11
but [they were] not [there]1×1 Samuel 9:4
but do not1×Ezekiel 33:32
but find none1×Ezekiel 7:25
but has nothing1×Proverbs 13:7
but it was not1×Exodus 3:2
But not one1×1 Samuel 14:39
but nothing is there1×Proverbs 20:4
but there is no one1×Genesis 40:8
but there is none1×Isaiah 41:17
but there was none1×Psalms 69:20
but there will be none1×Jeremiah 50:20
but we are powerless [to redeem them]1×Nehemiah 5:5
but you did not1×Haggai 2:17
by neither1×Jeremiah 33:10
can do nothing1×Jeremiah 38:5
Can’t you [find]1×Judges 14:3
could not1×Ezra 3:13
could only be1×Nehemiah 2:2
desolation1×Jeremiah 44:2
disappeared1×1 Kings 20:40
do I lack1×Isaiah 50:2
Do you not1×Jeremiah 7:17
does not [know]1×Job 12:3
endless1×Job 22:5
fatherless1×Lamentations 5:3
for [there is] no1×Hosea 13:4
For I will not1×Deuteronomy 4:22
for there was no1×Exodus 12:30
from the waterless1×Zechariah 9:11
had changed1×Genesis 31:2
had nearly1×Psalms 73:2
had no1×Job 32:5
had no property1×Jeremiah 39:10
had none1×1 Samuel 1:2
had not yet1×Nehemiah 7:4
has changed1×Genesis 31:5
has faded1×Psalms 38:10
has nothing1×2 Kings 4:2
have you not1×2 Kings 12:7
he does not1×Deuteronomy 21:20
he had no1×Numbers 27:4
he has nothing1×Exodus 22:3
He is not there1×Job 23:8
he never1×2 Chronicles 18:7
He takes no1×Ecclesiastes 5:4
he will not1×Proverbs 29:19
I [am] not1×Deuteronomy 1:42
I am no longer1×Exodus 5:10
I find no1×Ecclesiastes 12:1
I have no one1×Jeremiah 10:20
I take no1×Malachi 1:10
in vain1×Job 3:9
Is [there] not1×1 Kings 22:7
is beyond1×Isaiah 40:28
Is he without1×Jeremiah 49:1
is never1×Ecclesiastes 1:7
is no longer1×1 Kings 21:15
is none1×Genesis 28:17
is nothing1×Judges 7:14
Is there not1×2 Chronicles 18:6
it disappears1×Proverbs 23:5
it does not1×Leviticus 13:31
It is neither1×Exodus 32:18
It is not1×Proverbs 28:24
It is not to be1×2 Chronicles 35:3
it vanishes1×Psalms 103:16
lacks1×Ezekiel 34:8
leaving no1×Ezra 9:14
like a worthless1×Hosea 8:8
like nothing1×Haggai 2:3
like those without1×Isaiah 59:10
man all alone1×Ecclesiastes 4:8
man had nothing1×2 Samuel 12:3
mean nothing1×2 Samuel 19:6
more than1×2 Chronicles 20:25
neither can they1×Jeremiah 10:5
never1×Proverbs 5:17
no longer1×Jeremiah 8:19
None will be1×Jeremiah 30:7
nor any1×Psalms 86:8
nor did anyone1×1 Samuel 26:12
nor was there1×Zechariah 8:10
not a word1×Psalms 5:9
Not one [of you]1×1 Samuel 22:8
of no1×Jeremiah 16:19
of the weak1×Isaiah 40:29
or that does not1×Leviticus 11:26
reduced to nothing1×Isaiah 41:11
regardless of1×2 Chronicles 5:11
senseless1×Hosea 7:11
she did not1×Esther 2:7
she received no1×Lamentations 1:7
since there is no1×Numbers 5:13
So it is not1×Esther 3:8
so no one1×Ecclesiastes 8:8
So no one [was left]1×2 Chronicles 22:9
so that no one1×Ezekiel 33:28
so that we are beyond1×Jeremiah 14:19
still had not1×Esther 2:20
than could be counted1×1 Chronicles 22:4
that does not come1×Job 3:21
that he had still not1×Judges 3:25
that leaves no1×Proverbs 28:3
that you refuse1×1 Kings 21:5
the law prohibited1×Esther 4:2
the powerless1×2 Chronicles 14:11
then they are gone1×Job 24:24
there [is no]1×Micah 7:1
There are no1×2 Kings 4:6
There is nothing that1×Judges 19:19
there was not1×2 Kings 7:5
They are free1×Psalms 73:5
they cannot1×Jeremiah 46:23
they do not1×Psalms 55:19
they had no1×1 Samuel 30:4
they were not to be found1×1 Samuel 10:14
they will not be found1×Psalms 37:10
they would not1×Jeremiah 32:33
This cannot be true1×1 Samuel 20:2
though no one1×Leviticus 26:37
till they are no more1×Psalms 59:13
to those who have nothing1×Nehemiah 8:10
until there is no1×Jeremiah 7:32
until there is no more1×Jeremiah 19:11
Was it because1×Exodus 14:11
was no1×Isaiah 50:2
was not1×Judges 13:9
was not there1×Genesis 37:29
We are not1×Ezra 10:13
We have no1×2 Samuel 20:1
We need no1×2 Samuel 21:4
we will not1×Jeremiah 44:16
were1×1 Samuel 3:1
were as countless1×Judges 7:12
were her boundless1×Nahum 3:9
were innumerable1×Judges 6:5
when he has no1×Amos 3:4
when no1×Proverbs 8:24
When there were no1×Proverbs 8:24
where no1×Amos 3:5
Where there are no1×Proverbs 14:4
which had no1×Jeremiah 38:6
while no1×Exodus 22:10
while no one1×Isaiah 57:1
who cannot1×Psalms 146:3
who have no1×Psalms 72:12
Why did no one1×Isaiah 50:2
will be reduced1×Jeremiah 4:7
will in no way1×Exodus 5:11
with an incurable1×2 Chronicles 21:18
without equal1×1 Samuel 9:2
without your1×Obadiah 1:7
yet [has] nothing1×Proverbs 13:4
Yet no1×Daniel 10:21
yet there is no1×Habakkuk 2:19
you are not1×Malachi 2:2
you cannot1×Isaiah 33:19
you did not1×Deuteronomy 1:32
you have not1×Malachi 2:9
you have nothing1×Proverbs 22:27
you would not1×Judges 12:3
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 2:5אַ֔יִןtoand [there was] noAdverbGenesis 5:24וְאֵינֶ֕נּוּtoand then [he was] no moreConjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singularGenesis 7:8אֵינֶ֖נָּהtovvvAdverb | third person feminine singularGenesis 11:30אֵ֥יןtonoAdverbGenesis 19:31אֵ֤יןtoand there is noAdverbGenesis 20:7אֵֽינְךָ֣toyou do notAdverb | second person masculine singularGenesis 20:11אֵין־tothere is noAdverbGenesis 28:17אֵ֣יןtois noneAdverbGenesis 30:1אַ֖יִןto. . .AdverbGenesis 30:33אֵינֶנּוּ֩toare notAdverb | third person masculine singular
Usage map

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

First aligned rowGenesis 2:5
Aligned rows788
Books represented38
Genesis37Exodus22Leviticus21Numbers19Deuteronomy30Joshua5Judges27Ruth11 Samuel332 Samuel151 Kings252 Kings201 Chronicles92 Chronicles25Ezra4Nehemiah11Esther10Job37Psalms67Proverbs38Ecclesiastes44Song Of Solomon5Isaiah92Jeremiah89Lamentations11Ezekiel24Daniel9Hosea15Joel3Amos5Obadiah1Micah6Nahum7Habakkuk3Zephaniah3Haggai5Zechariah4Malachi6
Source forms
אֵ֥ין102x’ênGenesis 11:30, Genesis 31:50, Genesis 37:24, Genesis 41:49
וְאֵ֥ין98xwə·’ênGenesis 41:24, Exodus 17:1, Exodus 32:18, Leviticus 26:36
אֵ֣ין88x’ênGenesis 28:17, Genesis 40:8, Genesis 41:15, Genesis 47:4
וְאֵ֣ין72xwə·’ênLeviticus 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
אֵ֤ין22x’ênGenesis 19:31, Exodus 5:16, Exodus 33:15, Deuteronomy 31:17
וְאֵין־21xwə·’ên-Genesis 41:8, Leviticus 26:17, Judges 18:7, 1 Samuel 14:26
Parsing patterns
Adverb386xGenesis 2:5, Genesis 11:30, Genesis 19:31, Genesis 20:11
Conjunctive waw | Adverb239xGenesis 39:11, Genesis 41:8, Genesis 41:24, Exodus 17:1
Adverb | third person masculine singular35xGenesis 30:33, Genesis 31:2, Genesis 31:5, Genesis 37:30
Preposition-m | Adverb28xIsaiah 5:9, Isaiah 6:11, Isaiah 41:24, Isaiah 50:2
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | third person masculine singular12xGenesis 5:24, Job 3:21, Job 23:8, Job 24:24
Adverb | second person masculine singular10xGenesis 20:7, Genesis 43:5, Exodus 8:21, Judges 12:3
Adverb | third person masculine plural10x2 Kings 17:26, 2 Kings 17:34, Esther 3:8, Psalms 73:5
Adverb | first person common singular9xExodus 5:10, Deuteronomy 1:42, Deuteronomy 4:22, Isaiah 1:15
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