What does אִישׁוֹן · בַּת · עַיִן mean in the Bible?
אִישׁוֹן · בַּת · עַיִן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "pupil of the eye, treasured and protected one".
Hebrew · H380, H1323, H5869
אִישׁוֹן בַּת־עָיִן
The little man of the eye; the pupil or ball ; hence, the middle (of night) · a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively) · an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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אִישׁוֹן H380 the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball ; hence, the middle (of night)
Pronunciation kə’îšôn
The pupil as humanity's innermost self, metonymically extending to night's deepest darkness.
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בַּת H1323 a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Pronunciation bat
Daughter with expansive relational range: kinship, possession, vulnerability, and collective identity (cities, nations as daughters).
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עַיִן H5869 an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
What does אִישׁוֹן בַּת־עָיִן (ishon bat-ayin) mean in the Bible?
אִישׁוֹן · בַּת · עַיִן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "pupil of the eye, treasured and protected one".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H380, H1323, H5869?
H380, H1323, H5869 is connected to 1,493 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. pupil of the eye, treasured and protected one
Strong's H380, H1323, H5869
Lexical occurrences 1,493 verses Source Gloss
pupil of the eye, treasured and protected one
Word Origins
אִישׁוֹן בַּת־עָיִן is built from this root:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain