What does אִישׁוֹן · עַיִן mean in the Bible?
אִישׁוֹן · עַיִן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball ; hence, the middle (of night)".
Hebrew · H380, H5869
כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינוֹ
The little man of the eye; the pupil or ball ; hence, the middle (of night) · 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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עַיִן H5869 an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
What does כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינוֹ (ke'ishon 'eno) mean in the Bible?
אִישׁוֹן · עַיִן is a Hebrew phrase meaning "the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball ; hence, the middle (of night)".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H380, H5869?
H380, H5869 is connected to 903 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball ; hence, the middle (of night)
Strong's H380, H5869
Lexical occurrences 903 verses Source Gloss
the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball ; hence, the middle (of night)
Word Origins
כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינוֹ 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
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