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אַ֫יִןStrong’s H0369

ayin (a-yin)

Appears in 687 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Ayin is the Hebrew word usually translated “there not”, “not” and “from not”. It appears in 687 verses of the Old Testament.

“Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.”
Daniel 1:4 KJV
Meaning
  1. Nothing, not, nought nnothing, nought neg · not · to have not (of possession) adv · without w/prep · for lack of
How it's translated
  • there not 227
  • and there not 189
  • not 159
  • and not 48
  • from not 25
  • not he 22
  • not you 16
  • not it 13

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 77
  • Isaiah 72
  • Psalms 57
  • Ecclesiastes 37
  • Genesis 36
  • Job 34

38 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
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Haggai 3
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Zechariah 3
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Hebrew dictionary

אַ֫יִן ayin · nothing

1) nothing, not, nought n 1a) nothing, nought neg 1b) not 1c) to have not (of possession) adv 1d) without w/prep 1e) for lack of

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “nothing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

NOTH'ING, noun

[no and thing.]

  1. Not any thing; not any being or existence; a word that denies the existence of any thing; non-entity; opposed to something.
  2. Non-existnce; a state of annihilation.
  3. Not any thing; not any particular thing, deed or event. nothing was done to redeem our character.
  4. No other thing.
All definitions and other forms of “nothing”
  1. No part, portion, quantity or degree.
  2. No importance; no value; no use.“Behold, ye are of nothing and your work of naught” Isaiah 41:24
  3. No possession of estate; a low condition.
  4. A thing of no proportion to something, or of trifling value or advantage.
  5. A trifle; a thing of no consideration or importance.

NOTH'ING, adverb

In no degree; not at all.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.