Ai
עַיStrong’s H5857ay
Appears in 34 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ay is the Hebrew word usually translated “ai”, “aija” and “aiath”. It appears in 34 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.”
Meaning
- § Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins"
- § Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins"
How it's translated
- ai 29
- and ai 3
- to ai 2
- in ai 2
- of ai 1
- and to ai 1
- and aija 1
- aiath 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 27
- Genesis 2
- Nehemiah 2
- Ezra 1
- Isaiah 1
- Jeremiah 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 13:3And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
- Joshua 7:2And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
- Joshua 7:3And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
- Joshua 7:4So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
- Joshua 7:5And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
- Joshua 8:1And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:
Hebrew dictionary
עַי ay · Ai
§ Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins" a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the second city taken on the invasion of Canaan
עַי ay · Ai
§ Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins" a city of the Ammonites on the east of the Jordan and apparently attached to Heshbon
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.