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Lexicon :: Strong's H5857 - ʿay

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עַי
Transliteration
ʿay
Pronunciation
ah'ee
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
For עִי (H5856)
Strong’s Definitions

עַי ʻAy, ah'ee; or (feminine) עַיָּא ʻAyâʼ; (Nehemiah 11:31), or עַיָּת ʻAyâth; (Isaiah 10:28), for H5856; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine:—Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H5857 in the following manner: Ai (36x), Hai (2x), Aiath (1x), city (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H5857 in the following manner: Ai (36x), Hai (2x), Aiath (1x), city (1x).

  1. Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins"

    1. a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the second city taken on the invasion of Canaan

    2. a city of the Ammonites on the east of the Jordan and apparently attached to Heshbon

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַי ʻAy, ah'ee; or (feminine) עַיָּא ʻAyâʼ; (Nehemiah 11:31), or עַיָּת ʻAyâth; (Isaiah 10:28), for H5856; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine:—Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.
STRONGS H5857: Abbreviations
עַי, עַיָּ֑ת, עַיָּה 40 proper name, of a location Αγγαι (Genesis), Γαι:
1. old Canaanite city, עַי always with article הָעַי (הָעָ֑י Genesis 13:3 +), near Bethel to the southeast (exact site unknown, compare DiJoshua 7:2 BuhlGeogr. 177), Genesis 12:8 (J), Genesis 13:3 (J), Joshua 7:2 (twice in verse); Joshua 7:3, 4, 5; Joshua 8:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:2, 3 + 18 times Joshua 8 (+ Qr Joshua 8:12; Joshua 8:16, but improbable, Kt עיר, compare Di), Joshua 9:3; Joshua 10:1 (twice in verse); Joshua 10:2 (all J E), Joshua 12:9 (D), Ezra 2:28 = Nehemiah 7:32; = עַיָּת Isaiah 10:28; עַיָּה (so Baer Ginsb, > עַיָּא van d. H.) Nehemiah 11:31, so read also (for עַזָּה whhich see near the end) 1 Chronicles 7:28.
2. east Jordan city Jeremiah 49:3 (+ חֶשְׁבוֺן), but read עָר city (?) Gf RothstKau Co (הָעִיר ?).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:8; 13:3; 13:3

Joshua

7:2; 7:2; 7:3; 7:4; 7:5; 8; 8:1; 8:2; 8:3; 8:12; 8:16; 9:3; 10:1; 10:2; 12:9

1 Chronicles

7:28

Ezra

2:28

Nehemiah

7:32; 11:31

Isaiah

10:28

Jeremiah

49:3

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