Definition
as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
Traditional renderings: else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370.
Traditional renderings: else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אַ֫יִן:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
788 total
- Genesis 2:5אַ֔יִן · and [there was] noNow no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
- Genesis 5:24וְאֵינֶ֕נּוּ · and then [he was] no moreEnoch walked with God, and then he was no more, because God had taken him away.
- Genesis 7:8אֵינֶ֖נָּהThe clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground
- Genesis 11:30אֵ֥ין · noBut Sarai was barren; she had no children.
- Genesis 19:31אֵ֤ין · and there is noOne day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
- Genesis 20:7אֵֽינְךָ֣ · you do notNow return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
- Genesis 20:11אֵין־ · there is noAbraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
- Genesis 28:17אֵ֣ין · is noneAnd he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”
- Genesis 30:1אַ֖יִןWhen Rachel saw that she was not bearing any children for Jacob, she envied her sister. “Give me children, or I will die!” she said to Jacob.
- Genesis 30:33אֵינֶנּוּ֩ · are notSo my honesty will testify for me when you come to check on my wages in the future. If I have any goats that are not speckled or spotted, or any lambs that are not dark-colored, they will be considered stolen.”
- Genesis 31:2אֵינֶ֛נּוּ · had changedAnd Jacob saw from the countenance of Laban that his attitude toward him had changed.
- Genesis 31:5אֵינֶ֥נּוּ · has changed…and he told them, “I can see from your father’s countenance that his attitude toward me has changed; but the God of my father has been with me.
- Genesis 31:50אֵ֥ין · although noIf you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
- Genesis 37:24אֵ֥ין · with no…and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, with no water in it.
- Genesis 37:29אֵין־ · was not thereWhen Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
- Genesis 37:30אֵינֶ֔נּוּ · is gone…returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
- Genesis 39:9אֵינֶ֨נּוּ · NoNo one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”
- Genesis 39:11וְאֵ֨ין · and notOne day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.
- Genesis 39:23אֵ֣ין׀ · did notThe warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.
- Genesis 40:8אֵ֣ין · but there is no one“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”
- Genesis 41:8וְאֵין־ · but no oneIn the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.
- Genesis 41:15אֵ֣ין · and noPharaoh said to Joseph, “I had a dream, and no one can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.”
- Genesis 41:24וְאֵ֥ין · but noAnd the thin heads of grain swallowed the seven plump ones. I told this dream to the magicians, but no one could explain it to me.”
- Genesis 41:39אֵין־ · there is no oneThen Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
- Genesis 41:49אֵ֥ין · it was beyondSo Joseph stored up grain in such abundance, like the sand of the sea, that he stopped keeping track of it; for it was beyond measure.
- Genesis 42:13אֵינֶֽנּוּ׃ · is no moreBut they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
- Genesis 42:32אֵינֶ֔נּוּ · is no moreWe are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’
- Genesis 42:36אֵינֶ֙נּוּ֙ · is gone; אֵינֶ֔נּוּ · is no moreTheir father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
- Genesis 43:5אֵינְךָ֥ · you will notBut if you will not send him, we will not go; for the man told us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
- Genesis 44:26אֵינֶ֥נּוּ · is notBut we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
- Genesis 44:30אֵינֶ֣נּוּ · is notSo if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
- Genesis 44:31אֵ֥ין · [is] not [with us]…sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
- Genesis 44:34אֵינֶ֣נּוּ · withoutFor how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
- Genesis 45:6אֵין־ · withoutFor the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
- Genesis 47:4אֵ֣ין · there is noThen they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
- Genesis 47:13אֵין֙ · There was noThere was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.
- Exodus 2:12אֵ֣ין · noAfter looking this way and that and seeing no one, he struck down the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand.
- Exodus 3:2אֵינֶ֥נּוּ · but it was notThere the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.
- Exodus 5:10אֵינֶ֛נִּי · I am no longerSo the taskmasters and foremen of the people went out and said to them, “This is what Pharaoh says: ‘I am no longer giving you straw.
- Exodus 5:11אֵ֥ין · will in no wayGo and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”
- Exodus 5:16אֵ֤ין · NoNo straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”
- Exodus 8:10אֵ֖ין · there is no one“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.
- Exodus 8:21אֵינְךָ֮ · you will notBut if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.
- Exodus 9:14אֵ֥ין · [there is] no oneOtherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
- Exodus 12:30אֵ֣ין · for there was no; אֵֽין־ · withoutDuring the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
- Exodus 14:11אֵין־ · Was it becauseThey said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt?
- Exodus 17:1וְאֵ֥ין · but there was noThen the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
- Exodus 17:7אָֽיִן׃פ · notHe named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”