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Strong H58572 sensesעַי

Ai

Transliteration
‛ay ‛ayâ' ‛ayâth
Pronunciation
{ah'ee} {ah-yaw'} ah-yawth'

Meaning of the name

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

The 2 senses of Strong H5857

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5857 appears in 34 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. A Canaanite city conquered by Joshua after initial defeat.H5857G32 verses · 5 books
  2. An Ammonite city, to be destroyed by Babylon.H5857H1 verse · Jeremiah

General definition

For H5856; {Ai} Aja or {Ajath} a place in Palestine: - {Ai} {Aija} {Aijath} Hai.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • be30
  • hai2
  • aiath1
  • aija1
  • city1
  • unto1

First verses

  1. Genesis 12:8
    And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth–el, and pitched his tent, having Beth–el 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.
  2. Genesis 13:3
    And he went on his journeys from the south even to Beth–el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth–el and Hai;
  3. Joshua 7:2
    And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth–aven, on the east side of Beth–el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
  4. Joshua 7:3
    And 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.
  5. Joshua 7:4
    So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
  6. Joshua 7:5
    And 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.
  7. Joshua 8:1
    And 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:
  8. Joshua 8:2
    And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
  9. Joshua 8:3
    So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
  10. Joshua 8:9
    Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
  11. Joshua 8:10
    And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
  12. Joshua 8:11
    And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.
  13. Joshua 8:12
    And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of the city.
  14. Joshua 8:14
    And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.
  15. Joshua 8:16
    And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
  16. Joshua 8:17
    And there was not a man left in Ai or Beth–el, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
  17. Joshua 8:18
    And the Lord said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
  18. Joshua 8:20
    And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
  19. Joshua 8:21
    And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.
  20. Joshua 8:23
    And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.