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Strong H58712 sensesעַ֫יִן

Ain

Transliteration
‛ayin
Pronunciation
ah'-yin

Meaning of the name

Ain = "spring"

The 2 senses of Strong H5871

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5871 appears in 5 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. A city in Judah, allotted to the Levites.H5871H4 verses · Joshua, 1 Chronicles
  2. A place on the eastern boundary of the Promised Land.H5871G1 verse · Numbers

General definition

The same as H5869; fountain;
{Ajin} the name (thus simply) of two places in Palestine: - Ain.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • ain5

First verses

  1. Numbers 34:11
    And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:
  2. Joshua 15:32
    And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:
  3. Joshua 19:7
    Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:
  4. Joshua 21:16
    And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth–shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.
  5. 1 Chronicles 4:32
    And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: