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H5869 · עַיִן

ʻayin

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

KJV gloss list in the source

affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).

Source pronunciation notation: ah'-yin

Derivation recorded by Strong

probably a primitive word;

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