# עַי (ay)

Israeli respelling: ay. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5857. 34 Old Testament occurrences.

Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine

King James renderings: Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/ay-h5857

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 12:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/12/8) — And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and…
- [Genesis 13:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/13/3) — And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;
- [Joshua 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/7/2) — And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view t…
- [Joshua 7:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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; a…
- [Joshua 7:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/7/4) — So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
- [Joshua 7:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 t…
- [Joshua 8:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 hav…
- [Joshua 8:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Joshua 8:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 a…
- [Joshua 8:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/8/9) — Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodge…
- [Joshua 8:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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.
- [Joshua 8:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 s…
- [Joshua 8:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/8/12) — And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
- [Joshua 8:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 bat…
- [Joshua 8:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 c…
- [Joshua 8:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/8/17) — And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
- [Joshua 8:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 stretche…
- [Joshua 8:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 fle…
- [Joshua 8:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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…
- [Joshua 8:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/8/23) — And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
- [Joshua 8:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/8/24) — And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased t…
- [Joshua 8:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/8/25) — And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
- [Joshua 8:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/8/26) — For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
- [Joshua 8:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/8/28) — And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.
- [Joshua 8:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/8/29) — And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcase…
- [Joshua 9:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/9/3) — And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai,
- [Joshua 10:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/10/1) — Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to J…
- [Joshua 10:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/10/2) — That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men…
- [Joshua 12:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/12/9) — The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
- [Ezra 2:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/2/28) — The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three.
- [Nehemiah 7:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/7/32) — The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three.
- [Nehemiah 11:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/11/31) — The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages,
- [Isaiah 10:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/10/28) — He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages:
- [Jeremiah 49:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/49/3) — Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for the…