# אַיִן (ayin)

Israeli respelling: a-yin. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H370. 16 Old Testament occurrences.

where? (only in connection with prepositional prefix, whence)

King James renderings: whence, where.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/ayin-h370

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 29:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/4) — And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
- [Genesis 42:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/7) — And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, When…
- [Numbers 11:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/11/13) — Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.
- [Joshua 2:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/2/4) — And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
- [Joshua 9:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/joshua/9/8) — And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
- [Judges 17:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/17/9) — And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a…
- [Judges 19:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/19/17) — And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence…
- [2 Kings 6:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/6/27) — And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
- [2 Kings 20:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/20/14) — Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah…
- [Job 1:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/1/7) — And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walk…
- [Job 28:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/28/12) — But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?
- [Job 28:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/28/20) — Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding?
- [Psalms 121:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/121/1) — I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
- [Isaiah 39:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/39/3) — Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah…
- [Jonah 1:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jonah/1/8) — Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? wha…
- [Nahum 3:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nahum/3/7) — And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whe…