Strong's #369: 'ayin (pronounced ah'-yin)
as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle:--else, except, fail, (father-)less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare 370.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
'ayin
1) nothing, not, nought
1a) nothing, nought (noun)
1b) not (negative)
1c) to have not (of possession)
1d) without (adverb)
1e) for lack of (with a preposition)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
Relation: as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist
Usage:
This word is used 787 times:
Proverbs 28:27: "He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse."
Proverbs 29:1: "his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy."
Proverbs 29:9: "man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest."
Proverbs 29:18: " Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy"
Proverbs 29:19: "by words: for though he understand he will not answer."
Proverbs 30:27: "The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;"
Ecclesiastes 1:7: "into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers"
Ecclesiastes 1:9: "is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no"
Ecclesiastes 1:11: " There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come"
Ecclesiastes 2:11: "to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit"
Ecclesiastes 2:16: "For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever; seeing that which now"
Ecclesiastes 2:24: " There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul"
Ecclesiastes 3:12: "I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do"
Ecclesiastes 3:14: "doeth, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor"
Ecclesiastes 3:14: "forever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God"
Ecclesiastes 3:19: "one breath; so that a man hath no above a beast: for"
Ecclesiastes 3:22: "Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice"
Ecclesiastes 4:1: "and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors"
Ecclesiastes 4:1: "and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter."
Ecclesiastes 4:8: "There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother:"
Ecclesiastes 4:8: "alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end"
Ecclesiastes 4:8: "he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither"
Ecclesiastes 4:10: "but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."
Ecclesiastes 4:16: " There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before"
Ecclesiastes 5:1: "than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil."
Ecclesiastes 5:4: "not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay"
Ecclesiastes 5:12: "much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep."
Ecclesiastes 5:14: "travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand."
Ecclesiastes 6:2: "wealth, and honor, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that"
Ecclesiastes 7:20: "For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good,"
Ecclesiastes 8:7: "For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who"
Ecclesiastes 8:8: " There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither"
Ecclesiastes 8:8: "to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no"
Ecclesiastes 8:8: "hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness"
Ecclesiastes 8:11: "sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore"
Ecclesiastes 8:13: "which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God."
Ecclesiastes 8:15: "mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than"
Ecclesiastes 8:16: "the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night sleep"
Ecclesiastes 9:1: "and their works, are in the hand of God: no knoweth either love"
Ecclesiastes 9:2: "and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth,"
Ecclesiastes 9:5: "that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more"
Ecclesiastes 9:5: "but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for"
Ecclesiastes 9:6: "their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion forever in any"
Ecclesiastes 9:10: "to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge,"
Ecclesiastes 9:16: "nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard."
Ecclesiastes 10:11: "without enchantment; and a babbler is no better."
Ecclesiastes 11:5: "As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb"
Ecclesiastes 11:6: "thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this"
Ecclesiastes 12:1: "nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure"
Ecclesiastes 12:12: "be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study"
