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:
Nehemiah 5:5: "and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power"
Nehemiah 7:4: "but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built."
Nehemiah 8:10: "the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy"
Nehemiah 13:24: "half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each"
Esther 1:8: "And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed"
Esther 2:7: "is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid"
Esther 2:20: "Esther had not yet showed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged"
Esther 3:5: "that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath."
Esther 3:8: "are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws:"
Esther 3:8: "keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer"
Esther 4:2: "the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate"
Esther 5:13: "Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see"
Esther 7:4: "I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage."
Esther 8:8: "name, and sealed with the king's may no man reverse."
Job 1:8: "Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth,"
Job 2:3: "Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth,"
Job 2:13: "days and seven nights, and none spoke a word unto him: for"
Job 3:9: "thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:"
Job 3:21: "Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;"
Job 5:4: "from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver"
Job 5:9: "Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number:"
Job 5:9: "great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without without number:"
Job 6:13: " Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from"
Job 7:8: "me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not."
Job 7:21: "shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not"
Job 8:22: "with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to naught."
Job 9:10: "Which doeth great things past past finding out; yea, and wonders without"
Job 9:10: "past finding out; yea, and wonders without without number."
Job 10:7: "that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand."
Job 11:3: "make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?"
Job 11:19: "Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto"
Job 12:3: "to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?"
Job 18:19: "nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings."
Job 19:7: "but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment."
Job 20:21: " There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods."
Job 21:33: "man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before"
Job 22:5: "thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?"
Job 23:8: "Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive"
Job 24:7: "to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold."
Job 24:24: "They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops"
Job 26:6: "is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering."
Job 27:19: "be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not."
Job 28:14: "is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with"
Job 31:19: "for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;"
Job 32:5: "When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men,"
Job 32:12: "Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered"
Job 33:33: "If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom."
Job 34:22: " There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves."
Job 34:22: "There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves."
Job 35:15: "But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great"
