אַיִן
ʾayin
nothing
Strong's H369Negative ParticleHebrewTWOT 81

אַיִן (ʾayin) is a Hebrew negative particle meaning nothing. It appears 790 times in 38 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H369).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 81)

Range of meaning (TWOT 81)nothing, nought; as nothing; is not, are not, was not, were not; there is (was) not to, have, has, had, not; is it not?; nonentity; else, except, fail, less, be gone, in, incurable, neither, never, no, none, nor, past, un…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אִין

אַ֫יִן substantive: nothing, nought

Strong's H371 אִין: is it not?
KJV:not.

Strong's H369 אַיִן: a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
KJV: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 H370.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Genesis 2:5Exodus 2:12Leviticus 11:4

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