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| | | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_639" /> == |
| | | <p> ''''' ā´in ''''' ( עין , < i> ' '''' ‛ayin ''''' </ i> , "eye or spring ( of water)"): </p> <p> (1) A town in the extreme Northwest corner of Canaan, so named, most probably, from a noted spring in the vicinity ( Numbers 34:11 ). Thomson and after him Robinson make [[Ain]] the same as < i> ''' '' ‛Ain el ' '''' </ i> - < i> ''''' ‛Asy ''''' </ i> , the chief source of the Orontes, some fifteen miles Southwest of Riblah, which, in turn, is about twenty miles Southwest of Emesa ( Hums). As Ain is named in connection with Lake Gennesaret, some claim that [[ Riblah]] of Numbers 34: 11 must be another place farther South and closer to that lake. </p> <p> ( 2) A L evitical city ( Joshua 21:16 ) in the [[ Negeb]] or southern part of Judah. It was first allotted to the tribe of Judah ( Joshua 15:32 ) but later to [[Simeon]] ( Joshua 19:7 ). The fact that it is several times named in immediate connection with [[Rimmon]] has lent plausibility to the view that we have here a compound word, and that we should read En-Rimmon, i.e. Ain- Rimmon ( see Joshua 15: 32; Joshua 19: 7; 1 Chronicles 4:32 ). See also [[ Ayin]] . </p> |
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| == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15343" /> == | |
| <p> Fountain, spelt EN in the [[English]] Sisle, in compound words, as En- rogel. It is the name of a city of Judah, afterwards assigned to Simeon, [[Joshua]] 15:32; 1 [[Chronicles]] 4:32 . [[Also]] of a place in the north of Canaan, [[Numbers]] 34:11 . </p> | |
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| == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34255" /> ==
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| <p> ("eye ".) </p> <p> 1. Fountain, spring , which flashes in the landscape like a gleaming eye. [[Distinguished]] from beer , a dug well ( Exodus 15:27) , "wells," rather springs. [[Generally]] in compositions En-gedi, " fountain of kids," En-dor, "fountain of the house," etc. [[Plural]] in [[John]] 3:23, AEnon; like the [[Yorkshire]] [[Fountains]] Abbey. Riblah, E. of [[Ain]] (Hebrew the spring) , marks the eastern boundary of [[Palestine]] (Numbers 34: 11). [[Riblah]] is identified as on the N. E. side of the [[Hermon]] mountains; and Ain answers to Ain el 'Azy (nine miles from Riblah, on the N.E. side), the source of the Orerites. </p> <p> 2. A southern city of Judah, afterward of Simeon, then assigned to the priests ( Joshua 15:32; [[Joshua]] 19:7; Joshua 21:16). </p> | |
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| == Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38433" /> ==
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| [[Numbers]] 34:11Joshua 15:32Joshua 19:7Joshua 21:161 [[Chronicles]] 6:59
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| == Hitchcock's Bible Names <ref name="term_44789" /> ==
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| == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49368" /> ==
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| <p> <strong> AIN </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . A town in the neighbourhood of [[Riblah]] ( [[Numbers]] 34:11 ), probably the modern <em> el-’Ain </em> near the source of the Orontes. <strong> 2 </strong> . A town in [[Judah]] ( [[Joshua]] 15:32 ), or [[Simeon]] ( Joshua 19:7 ), where [[Ain]] arid [[Rimmon]] should be taken together. It is probably <em> Umm er-Ramâmîn </em> , to the N. of Beersheba. </p> <p> W. Ewing. </p> <p> <strong> AIN </strong> . The sixteenth letter of the Heb. alphabet, and so used to introduce the sixteenth part of Psalms 119:1-176 . </p>
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| == Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64759" /> ==
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| <p> The word <i> ain </i> signifies an 'eye,' or 'a fountain;' it is often used as a prefix, and signifies a fountain of living water in distinction from a well, cistern or tank. It is mostly represented by the prefix EN. </p> <p> 1. Ain, a fountain in the extreme north. There is a fountain still called <i> [[Ain]] el-Asy, </i> ten miles S.W. of the ancient Riblah. [[Numbers]] 34:11 . </p> <p> 2. [[One]] of the [[Levitical]] cities in the south. It was originally given to [[Judah]] but afterwards allotted to [[Simeon.]] [[Joshua]] 15:32; Joshua 19:7; Joshua 21:16; 1 [[Chronicles]] 4:32 . [[In]] 1 Chronicles 6:59 the margin intimates that ASHAN is the same as Ain as a Levitical city, although in 1 Chronicles 4:32 Ain and [[Ashan]] are both mentioned. </p>
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| == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69525" /> ==
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| <p> [[Ain]] (â'in), eye, spring. 1. A place, or probably a fountain, and one of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Canaan. [[Numbers]] 34:11. It is now known as Ain el-Azy, a remarkable spring, one of the sources of the Orontes, and about ten miles west of Riblah. 2. A city of southern Palestine, first given to Judah, [[Joshua]] 15:32; afterward assigned to Simeon, Joshua 19:7; and then to the Levites, Joshua 21:16; 1 [[Chronicles]] 4:32. The same place as Ashan, 1 Chronicles 6:59; and possibly as En-rimmon, [[Nehemiah]] 11:29. </p>
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| == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71352" /> ==
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| <p> A'in. (spring, well). </p> <p> 1. [[One]] of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine. [[Numbers]] 34:11. It is probably 'Ain el-'Azy, the main source of the Orontes. </p> <p> 2. One of the southernmost cities of Judah, [[Joshua]] 15:32, afterwards allotted to Simeon, Joshua 19:7; 1 [[Chronicles]] 4:32, and given to the priests. Joshua 21:16. </p>
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| == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18230" /> ==
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| <p> (Hebrew A'yin, עיְַן , a fountain) signifies literally an eye, and also, in the simple but vivid imagery of the East, a spring, or natural burst of living water, always contradistinguished from the well or tank of artificial formation, and which latter is designated by the word "Beer" (בְּאֵר ) or "Bor" ( בּאר and בּוֹר ). [[Ain]] still retains its ancient and double meaning in the [[Arabic]] 'Ain. Such living springs abound in [[Palestine]] even more than in other mountainous districts, and, apart from their natural value in a hot climate, form one of the most remarkable features of the country. Prof. Stanley ( Palest. p. 147, 509) has called attention to the accurate and persistent use of the word in the original text of the Bible, and has well expressed the inconvenience arising from the confusion in the Auth. Vers. of words and things so radically distinct as Ain and Beer. The importance of distinguishing between the two is illustrated by [[ Exodus]] 15: 27, in which the word Ainoth (translated "wells") is used for the springs of fresh water at Elim, although the rocky soil of that place excludes the supposition of dug wells. </p> <p> Ain oftenest occurs in combination with other words, forming the names of definite localities: these will be found under EN- ( q.v.) , as En-gedi, En- gannim, etc. It occurs alone in two cases. ( See [[Fountain]]). </p> <p> 1. (Sept. at [[Joshua ]] 21:16 , Ἀσά, at 1 [[ Chronicles]] 4:32, ῎Ην ; elsewhere it blends as a prefix with the following names, Ε᾿ρ - εμώθ, Ε᾿ρ - εμών . ) A city at first assigned to the tribe of Judah , on its southern border (Joshua 15:32) , but afterward to [[Simeon]] (Joshua 19:7 ; 1 Chronicles 4:32). [[In]] all these passages it is mentioned as adjoining [[Remmon]] or [[Rimmon]] (q.v.), and it seems to be the EN-RIMMON (See N- Rimmon ) (q.v.) of [[Nehemiah]] 11:29. It was one of the [[Levitical]] cities (Joshua 21:16). [[Reland]] (Palaest. p. 554, 625) thinks it the same with the [[Betane]] (Βετάνη) of [[Judith]] 1:9, and the Bethanin (Βηθανίν ) located by [[Eusebius]] (Onomast. s.v. Ἀρί, i e. Ἀϊ v ν ) at four [[Roman]] miles from Hebron. But these are rather the [[Bethanoth]] (q.v.) of Joshua 15:59. Dr. Robinson conjectures it may have been the same with the modern village el- Ghuwein, the ruins of which he saw in a valley a short distance to the right of the road a few hours south of [[Hebron]] ( Researches, 2, 625). But this again is probably the [[Anim]] (q.v.) of Joshua 15: 50. The margin of our Bibles identifies this Ain with the [[Ashan]] of Joshua 15: 42, but in 1 Chronicles 4:32 both are mentioned. In the list of priests' cities in 1 Chronicles 6:59, Ashan (q.v.) appears to take the place of Ain. </p> <p> 2. (With the art., חָעִיַן, Ha-A'yin.); [[One]] of the landmarks on the northern or eastern boundary of Palestine as described by [[Moses]] (Numbers 34:11), near the lake Gennesareth, adjoining Shephan, and apparently mentioned to define the position of Riblah, viz. "on the east side of 'the spring'" (Sept. ἐπί πηγάς ). But the ambiguous phrase מַקֶּדֶם לָעִיַן (literally, from the east as to the spring), rather refers directly to the boundary as extending in general terms easterly to Ain, in the direction of [[Riblah]] (q.v.). [[By]] Jerome, in the Vulgate, it is rendered contra fontem Daphnin, meaning the spring which rose in the celebrated grove of [[Daphne]] dedicated to [[Apollo]] and [[Diana]] at Antioch. Riblah having been lately, with much probability, identified (Robinson, Research. new ed. 3, 542-6; Porter, 2:335) with a place of the same name on the north-east slopes of the [[Lebanon]] range, "the spring" of the text is probably the modern Ain, in Coele-Syria, between the [[Orontes]] and the [[Litany]] (Bibliotheca Sacra, 1847, p. 405, 408); so called from a large fountain of the same name a little to the north of the village, which "is strong enough to drive several mills, and about it are heavy blocks of hewn stone of a very antique appearance" (ibid. 1848, p. 698). Dr. Robinson, however, thinks it is rather an appellative, and refers to the fountain of the Orontes still farther south- west of Riblah (new ed. of Researches, 3, 534). </p> | |
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| == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_66935" /> ==
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| <p> A [[French]] river, has its source in the [[Jura]] Mts., and falls into the Rhône; also a department of [[France]] between the [[Rhône]] and Savoy. </p>
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| <ref name="term_15343"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/ain Ain from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref> | | <ref name="term_639"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ain+(2) Ain from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> |
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| <ref name="term_34255"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/ain Ain from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_38433"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/ain Ain from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_44789"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hitchcock-s-bible-names/ain Ain from Hitchcock's Bible Names]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_49368"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/ain Ain from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_64759"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/ain Ain from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_69525"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/people-s-dictionary-of-the-bible/ain Ain from People's Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_71352"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/ain Ain from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_18230"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/ain Ain from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_66935"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/ain Ain from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
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