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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_84062" /> ==
 
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' v. t.) The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation. </p> <p> '''(8):''' ''' (''' v. t.) That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; - opposed to loss. </p> <p> '''(9):''' ''' (''' a.) Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable. </p> <p> '''(10):''' ''' (''' n.) A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam. </p>
Ain <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 (&nbsp;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 &nbsp;Numbers 34:11 must be another place farther South and closer to that lake. </p> <p> (2) A L evitical city (&nbsp;Joshua 21:16 ) in the [[Negeb]] or southern part of Judah. It was first allotted to the tribe of Judah (&nbsp;Joshua 15:32 ) but later to [[Simeon]] (&nbsp;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 &nbsp;Joshua 15:32; &nbsp;Joshua 19:7; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:32 ). See also [[Ayin]] . </p>
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_34255" /> ==
 
<p> ("eye".) </p> <p> '''1.''' Fountain, spring, which flashes in the landscape like a gleaming eye. Distinguished from '''''Beer''''' , a dug well (&nbsp;Exodus 15:27), "wells," rather springs. [[Generally]] in compositions En-gedi, "fountain of kids," En-dor, "fountain of the house," etc. Plural in &nbsp;John 3:23, AEnon; like the [[Yorkshire]] [[Fountains]] Abbey. Riblah, E. of [[Ain]] (Hebrew the spring), marks the eastern boundary of [[Palestine]] (&nbsp;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 (&nbsp;Joshua 15:32; &nbsp;Joshua 19:7; &nbsp;Joshua 21:16). </p>
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== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_64759" /> ==
<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. &nbsp;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.]] &nbsp;Joshua 15:32; &nbsp;Joshua 19:7; &nbsp;Joshua 21:16; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:32 . In &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:59 the margin intimates that ASHAN is the same as Ain as a Levitical city, although in &nbsp; 1 Chronicles 4:32 Ain and [[Ashan]] are both mentioned. </p>
       
== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69525" /> ==
<p> [[Ain]] ( ''Â'In'' ), ''Eye, Spring.'' 1. A place, or probably a fountain, and one of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Canaan. &nbsp;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, &nbsp;Joshua 15:32; afterward assigned to Simeon, &nbsp;Joshua 19:7; and then to the Levites, &nbsp;Joshua 21:16; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:32. The same place as Ashan, &nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:59; and possibly as En-rimmon, &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:29. </p>
       
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_49368" /> ==
<p> <strong> AIN </strong> . <strong> 1 </strong> . A town in the neighbourhood of Riblah (&nbsp; Numbers 34:11 ), probably the modern <em> el-’Ain </em> near the source of the Orontes. <strong> 2 </strong> . A town in Judah (&nbsp; Joshua 15:32 ), or [[Simeon]] (&nbsp; 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 &nbsp; Psalms 119:1-176 . </p>
       
== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_71352" /> ==
<p> '''A'in.''' ''(Spring, Well).'' </p> <p> 1. One of the landmarks on the eastern boundary of Palestine. &nbsp;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, &nbsp;Joshua 15:32, afterwards allotted to Simeon, &nbsp;Joshua 19:7; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:32, and given to the priests. &nbsp;Joshua 21:16. </p>
       
== 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, &nbsp;Joshua 15:32; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:32 . Also of a place in the north of Canaan, &nbsp;Numbers 34:11 . </p>
       
== Holman Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_38433" /> ==
&nbsp;Numbers 34:11&nbsp;Joshua 15:32&nbsp;Joshua 19:7&nbsp;Joshua 21:16&nbsp;1 Chronicles 6:59
       
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18230" /> ==
<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 &nbsp;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 &nbsp;Joshua 21:16, '''''Ἀσά''''' , at &nbsp;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 (&nbsp;Joshua 15:32), but afterward to Simeon (&nbsp;Joshua 19:7; &nbsp;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 &nbsp;Nehemiah 11:29. It was one of the Levitical cities (&nbsp;Joshua 21:16). Reland ''(Palaest.'' p. 554, 625) thinks it the same with the [[Betane]] ( '''''Βετάνη''''' ) of &nbsp;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 &nbsp;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 &nbsp;Joshua 15:50. The margin of our Bibles identifies this Ain with the [[Ashan]] of &nbsp;Joshua 15:42, but in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 4:32 both are mentioned. In the list of priests' cities in &nbsp;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 (&nbsp;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>
       
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_66935" /> ==
<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>
       
==References ==
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<ref name="term_639"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/ain+(2) Ain from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_84062"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/ain Ain from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_34255"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/fausset-s-bible-dictionary/ain Ain from Fausset's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_64759"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/ain Ain from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_69525"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/people-s-dictionary-of-the-bible/ain Ain from People's Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_49368"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/ain Ain from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_71352"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/smith-s-bible-dictionary/ain Ain from Smith's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<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_38433"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/holman-bible-dictionary/ain Ain from Holman Bible Dictionary]</ref>
       
<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>
       
<ref name="term_66935"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/ain Ain from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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Ain [1]

ā´in ( עין , ‛ayin , "eye or spring (of water)"):

(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 ‛Ain el - ‛Asy , 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.

(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 .

References

  1. ↑ Ain from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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