◄ H5857 ►
עיּת עיּא עי
Transliteration
Ay; ah'ee or (fem.) Aya' (Nehemiah 11:31) ahAyaw' or Ayath (Isaiah 10:28)
Pronunciation
ahAyawth'
Parts of Speech
n pr loc
Root Word (Etymology)
for 5856
KJV Translation Count — 41x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: Ai (36), Hai (2), Aija (1), Aiath (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
i or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins"
1. a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the second city taken on the invasion of Canaan
2. a city of the Ammonites on the east of the Jordan and apparently attached to Heshbon
Strong's Definitions
`Ay, ah'ee; or (feminine) Aya, (Nehemiah 11:31) ah-yaw'; or Ayath, (Isaiah 10:28) ah-yawth'; for 5856; Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine: — Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.
Concordance Results Using KJV
And he removed from thence unto a mountH5857n on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and H5857 on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and H5857;
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to H5857, which is beside Bethaven, on the east side of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed H5857.
And they returned to Joshua, and sH5857d unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite H5857; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.
So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of H5857.
And the men of H5857 smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
And the LORD sH5857d unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to H5857: see, I have given into thy hand the king of H5857, and his people, and his city, and his land:
And thou shalt do to H5857 and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up agH5857nst H5857: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valour, and sent them away by night.
Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and H5857, on the west side of H5857: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.