Ain

A written article for Ain is still to come. Below and alongside: where Ain appears in Scripture, with the original words, places on the map and any dates on record.

Ain
Ain 2 (Khirbet Asan)
Ain 1 (Khirbet Ayun)
Ain 1 (Khirbet Dufnah)

Original word

עַיִן ain

H5871

Citations

“Ain 2.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/ain-2. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.

“Ain 1.” OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data. openbible.info/geo/ancient/ain-1. OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding Data · CC BY 4.0 Accessed 2026-07-21.

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Where Ain appears in Scripture

Numbers 34

וְיָרַד הַגְּבֻל מִשְּׁפָם הָֽרִבְלָה מִקֶּדֶם לָעָיִן וְיָרַד הַגְּבֻל וּמָחָה עַל-כֶּתֶף יָם-כִּנֶּרֶת קֵֽדְמָה׃

And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward:

Joshua 15

וּלְבָאוֹת וְשִׁלְחִים וְעַיִן וְרִמּוֹן כָּל-עָרִים עֶשְׂרִים וָתֵשַׁע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages:

Joshua 19

עַיִן׀ רִמּוֹן וָעֶתֶר וְעָשָׁן עָרִים אַרְבַּע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן׃

Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:

Joshua 21

וְאֶת-עַיִן וְאֶת-מִגְרָשֶׁהָ וְאֶת-יֻטָּה וְאֶת-מִגְרָשֶׁהָ אֶת-בֵּית שֶׁמֶשׁ וְאֶת-מִגְרָשֶׁהָ עָרִים תֵּשַׁע מֵאֵת שְׁנֵי הַשְּׁבָטִים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes.

1 Chronicles 4

וְחַצְרֵיהֶם עֵיטָם וָעַיִן רִמּוֹן וְתֹכֶן וְעָשָׁן עָרִים חָמֵֽשׁ׃

And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: