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עַיִן Ain

Every verse in which this name stands — 5 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PlaceGematria 130×5 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for two places in Palestine. The name stands five times in the Tanakh, first at Numbers 34:11 and last at 1 Chronicles 4:32.

Numbers 34:11במדבר לד:יא

וְיָרַד הַגְּבֻל מִשְּׁפָם הָרִבְלָה מִקֶּדֶם לָעָיִן וְיָרַד הַגְּבוּל וּמָחָה עַל־כֶּתֶף יָם־כִּנֶּרֶת קֵֽדְמָה

and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down, and shall strike upon the slope of the sea of Chinnereth eastward;

Joshua 15:32יהושע טו:לב

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 19:7יהושע יט:ז

עַיִן רִמּוֹן וָעֶתֶר וְעָשָׁן עָרִים אַרְבַּע וְחַצְרֵיהֶֽן

Ain, Rimmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities with their villages;

Joshua 21:16יהושע כא:טז

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

and Ain with the open land about it, and Juttah with the open land about it, and Beth-shemesh with the open land about it; nine cities out of those two tribes.

1 Chronicles 4:32דברי הימים א ד:לב

וְחַצְרֵיהֶם עֵיטָם וָעַיִן רִמּוֹן וְתֹכֶן וְעָשָׁן עָרִים חָמֵֽשׁ

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

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Ain?

Ain — עין in Hebrew — has a gematria of 130 in the standard method.

How many times is Ain named in the Tanakh?

5 times, first at Numbers 34:11.

A spelling is not a name. The written word עין stands 57 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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