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a.yin H5869

עַ֫יִן (a.yin) means “eye” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עַ֫יִן Hebrew · H5869 887 tagged occurrences in 827 verses

Pronunciation guide: ah'-yin Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5869A

עַ֫יִן · a.yin · eye

: eye 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

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TBESH · H5869B

עַ֫יִן · a.yin · Fountain (Gate)

§ spring, fountain

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TBESH · H5869G

עַ֫יִן · a.yin · Fountain of

§ spring, fountain

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TBESH · H5869H

עַ֫יִן · a.yin · eye: seeing

: seeing 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

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TBESH · H5869I

עַ֫יִן · a.yin · eye: appearance

: appearance 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

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TBESH · H5869J

עַ֫יִן · a.yin · eye: before(the eyes)

: before(the_eyes) 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

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TBESH · H5869K

עַ֫יִן · a.yin · eye: sin

: sin 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

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TBESH · H5869M

עַ֫יִן · a.yin · spring

spring, fountain

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

KJV glosses: affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).

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How translators render H5869

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
in the sight	106
my eyes	51
your eyes	38
in the eyes	36
in your sight	29
eyes	27
his eyes	25
the eyes	19
eye	17
in my sight	16
in your eyes	16
in his sight	12
their eyes	11
with your own eyes	11
in his own eyes	10
in the presence	9
the eye	8
before their eyes	7
before your very eyes	6
before your eyes	5
in his eyes	5
in their sight	5
our eyes	5
sight	5
the spring	5
to the eyes	5
to you	5
and his eyes	4
and my eyes	4
as they watch	4
before his eyes	4
from my eyes	4
the face	4
the fountain	4
to him	4
your sight	4
before	3
before our eyes	3
her eyes	3
in full view	3
in my eyes	3
may your eyes	3
of your eyes	3
seemed	3
they have eyes	3
to my eyes	3
up my eyes	3
with his eyes	3
with my own eyes	3
with your eyes	3
you	3
a spring	2
and	2
and your eyes	2
as the eyes	2
but the eyes	2
do you really believe	2
him	2
his sight	2
in their own eyes	2
in your own eyes	2
let your eyes	2
look	2
look on them	2
me	2
of his eye	2
springs	2
to	2
to eye	2
to the spring	2
vvv	2
what you think	2
whose eyes	2
with eyes	2
your own eyes	2
a gleam	1
and as i watched	1
and as they watch	1
and eyes	1
and fountains	1
and his gaze	1
and in full view of the people	1
and in the presence	1
and it seemed	1
and its appearance	1
and let us feast our eyes	1
and let your eyes	1
and may the eyes	1
and the eyes	1
and those who	1
and thought	1
and turn their eyes	1
and watch	1
and your own eyes	1
appear to you	1
are their eyes	1
as for the eye	1
as he looks on	1
as i watched	1
as my eyes	1
as the gleam	1
as they watched	1
as you please	1
as you see	1
be	1
before them	1
but his eyes	1
but pay no regard	1
but your eyes	1
by	1
by the spring	1
by what his eyes	1
can see it	1
do you have eyes	1
do your eyes	1
every eye	1
eyesight	1
face	1
for eye	1
for myself	1
from	1
from his sight	1
from my sight	1
from the eyes	1
glance of your eyes	1
gleamed	1
gleaming	1
he sees	1
his eye	1
his eyes are	1
his eyes tightly	1
i valued	1
i will cause your eyes	1
i will not look upon you	1
in appearance	1
in my presence	1
in our eyes	1
in our own sight	1
in the sight of the people	1
in your presence	1
iniquity	1
is their iniquity	1
it seemed	1
it seems	1
it with your own eyes	1
let his eyes	1
let your eyes be on	1
like	1
like the gleam	1
look after	1
look in his eyes	1
man has eyes	1
may their eyes	1
my eyes favor	1
my sight	1
myself	1
of my eyes	1
of the eyes	1
of the springs	1
of their eyes	1
of your eye	1
our eyes are	1
our very eyes	1
pleased	1
presence	1
regard it	1
seem	1
show pity	1
sight of them	1
sight of this	1
so that you look upon	1
so the eyes	1
that our eyes	1
the gleam	1
the notice	1
the outward appearance	1
the well	1
them	1
then the eyes	1
this spring	1
thought	1
to displease	1
to face	1
to his eyes	1
to our eyes	1
to see	1
to the eye	1
to your eyes	1
to your face	1
transgression	1
turn your eyes	1
us	1
value	1
was a gleam	1
was also displeased	1
was like that	1
were pleased	1
what the eye	1
whatever seems	1
when the fountains	1
when they saw	1
wherever it seems	1
while they watch	1
while your eyes	1
who has an eye	1
who have eyes	1
whose eyesight	1
with my eyes	1
with their eyes	1
with you	1
with yourselves	1
without the knowledge	1
yet his eyes	1
you considered	1
you please	1
you saw him	1
you will look	1
your eye	1
your eyes look	1
your very eyes	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
in the sight	118
mine eyes	35
his eyes	33
in thy sight	27
thine eyes	27
in the eyes	22
the eyes	19
in my sight	16
mine eye	13
their eyes	13
eyes	12
in their sight	12
in thine eyes	12
eye	11
in his sight	10
pleased	10
and his eyes	9
before their eyes	9
before	7
in his own eyes	7
in your eyes	7
the eye	7
and thine eyes	6
your eyes	6
and mine eyes	5
and the eyes	5
before mine eyes	5
before your eyes	5
in mine eyes	5
of thine eyes	5
with thine eyes	5
and mine eye	4
as the colour	4
before his eyes	4
before thine eyes	4
displeased	4
from mine eyes	4
her eyes	4
in his eyes	4
in his own conceit	4
in the presence	4
in whose sight	4
of eyes	4
the face	4
well	4
which thine eyes	4
and in the sight	3
between thine eyes	3
for eye	3
from the eyes	3
in their own eyes	3
look	3
looks	3
now thine eyes	3
of the eyes	3
our eyes	3
that thine eyes	3
unto the well	3
what seemeth	3
with his eyes	3
and in the eyes	2
and in the presence	2
and their eyes	2
and thine eye	2
be in his sight	2
before our eyes	2
between his eyes	2
between your eyes	2
but having his eyes	2
but the eyes	2
but thine eyes	2
by a fountain	2
by the well	2
for his eyes	2
for mine eyes	2
for the eyes	2
from thine eyes	2
his colour	2
his eye	2
in her eyes	2
in our sight	2
in them in the sight	2
in your sight	2
it pleased	2
let thine eyes	2
not eyes	2
of his eye	2
of his eyes	2
of the fountain	2
of their eyes	2
of thine eye	2
thee in the sight	2
them before your eyes	2
thereof as the colour	2
thine eye	2
thinkest	2
to the eyes	2
unto thee	2
which have eyes	2
whose eyes	2
with mine eyes	2
with the eye	2
with their eyes	2
all that seemed	1
also	1
also was displeased	1
an open	1
and	1
and also in the sight	1
and as for me also mine eye	1
and at the fountain	1
and behold your eyes	1
and convenient	1
and eyes	1
and he thought	1
and his eye	1
and his eyebrows	1
and i will look well	1
and it displease	1
and it displeased	1
and it pleased	1
and let our eye	1
and let thine eyes	1
and no eye	1
and so we were in their sight	1
and that seemed good	1
and that the eyes	1
and the colour	1
and they seemed	1
and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes	1
and we were in our own sight	1
and what do thy eyes	1
and whatsoever mine eyes	1
and your eyes	1
and your own eyes	1
any more but thine eyes	1
are their eyes	1
as for us our eyes	1
as it seemeth	1
as seemed	1
as the eyes	1
as thine eyes	1
at the well	1
before the eyes	1
behold as the eyes	1
behold the eye	1
behold the eyes	1
but mine eyes	1
but now mine eye	1
but our eyes	1
but your eyes	1
by a well	1
by the fountain	1
countenance	1
displease	1
even the eyes	1
eyed	1
face	1
for me	1
for myself and mine eyes	1
for thine eyes	1
for us that our eyes	1
fountains	1
from his face	1
from me and with their eyes	1
from my sight	1
furrows	1
hast thou eyes	1
he was content	1
her eye	1
her face	1
her for me for she pleaseth me well	1
him and look well	1
him and they pleased	1
him before their eyes	1
himself in his own eyes	1
i pray you how mine eyes	1
i was eyes	1
if it seem good	1
if she please	1
in his eye	1
in his eye sight	1
in his eyesight	1
in mine own sight	1
in our eyes	1
in their eyes	1
in thine own eyes	1
in thine own sight	1
in thyself in the sight	1
in whose eyes	1
in you before	1
in you before their eyes	1
it displeased	1
it unto whom it seemed	1
it with his eyes	1
it with thine eyes	1
let i beseech thee thine eyes	1
let it not displease	1
let not your eye	1
let their eyes	1
like in colour	1
like the colour	1
like unto the colour	1
lo mine eye	1
looketh	1
me and i shall seem	1
me and when the eye	1
me in the eyes	1
me now therefore if it displease thee	1
neither hath the eye	1
neither have our eyes	1
neither is his eye	1
neither shall mine eye	1
neither shall thine eyes	1
nevertheless mine eye	1
no eye	1
no eyes	1
none eye	1
nor mine eyes	1
not his eyes	1
not in your eyes	1
not thine eyes	1
now mine eyes	1
now the eyes	1
now therefore in the sight	1
of fountains	1
of mine eyes	1
of the eye	1
of the fountains	1
of thee in the sight	1
of thy sight	1
of your eyes	1
on mine affliction	1
on the outward appearance	1
only with thine eyes	1
openly	1
or have caused the eyes	1
or the eye	1
our eye	1
out of his sight	1
over him in thy sight	1
peradventure it will please	1
person	1
pleased me well	1
seemeth	1
should seem vile	1
sight	1
so in the sight	1
so our eyes	1
so the eyes	1
that it pleased	1
that thou displease	1
that which seemeth	1
the fountain	1
the fountains	1
thee in the presence	1
thee not	1
thee thine eye	1
thee with mine eye	1
their eye	1
their resemblance	1
them and your eyes	1
them with her eyes	1
then it had pleased thee well	1
then the eyes	1
then was i in his eyes	1
thereof then your eyes	1
thereof when the eyes	1
thinking to have brought	1
thou mine eyes	1
thou unto us whatsoever seemeth	1
thought	1
thy eyes	1
thy face	1
to eye	1
to face	1
to her as it pleaseth thee	1
to him that which shall seem good	1
to him what shall seem good	1
to me as seemeth	1
to mine eyes	1
to the eye	1
to the well	1
to thee	1
to thine eyes	1
to whom they think	1
unto	1
unto him	1
unto him in the presence	1
unto him in the sight	1
unto him neither shall thine eye	1
unto thee but if it seem ill	1
unto them if ye think	1
unto them let mine eyes	1
unto them what seemeth	1
upon his eyes	1
upon his face	1
upon thee in the sight	1
upon thine eyes	1
us	1
was displeased	1
wells	1
what he thought	1
whatsoever seemeth	1
where it pleaseth	1
wheresoever it seemeth convenient	1
which pleaseth	1
whom	1
whom thine eyes	1
with me and doth not mine eye	1
with me as seemeth	1
with them as it seemeth	1
with them what seemeth	1
with us all that seemeth	1
with your eyes	1
with yourselves	1
without the knowledge	1
yet his eyes	1
you	1

Verses containing H5869

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1 Chronicles 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This command was also evil in the sight of God; so He struck Israel.
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1 Chronicles 21:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between heaven and earth, with a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem, David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell facedown.
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1 Chronicles 21:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ornan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”
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1 Chronicles 28:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So now in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek out all the commandments of the LORD your God, so that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance to your descendants forever.
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1 Chronicles 29:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly and said: “May You be blessed, O LORD, God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.
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1 Chronicles 29:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty such as had not been bestowed on any king in Israel before him.
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2 Chronicles 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
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2 Chronicles 6:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
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2 Chronicles 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
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2 Chronicles 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
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2 Chronicles 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I did not believe the reports until I came and saw with my own eyes. Indeed, not half of the greatness of your wisdom was told to me. You have far exceeded the report I heard.
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2 Chronicles 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.
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2 Chronicles 16:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
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2 Chronicles 20:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
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2 Chronicles 20:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Jehoshaphat walked in the way of his father Asa and did not turn away from it; he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 21:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Jehoram walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done. For he married a daughter of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 22:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as the house of Ahab had done, for to his destruction they were his counselors after the death of his father.
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2 Chronicles 24:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.
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2 Chronicles 25:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
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2 Chronicles 26:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done.
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2 Chronicles 27:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Uzziah had done. In addition, he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people still behaved corruptly.
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2 Chronicles 28:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem sixteen years. And unlike David his father, he did not do what was right in the eyes of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 29:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done.
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2 Chronicles 29:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For our fathers were unfaithful and did evil in the sight of the LORD our God. They abandoned Him, turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and turned their backs on Him.
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2 Chronicles 29:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, the wrath of the LORD has fallen upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, horror, and scorn, as you can see with your own eyes.
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2 Chronicles 30:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
This plan pleased the king and the whole assembly.
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2 Chronicles 32:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he consulted with his leaders and mighty men about stopping up the waters of the springs outside the city, and they helped him carry it out.
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2 Chronicles 32:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the LORD and valuable gifts for Hezekiah king of Judah, and from then on he was exalted in the eyes of all nations.
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2 Chronicles 33:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
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2 Chronicles 33:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
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2 Chronicles 33:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,
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2 Chronicles 34:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right or to the left.
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2 Chronicles 34:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its people.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.
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2 Chronicles 36:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
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2 Chronicles 36:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 36:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.
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Ezra 3:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But many of the older priests, Levites, and family heads who had seen the first temple wept loudly when they saw the foundation of this temple. Still, many others shouted joyfully.
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Ezra 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes.
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Nehemiah 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
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Nehemiah 2:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward the Well of the Serpent and the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.
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Nehemiah 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;
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Nehemiah 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofed it, and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Shelah near the king’s garden, as far as the stairs that descend from the City of David.
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Nehemiah 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.
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Nehemiah 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ezra opened the book in full view of all the people, since he was standing above them all, and as he opened it, all the people stood up.
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Nehemiah 12:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.
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Esther 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’
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Esther 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king and his princes were pleased with this counsel; so the king did as Memucan advised.
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Esther 2:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then let the young woman who pleases the king become queen in place of Vashti.” This suggestion pleased the king, and he acted accordingly.
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Esther 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.
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Esther 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
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