Topic

Ain

Passages from across the Bible

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

1. A city of Simeon

  • Joshua 19:7 Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan— four cities, along with their villages,
  • Joshua 15:32 Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon— twenty-nine cities in all, along with their villages.
  • Joshua 21:16 Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh— nine cities from these two tribes, together with their pasturelands.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:32 And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan— five towns—

Also called ASHAN

Possibly identical with En-Rimmon

2. A landmark on the northern boundary of Palestine

  • Numbers 34:11 then go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and continue along the slopes east of the Sea of Chinnereth.

Word study: the Hebrew and Greek words behind “ain” →

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.