Strong's Concordance
Original word: מֵאַ֫יִן
Transliteration: ayin
Definition (short): where
Definition (full): whence?
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from ay
Definition: whence?
NASB Translation: where (15), where* (1).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries.
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References
KJV:
And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we.
NASB:
Jacob said to them, "My brothers, where are you from?" And they said, "We are from Haran."
KJV:
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
NASB:
When Joseph saw his brothers he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. And he said to them, "Where have you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan, to buy food."
KJV:
And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
NASB:
But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them, and she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from.
KJV:
And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?
NASB:
But they said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Then Joshua said to them, "Who are you and where do you come from?"
KJV:
And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.
NASB:
Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" And he said to him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to stay wherever I may find a place."