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Ain

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(eye). (1) A landmark on eastern boundary of Canaan (Num. 34:11¹¹And 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: (Numbers 34:11)). (2) A Levitical city in south Judah and then in Simeon (Josh. 15:32; 19:7; 21:16³²And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: (Joshua 15:32)
⁷Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages: (Joshua 19:7)
¹⁶And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. (Joshua 21:16)). Ashen (1 Chron. 6:59⁵⁹And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: (1 Chronicles 6:59)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

The word ain signifies an “eye,” or a “fountain”; it is often used as a prefix, and signifies a fountain of living water in distinction from a well, cistern or tank. It is mostly represented by the prefix EN.

1. Ain, a fountain in the extreme north. There is a fountain still called Ain el-Asy, ten miles S.W. of the ancient Riblah (Num. 34:11¹¹And 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: (Numbers 34:11)).

2. One of the Levitical cities in the south. It was originally given to Judah but afterward allotted to Simeon (Josh. 15:32³²And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: (Joshua 15:32); Josh. 19:7⁷Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages: (Joshua 19:7); Josh. 21:16¹⁶And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. (Joshua 21:16); 1 Chron. 4:32³²And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: (1 Chronicles 4:32)). In 1 Chronicles 6:59⁵⁹And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: (1 Chronicles 6:59) the margin intimates that ASHAN is the same as AM as a Levitical city, although in 1 Chronicles 4:32³²And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: (1 Chronicles 4:32) AM and Ashan are both mentioned.

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

an eye: fountain