Strong's Number H5857

עַי

`Ay · ah'ee

Transliteration:

`Ay{ah'ee}or (fem.) `Aya' (Neh 11:31){ah-yaw'}

Word Origin:

Part of Speech:

proper name location

Strong's Definition:

Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine

Usage in the KJV:

Ai 36, Hai 2, Aiath 1, city 1

Total: 40
Occurs 39 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins"

a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the 2nd city taken on the invasion of Canaan
a city of the Ammonites on the east of the Jordan and apparently attached to Heshbon