Quick Definition
Ai
Biblical Persons & Places
Ai
Ai_1
A location first mentioned at Gen.12.8;
referred to as Ai or "city" (=Ketiv. Qere, KJV, NIV= Ai) or Aiath or Aija (עַי).
Ai
Ai_2= near Heshbon (Heshbon@Num.21.25-Jer=H2809)
A location near Heshbon only mentioned at Jer.49.3;
only referred to as Ai (עַי).
Strong's Definition
Ai, Aja or Ajath, a place in Palestine
Derivation: or (feminine) עַיָּא; (Nehemiah 11:31), or עַיָּת; (Isaiah 10:28), for H5856 (עִי);
KJV Usage: Ai, Aija, Aijath, Hai.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins"
1) a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the second city taken on the invasion of Canaan
2) a city of the Ammonites on the east of the Jordan and apparently attached to Heshbon
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
§ Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = "heap of ruins"
a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the second city taken on the invasion of Canaan
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עַיָּת / עַיָּא / עַי
‛ay / ‛ayâ / ‛ayâth
BDB Definition:
Ai or Aija or Aiath or Hai = heap of ruins
1) a city lying east of Bethel and beside Bethaven near Jericho and the 2nd city taken on the invasion of Canaan
2) a city of the Ammonites on the east of the Jordan and apparently attached to Heshbon
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: for H5856
Total KJV Occurrences: 39