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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: 11.
2. One of the Levitical cities in the south. It was originally given to Judah but afterwards allotted to Simeon. Joshua 15: 32; Joshua 19:
7; Joshua 21: 16; 1 Chr. 4: 32. In 1 Chr. 6: 59 the margin intimates that ASHAN is the same as Ain as a Levitical city, although in 1 Chr. 4: 32 Ain and Ashan are both mentioned.