# Is “AI” in the Bible? > Yes. “AI” is in the Bible. It appears 40 times in the Lumin Translation and 36 times in the King James Bible. Source: https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/ai By Andrew Kittridge · October 28, 2026 Ai is in the Bible, as a city. It is first named in Genesis 12:8 and is best known from Joshua 7 and 8. Artificial intelligence is not in the Bible. - Lumin Translation: 40, first in Genesis 12:8 - King James Version: 36, first in Joshua 7:2 ## Where it appears 33 verses in 5 books (Old Testament 40, New Testament 0). > He moved on from there to the hills east of Bethel and set up his tent, with Bethel lying to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar to Yahweh there and called on the name of Yahweh. > > — [Genesis 12:8](https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/12#8) (Lumin Translation) > He traveled by stages from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, > > — [Genesis 13:3](https://www.lumin.faith/read/genesis/13#3) (Lumin Translation) > Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai. > > — [Joshua 7:2](https://www.lumin.faith/read/joshua/7#2) (Lumin Translation) > They came back to Joshua and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up. Let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not make all the people toil up there, for the people of Ai are few.” > > — [Joshua 7:3](https://www.lumin.faith/read/joshua/7#3) (Lumin Translation) > So about three thousand men from the people went up there, but they fled before the men of Ai. > > — [Joshua 7:4](https://www.lumin.faith/read/joshua/7#4) (Lumin Translation) ## Common questions ### Is “AI” in the Bible? Yes. “AI” is in the Bible. It appears 40 times in the Lumin Translation and 36 times in the King James Bible. Ai is in the Bible, as a city. It is first named in Genesis 12:8 and is best known from Joshua 7 and 8. Artificial intelligence is not in the Bible. ### How many times is “AI” in the Bible? AI appears 40 times in the Lumin Translation and 36 times in the King James Bible. Counts are of exact word forms. ### Where is “AI” first mentioned in the Bible? In the Lumin Translation, ai first appears in Genesis 12:8: “He moved on from there to the hills east of Bethel and set up his tent, with Bethel lying to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar to Yahweh there and called on the name of Yahweh.” ## More - [Is “Christmas” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/christmas.md) - [Is “Ghost” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/ghost.md) - [Is “Pope” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/pope.md) - [Is “Tattoos” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/tattoos.md) - [Is “God helps those who help themselves” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/god-helps-those-who-help-themselves.md) - [Is “Hate the sin, love the sinner” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/hate-the-sin-love-the-sinner.md) - [Is “Idle hands are the devil’s workshop” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/idle-hands-are-the-devils-workshop.md) - [Is “Neither a borrower nor a lender be” in the Bible?](https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/neither-a-borrower-nor-a-lender-be.md) - [Check any word or a whole song](https://www.lumin.faith/bible-verse-checker)