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Lexicon :: Strong's H996 - bayin

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בַּיִן
Transliteration
bayin
Pronunciation
bane
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Part of Speech
masculine substantive (always used as a preposition)
Root Word (Etymology)
(sometimes in the pl. masc. or fem.) properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין (H995)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 239a

Strong’s Definitions

בֵּין bêyn, bane; (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from H995; a distinction; but used only as a preposition, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or:—among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), + from (the widest), × in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x

The KJV translates Strong's H996 in the following manner: between, betwixt, asunder, within, between, out of, from.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 32x
The KJV translates Strong's H996 in the following manner: between, betwixt, asunder, within, between, out of, from.
  1. between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
בֵּין bêyn, bane; (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from H995; a distinction; but used only as a preposition, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or:—among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), + from (the widest), × in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
STRONGS H996: Abbreviations
[בַּ֫יִן] substantive properly interval, space between (bdb010701 id.) — construct בֵּין onceIsaiah 44:4 (Baer) בֵּן, בֵּינִי, בֵּֽינְךָ, בֵינֵךְ, בֵּינוֺ (בֵּינָיוJoshua 3:4; Joshua 8:11 Qr); with plural suffix in plural form בֵּינֵינוּ (בֵּנֵינוּ), etc.; also בֵּינוֺתEzekiel 10:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 10:6 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 10:7 (twice in verse) (+ Ezekiel 1:13 Greek Version of the LXX Hi Ew etc. for דְּמוּת), בֵּינוֺתֵינוּGenesis 26:28; Joshua 22:34; Judges 11:10, בֵּינוֺתָםGenesis 42:23; 2 Samuel 21:7; Jeremiah 25:16; dual בֵּנַיִם (see below); —
1. always (except dual) as preposition in the interval of, between (so Aramaic בֵּין, & plural בֵּינֵי, bdb010702, bdb010703; bdb010704), as Genesis 15:17 בֵּין הַגְּזָרִים between the pieces, Exodus 13:9 and elsewhere בֵּין עֵינֶיךָ between thy eyes (see עַיִן), Isaiah 22:11 and elsewhere between the two walls (see חוֺמָה), Job 24:11; Job 30:7; Job 40:30 [Job 41:6] part him between merchants; rather more generally among Hosea 13:15; Songs 2:2, 3; Ezekiel 19:2; Ezekiel 31:3; Job 34:37; less exactly within Proverbs 26:13 a lion is בֵּין הָֽרְחֹבוֺת within the board places (compare Proverbs 23:13 בְּתוֺךְ): once with a singular (unusual) Daniel 8:16 בֵּין אוּלַי between the Ulai, i.e. between its banks. When the space separating two distinct objects is to be indicated, this is done...
a. most commonly by repeating בין, as Genesis 13:3 בֵּין בֵּיתְאֵל וּבֵין הָעָ֑י literally in the interval of Bethel, and in the interval of `Ai, i.e. between Bethel and `Ai, Genesis 16:14; Genesis 17:7; Genesis 31:50, 51
b. more rarely by בֵּין ֗֗֗ לְ, Genesis 1:6 dividing בֵּין מַיִם לָמָ֑יִם literally in the interval of waters with reference to waters, i.e. between the waters and the waters,Leviticus 20:25; Leviticus 27:33; Deuteronomy 17:8 (3 times in verse); 2 Samuel 19:36; 1 Kings 3:9; Ezekiel 41:18; Ezekiel 42:20; Ezekiel 44:23 (twice in verse); Jonah 4:11; Malachi 3:18 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 14:10.
c. by בֵּין ֗֗֗ וּלְJoel 2:17.
d. by בֵּין ֗֗֗ לְבֵיןIsaiah 59:2. בֵּין is used not only of actual locality, but also with verbs of dividing (figurative) Genesis 1:14; Leviticus 10:10, and of judging, knowing, teaching, etc., if the idea of distinguishing be involved, as Genesis 16:5; 2 Samuel 19:36 הַאֵדַע בֵּין טוֺב לְרָע can I discern between good and evil? 1 Kings 3:9; Jonah 4:11; Genesis 31:49 (watch between), Judges 11:10 (hear), Joshua 22:27 (witness), Isaiah 2:4 and he shall judge (arbitrate) between the nations, Isaiah 5:3; Leviticus 27:33; Ezekiel 44:23; Malachi 3:18; 2 Chronicles 14:10 (see RV); and in other metaphoric applications, as of a covenant or sign between two contracting parties, Genesis 9:12, 15; Exodus 31:13 +; or an oath Genesis 26:28; 2 Samuel 21:7; enmity or strife Genesis 3:15; Genesis 13:7; Deuteronomy 25:1; Proverbs 6:19; peace 1 Kings 5:26 [1 Kings 5:12]; good-will Proverbs 14:9. — It is used of time in the phrase of P בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם (see below עֶרֶב), & Nehemiah 5:18 בֵּין עֲשֶׂרֶת יָמִים during the interval of ten days, i.e. every ten days (unusual).
With other prepositions: —
a.אֶלבֵּֿין, after a verb implying motion, in between, in among Ezekiel 31:10, 14. So אֶלבֵּֿינוֺת לְ † ib. Ezekiel 10:2.
b.בְּבֵן Isaiah 44:4 in the midst of, amongst (Greek Version of the LXX Ew Di Che כְּבֵין מַיִם חָצִיר).
c.עַלבֵּֿין nearly as אֶלבֵּֿין Ezekiel 19:11
d.מִבֵּין from between: Genesis 49:10 nor the ruler's staff מִבֵּין רַגְלָיו from between his feet (where, as the king sits in state, he holds it), Exodus 25:22 from between the cherubim (so Numbers 7:89), Hosea 2:4; Zechariah 6:1; Zechariah 9:7; Deuteronomy 28:57 the after-birth הַיּוֺצֵת מִבֵּין רַגְלֶיהָ that cometh forth from between her feet, i.e. from her womb (compare Il. 19. 10 πεσεῖν μετὰ ποσσὶ γυναικός) Repeated 2 Kings 16:14 to specify the two objects from between which a thing is moved. Ezekiel 47:18 is difficult and uncertain: see Commentaries. Less precisely from, the midst of: Numbers 17:2 מִבֵּין הַשְּׂרֵפָה out of the midst of the burning, Psalm 104:12 מִבֵּין עֳפָאִים from amongst the branches they utter their song, Jeremiah 48:45 and a flame מִבֵּין סִיחוֺן from the midst of Sihon (Sihon representing his people: but expression is singular; read perhaps מִבֵּית ס׳, compare Numbers 21:28 מִקִּרְיַת ס׳ : || in both passages מֵחֶשְׁבּוֺן), Ezekiel 37:21.
e.מִבֵּינוֺת לְ from between Ezekiel 10:2, 6 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 10:7.
†2. Dual בֵּנַ֫יִם space between two armies (= Greek μεταίχμιον), [H1143 1 Samuel 17:4, 23] אִישׁ הַבֵּנַיִם man of the μεταίχμιον, i.e. champion (of Goliath).

בֵּית feminine of בַּיִן, בֵּין (NöM 194 f.; Syriac bdb010801 often, PS470) preposition between Ezekiel 41:9b (to be joined with Ezekiel 41:10; see RVm), unless indeed a mere error for בֵּין (which Ezekiel often uses); also Proverbs 8:2 accusative to Greek Version of the LXX (ἀνὰ μέσον) Targum Vulgate Hi Ew§217 g; and Job 8:17 according to Greek Version of the LXX Ew Di1 (Di2undecided).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H997.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:6; 1:14; 3:15; 9:12; 9:15; 13:3; 13:7; 15:17; 16:5; 16:14; 17:7; 26:28; 26:28; 31:49; 31:50; 31:51; 42:23; 49:10

Exodus

13:9; 25:22; 31:13

Leviticus

10:10; 20:25; 27:33; 27:33

Numbers

7:89; 17:2; 21:28

Deuteronomy

17:8; 25:1; 28:57

Joshua

3:4; 8:11; 22:27; 22:34

Judges

11:10; 11:10

2 Samuel

19:36; 19:36; 21:7; 21:7

1 Kings

3:9; 3:9; 5:12

2 Kings

16:14

2 Chronicles

14:10; 14:10

Nehemiah

5:18

Job

8:17; 24:11; 30:7; 34:37; 41:6

Psalms

104:12

Proverbs

6:19; 8:2; 14:9; 23:13; 26:13

Song of Songs

2:2; 2:3

Isaiah

2:4; 5:3; 22:11; 44:4; 44:4; 59:2

Jeremiah

25:16; 48:45

Ezekiel

1:13; 10:2; 10:2; 10:2; 10:6; 10:6; 10:7; 10:7; 19:2; 19:11; 31:3; 31:10; 31:14; 37:21; 41:9; 41:10; 41:18; 42:20; 44:23; 44:23; 47:18

Daniel

8:16

Hosea

2:4; 13:15

Joel

2:17

Jonah

4:11; 4:11

Zechariah

6:1; 9:7

Malachi

3:18; 3:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H996 matches the Hebrew בַּיִן (bayin),
which occurs 408 times in 248 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 5 (Exo 26:33–Jos 22:34)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:33 -

“Hang the curtain under the clasps[fn] and bring the ark of the testimony there behind the curtain, so the curtain will make a separation for you between the holy place and the most holy place.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:39 -

“In the morning offer one lamb, and at twilight offer the other lamb.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:41 -

“You are to offer the second lamb at twilight. Offer a grain offering and a drink offering with it, like the one in the morning, as a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:8 -

“When Aaron sets up the lamps at twilight, he must burn incense. There is to be an incense offering before the LORD throughout your generations.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 -

“Make a bronze basin for washing and a bronze stand for it. Set it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:13 -

“Tell the Israelites: You must observe my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, so that you will know that I am the LORD who consecrates you.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17 -

“It is a sign forever between me and the Israelites, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, but on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:7 -

“Place the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 -

He set the basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:10 -

“You must distinguish between the holy and the common, and the clean and the unclean,

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:47 -

“in order to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the animals that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 -

“Therefore you are to distinguish the clean animal from the unclean one, and the unclean bird from the clean one. Do not become contaminated by any land animal, bird, or whatever crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:5 -

“The Passover to the LORD comes in the first month, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the month.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:46 -

These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws the LORD established between himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:12 -

“The priest will set its value, whether high or low; the price will be set as the priest makes the assessment for you.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:14 -

“When a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, the priest will assess its value, whether high or low. The price will stand just as the priest assesses it.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:33 -

“He is not to inspect whether it is good or bad, and he is not to make a substitution for it. But if he does make a substitution, both the animal and its substitute will be holy; they cannot be redeemed.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 -

When Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim. He spoke to him that way.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:3 -

“You must observe it at its appointed time on the fourteenth day of this month at twilight; you are to observe it according to all its statutes and ordinances.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 -

and they observed it in the first month on the fourteenth day at twilight in the Wilderness of Sinai. The Israelites did everything as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:11 -

“Such people are to observe it in the second month, on the fourteenth day at twilight. They are to eat the animal with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 -

While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the LORD’s anger burned against the people, and the LORD struck them with a very severe plague.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:37 -

“Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the firepans from the burning debris, because they are holy, and scatter the fire far away.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:48 -

He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was halted.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:13 -

They set out from there and camped on the other side of the Arnon River, in the wilderness that extends from the Amorite border, because the Arnon was the Moabite border between Moab and the Amorites.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:56 -

“Each inheritance will be divided by lot among the larger and smaller tribes.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:4 -

“Offer one lamb in the morning and the other lamb at twilight,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:8 -

“Offer the second lamb at twilight, along with the same kind of grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:16 -

These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, or between a father and his daughter in his house during her youth.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:27 -

“Then divide the captives between the troops who went out to war and the entire community.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:24 -

“the assembly is to judge between the person who kills someone and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 -

These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph,[fn] between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di-zahab.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16 -

“I commanded your judges at that time: Hear the cases between your brothers, and judge rightly between a man and his brother or his resident alien.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:5 -

“At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to report the word[fn] of the LORD to you, because you were afraid of the fire and did not go up the mountain. And he said:

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:8 -

“Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be a symbol[fn] on your forehead.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:18 -

“Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol[fn] on your foreheads.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:1 -

“You are sons of the LORD your God; do not cut yourselves or make a bald spot on your head[fn] on behalf of the dead,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 -

“If a case is too difficult for you ​— ​concerning bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults ​— ​cases disputed at your city gates, then go up to the place the LORD your God chooses.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:1 -

“If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court, and the judges will hear their case. They will clear the innocent and condemn the guilty.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 -

“the afterbirth that comes out from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else during the siege and hardship your enemy imposes on you within your city gates.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:12 -

He said about Benjamin:

The LORD’s beloved rests[fn] securely on him.

He[fn] shields him all day long,

and he rests on his shoulders.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 -

“But keep a distance of about a thousand yards[fn] between yourselves and the ark. Don’t go near it, so that you can see the way to go, for you haven’t traveled this way before.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:9 -

So Joshua sent them out, and they went to the ambush site and waited between Bethel and Ai, to the west of Ai. But he spent that night with the troops.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:11 -

All the troops who were with him went up and approached the city, arriving opposite Ai, and camped to the north of it, with a valley between them and the city.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:12 -

Now Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11 -

The lot came up for the tribe of Benjamin’s descendants by their clans, and their allotted territory lay between Judah’s descendants and Joseph’s descendants.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:25 -

“For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you descendants of Reuben and Gad. You have no share in the LORD! ’ So your descendants may cause our descendants to stop fearing the LORD.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 -

“Instead, it is to be a witness between us and you, and between the generations after us, so that we may carry out the worship of the LORD in his presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings. Then in the future, your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, ‘You have no share in the LORD! ’

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:28 -

“We thought that if they said this to us or to our generations in the future, we would reply: Look at the replica of the LORD’s altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offering or sacrifice, but as a witness between us and you.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:34 -

So the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar: It[fn] is a witness between us that the LORD is God.


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