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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)
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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 410 times in 248 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 5 (Exo 26:33–Jos 22:34)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:33 - “You shall [fn]hang up the veil under the clasps, and you shall bring in the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall separate for you the holy place and the Holy of Holies.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:39 - “The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the second lamb you shall offer [fn]at twilight;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:41 - “The second lamb you shall offer [fn]at twilight, and you shall offer with it [fn]the same grain offering and [fn]the same drink offering as in the morning, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:8 - “When Aaron [fn]trims the lamps [fn]at twilight, he shall burn incense. There shall be continual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - “You shall also make a laver of [fn]bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing; and you shall put it between H996 the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:13 - “But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘You shall surely keep My sabbaths; for this is a sign between H996 Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am Yahweh who makes you holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:17 - “It is a sign between H996 Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He rested and was refreshed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:7 - “You shall set the laver between H996 the tent of meeting and the altar and put water [fn]in it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:30 - He placed the laver between H996 the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:10 - and so as to separate between H996 the holy and the profane, and between H996 the unclean and the clean,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:47 - to separate between H996 the unclean and the clean, and between H996 the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - ‘You are therefore to separate between H996 the clean animal and the unclean, and between H996 the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make [fn]yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything [fn]that creeps on the ground, which I have separated for you as unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:5 - ‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month [fn]at twilight is the Passover of Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:46 -

These are the statutes and judgments and laws which Yahweh has given to be between H996 Himself and the sons of Israel by the hand of Moses at Mount Sinai.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:12 - ‘And the priest shall value it [fn]as either H996 good or H996 bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:14 -

‘Now if a man sets his house apart as holy to Yahweh, then the priest shall value it [fn]as either H996 good or H996 bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:33 - ‘He shall not inquire whether H996 it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; or if he does exchange it, then both it and its substitute shall become holy. It shall not be redeemed.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 -

Now when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the [fn]mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between H996 the two cherubim, so He spoke to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:3 - “On the fourteenth day of this month, [fn]at twilight, you shall observe it at its appointed time; you shall observe it according to all its statutes and according to all its judgments.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:5 - And they celebrated the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that Yahweh had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:11 - ‘In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight, they shall observe it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:33 - While the meat was still between H996 their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of Yahweh was kindled against the people, and Yahweh struck the people with a very severe plague.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:37 - “Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he shall take up the censers out of the midst H996 of the [fn]blaze, and you scatter [fn]the burning coals abroad; for they are holy.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:48 - And he took his stand between H996 the dead and the living, so that the plague was checked.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:13 - From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites, for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between H996 Moab and the Amorites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:56 - “According to the selection by lot, their inheritance shall be divided between H996 the larger and the smaller groups.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:4 - ‘You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer [fn]at twilight,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:8 - ‘And the other lamb you shall offer [fn]at twilight; as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to Yahweh.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:16 -

These are the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, as between H996 a man and his wife, and as between H996 a father and his daughter, while she is in her youth in her father’s house.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 31:27 - and divide the loot between H996 the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:24 - then the congregation shall judge between H996 the [fn]slayer and the blood avenger according to these legal judgments.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:1 -

These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite [fn]Suph, between H996 Paran and Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth and Dizahab.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:16 -

“Then I commanded your judges at that time, saying, ‘Hear the cases between H996 your brothers, and judge righteously between H996 a man and his brother or the sojourner who is with him.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:5 - I was standing between H996 Yahweh and you at that time, to declare to you the word of Yahweh; for you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain. [fn]He said,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:8 - “You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as [fn]phylacteries between H996 your eyes.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:18 -

“You shall therefore place these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as [fn]phylacteries between H996 your eyes.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:1 -

“You are the sons of Yahweh your God; you shall not gash yourselves nor [fn]shave your forehead H996 for the sake of the dead.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 17:8 -

“If any case is too difficult for you to judge, between H996 [fn]one kind of homicide or another, between H996 [fn]one kind of lawsuit or another, and between H996 [fn]one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your gates, then you shall arise and go up to the place which Yahweh your God chooses.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:1 -

“If there is a dispute between H996 men and they go to court for judgment, and [fn]the judges judge their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:57 - and toward her afterbirth which issues from between H996 her [fn]legs and toward her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will [fn]oppress you in your gates.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:12 -

Of Benjamin he said,

“May the beloved of Yahweh dwell in security by Him,

Who shields him all the day,

And he dwells between H996 His shoulders.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:4 - “However, there shall be between H996 you and it a distance of about [fn]2,000 cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:9 - So Joshua sent them away, and they went to the place of ambush and remained between H996 Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua spent that night among the people.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:11 - Then all the people of war who were with him went up and drew near and arrived in front of the city and camped on the north side of Ai. Now there was a valley between H996 him and Ai.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:12 - And he took about 5,000 men and set them in ambush between H996 Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the [fn]city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11 -

Now the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot [fn]lay between H996 the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:25 - “And Yahweh has made the Jordan a border between H996 us and you, you sons of Reuben and sons of Gad; you have no portion in Yahweh.” So your sons may make our sons stop fearing Yahweh.’
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 - rather it shall be a witness between H996 us and you and between H996 our generations after us, that we are to perform the service of Yahweh before Him with our burnt offerings and with our sacrifices and with our peace offerings, so that your sons will not say to our sons in time to come, “You have no portion in Yahweh.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:28 - “Therefore we said, ‘It will also be that if they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, then we shall say, “See the copy of the altar of Yahweh which our fathers made, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice; rather it is a witness between H996 us and you.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:34 - And the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar Witness; “For,” they said, “it is a witness between H996 us that Yahweh is God.”

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