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Lexicon :: Strong's H996 - bayin

Aa
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 (בֵּינָיו † Joshua 3:4; Joshua 8:11 Qr); with plural suffix in plural form בֵּינֵינוּ (בֵּנֵינוּ), etc.; also בֵּינוֺת † Ezekiel 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), בֵּינוֺתֵינוּ † Genesis 26:28; Joshua 22:34; Judges 11:10, בֵּינוֺתָם † Genesis 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 ֗֗֗ וּלְ † Joel 2:17.
d. by בֵּין ֗֗֗ לְבֵין † Isaiah 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

H996

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Strong's Number H996 matches the Hebrew בַּיִן (bayin),
which occurs 410 times in 248 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 1:4–Exo 25:22)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:4 - And God, looking on the light, saw that it was good: and God made a division between the light and the dark,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:6 - And God said, Let there be a solid arch stretching over the waters, parting the waters from the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:7 - And God made the arch for a division between the waters which were under the arch and those which were over it: and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:14 - And God said, Let there be lights in the arch of heaven, for a division between the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for marking the changes of the year, and for days and for years:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:18 - To have rule over the day and the night, and for a division between the light and the dark: and God saw that it was good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:15 - And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:12 - And God said, This is the sign of the agreement which I make between me and you and every living thing with you, for all future generations:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:13 - I will put my bow in the cloud and it will be for a sign of the agreement between me and the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:15 - And I will keep in mind the agreement between me and you and every living thing; and never again will there be a great flow of waters causing destruction to all flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:16 - And the bow will be in the cloud, and looking on it, I will keep in mind the eternal agreement between God and every living thing on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:17 - And God said to Noah, This is the sign of the agreement which I have made between me and all flesh on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:12 - And Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a very great town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:3 - And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:17 - Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:14 - So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:2 - And I will make an agreement between you and me, and your offspring will be greatly increased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:7 - And I will make between me and you and your seed after you through all generations, an eternal agreement to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:10 - And this is the agreement which you are to keep with me, you and your seed after you: every male among you is to undergo circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:11 - In the flesh of your private parts you are to undergo it, as a mark of the agreement between me and you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:1 - And Abraham went on his way from there to the land of the South, and was living between Kadesh and Shur, in Gerar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - My lord, give ear to me: the value of the land is four hundred shekels; what is that between me and you? so put your dead to rest there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:28 - And they said, We saw clearly that the Lord was with you: so we said, Let there be an oath between us and you, and let us make an agreement with you;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36 - And sent them three days' journey away: and Jacob took care of the rest of Laban's flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:37 - Now that you have made search through all my goods, what have you seen which is yours? Make it clear now before my people and your people, so that they may be judges between us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:44

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:44 - Come, let us make an agreement, you and I; and let it be for a witness between us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:48 - And Laban said, These stones are a witness between you and me today. For this reason its name was Galeed,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:49

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:49 - And Mizpah, for he said, May the Lord keep watch on us when we are unable to see one another's doings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:50

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:50 - If you are cruel to my daughters, or if you take other wives in addition to my daughters, then though no man is there to see, God will be the witness between us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:51

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:51 - And Laban said, See these stones and this pillar which I have put between you and me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:53

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:53 - May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:16 - These he gave to his servants, every herd by itself, and he said to his servants, Go on before me, and let there be a space between one herd and another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:23 - They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:10 - The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:14 - Issachar is a strong ass stretched out among the flocks:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:23 - And I will put a division between my people and your people; tomorrow this sign will be seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:4 - And the Lord will make a division between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt; there will be no loss of any of the cattle of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:7 - But against the children of Israel, man or beast, not so much as the tongue of a dog will be moved: so that you may see how the Lord makes a division between Israel and the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:6 - Keep it till the fourteenth day of the same month, when everyone who is of the children of Israel is to put it to death between sundown and dark.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:9 - And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:16 - And this will be for a sign on your hand and for a mark on your brow: for by the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:2 - Give orders to the children of Israel to go back and put up their tents before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, in front of Baal-zephon, opposite to which you are to put up your tents by the sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 14:20 - And it came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel; and there was a dark cloud between them, and they went on through the night; but the one army came no nearer to the other all the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 - And they went on their way from Elim, and all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they went out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:12 - The outcry of the children of Israel has come to my ears: say to them now, At nightfall you will have meat for your food, and in the morning bread in full measure; and you will see that I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:16 - And if they have any question between themselves, they come to me, and I am judge between a man and his neighbour, and I give them the orders and laws of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22 - And there, between the two winged ones on the cover of the ark, I will come to you, face to face, and make clear to you all the orders I have to give you for the children of Israel.

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