Between
בַּ֫יִןStrong’s H0996bayin (ba-yin)
Appears in 247 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Bayin is the Hebrew word usually translated “between”, “between me” and “between you”. It appears in 247 verses of the Old Testament.
“And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.”
Meaning
- Between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between
How it's translated
- between 171
- and between 121
- between me 31
- and between you 28
- from between 17
- between us 10
- between them 8
- between you 7
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 37
- Ezekiel 29
- Exodus 22
- Numbers 14
- 1 Kings 14
- 1 Samuel 13
32 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 8:16In contextAnd I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision.
- Daniel 8:21In contextAnd the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
- Daniel 11:45In contextAnd he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
- Zechariah 1:8In contextI saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white.
- Zechariah 1:10In contextAnd the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth.
- Zechariah 1:11In contextAnd they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest.
All 247 verses, by book
- Genesis 37
- 1:41:61:71:141:183:159:129:139:159:169:1710:1213:313:713:815:1716:516:1417:217:717:1017:1120:123:1526:2830:3631:3731:4431:4831:4931:5031:5131:5332:1642:2349:1049:14
- Exodus 22
- 8:239:411:712:613:913:1614:214:2016:116:1218:1622:1125:2226:3329:3929:4130:830:1831:1331:1740:740:30
- 1 Chronicles 1
- 21:16
- Esther 1
- 3:8
- Ezekiel 29
- 1:134:38:38:1610:210:610:718:819:219:1120:1220:2022:2631:331:1031:1434:1734:2034:2237:2140:741:1041:1842:2043:844:2347:1647:1848:22
- Hosea 1
- 2:2
- Joel 1
- 2:17
- Obadiah 1
- 1:4
- Jonah 1
- 4:11
- Micah 1
- 4:3
Hebrew dictionary
בַּ֫יִן bayin · between
: between between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “between” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BETWEE'N, preposition
- In the intermediate space, without regard to distance; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia; the Delaware river runs between Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
- From one another; passing from one to another, noting exchange of actions or intercourse; as, things go well between the parties.
- Belonging to two or more, in common or partnership; as, two friends have but one soul between them; twenty proprietors own a tract of land between them.
- Having mutual relation to two or more; as, discords exist between the families.
All definitions
- Noting difference, or discrimination of one from another; as, to distinguish between right and wrong.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.