Between
בֵּיןStrong’s H0997ben
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ben is the Aramaic word usually translated “between” and “between them”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.”
Meaning
- Between
How it's translated
- between 1
- between them 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 2
1 book in all.
Aramaic dictionary
בֵּין ben · between
between Aramaic of ben (בַּ֫יִן ": between" H0996)
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.