בֵּין
bêyn · bane
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Lexicon
Derivation: (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from H995 (בִּין); a distinction; but used only as a preposition,
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
- between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles)
- also, as a conjunction, either...or
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
Letters
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the house, what is within › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
The house, what is within of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of בֵּין above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
407 occurrences · 407 OT · 0 NT · 83 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- between4 · 13%
- betwixt3 · 9%
- and from3 · 9%
- from2 · 6%
- and2 · 6%
- from between2 · 6%
- divided1 · 3%
- what is that betwixt1 · 3%
- us, even betwixt1 · 3%
- it in1 · 3%
- at even1 · 3%
- it, whether1 · 3%
- or1 · 3%
- out1 · 3%
- thou among1 · 3%
- asunder1 · 3%
- whether1 · 3%
- within1 · 3%
- among1 · 3%
- as among1 · 3%
- from the midst1 · 3%
- from among1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.