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בֵּין H996
H996 is the Hebrew word בֵּין, transliterated bêyn and said bane. The King James Version most often renders it between.
What it means
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or.
Where it comes from
(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,.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 29 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
Verses using בֵּין
All 23 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 1:4 · KJV
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Genesis 9:16 · KJV
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Genesis 15:17 · KJV
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
Genesis 23:15 · KJV
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
Genesis 26:28 · KJV
And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee;
Genesis 31:37 · KJV
Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
Genesis 32:16 · KJV
And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
Exodus 12:6 · KJV
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Exodus 16:12 · KJV
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
Exodus 25:22 · KJV
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Leviticus 27:12 · KJV
And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
Numbers 16:37 · KJV
Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
Judges 5:16 · KJV
Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
2 Kings 2:11 · KJV
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
2 Chronicles 14:11 · KJV
And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
Job 24:11 · KJV
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Psalm 104:12 · KJV
By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
Isaiah 44:4 · KJV
And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.
Isaiah 59:2 · KJV
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Jeremiah 48:45 · KJV
They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
Ezekiel 10:2 · KJV
And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
Ezekiel 37:21 · KJV
And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:
Ezekiel 47:18 · KJV
And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side.
Common questions
What does Strong's H996 mean?
H996 is the Hebrew word בֵּין (bêyn), meaning between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or.
How is H996 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it between (6 times), from (5 times), betwixt (4 times), among (4 times), and (2 times), among others.
How many times does H996 appear in the Bible?
בֵּין (bêyn) is tagged in 23 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H996 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: (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,.
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