Definition
(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
Traditional renderings: among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), + from (the widest), × in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
Traditional renderings: among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), + from (the widest), × in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders בַּ֫יִן:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
407 total
- Job 9:33בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ · between usNor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
- Job 24:11בֵּין־ · withinThey crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
- Job 30:7בֵּין־ · amongThey cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.
- Job 34:4בֵינֵ֣ינוּ · togetherLet us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
- Job 34:37בֵּינֵ֣ינוּ · among usFor he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God.”
- Job 41:6בֵּ֣ין · amongWill traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?
- Job 41:16בֵֽינֵיהֶֽם׃ · between themOne scale is so near to another that no air can pass between them.
- Psalm 68:13בֵּ֪ין · amongThough you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”
- Psalm 104:10בֵּ֥ין · betweenHe sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.
- Psalm 104:12מִבֵּ֥ין · amongThe birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
- Proverbs 6:19בֵּ֣ין · among…a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
- Proverbs 14:9וּבֵ֖ין · amongFools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
- Proverbs 18:18וּבֵ֖יןCasting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents.
- Proverbs 26:13בֵּ֣ין · [roams]The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
- Song of Solomon 1:13בֵּ֥ין · betweenMy beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
- Song of Solomon 2:2בֵּ֣ין · among; בֵּ֥ין · amongLike a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
- Song of Solomon 2:3בֵּ֣ין · amongLike an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
- Isaiah 2:4בֵּ֣ין · betweenThen He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
- Isaiah 5:3בֵּינִ֖י · between Me; וּבֵ֥ין“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.
- Isaiah 22:11בֵּ֚ין · betweenYou built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.
- Isaiah 44:4בְּבֵ֣ין · amongThey will sprout among the grass like willows by flowing streams.
- Isaiah 59:2בֵּינֵכֶ֕ם · between you; לְבֵ֖יןBut your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
- Jeremiah 7:5בֵּ֥ין; וּבֵ֥יןFor if you really correct your ways and deeds, if you act justly toward one another,
- Jeremiah 25:16בֵּינֹתָֽם׃ · among themAnd they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”
- Jeremiah 25:27בֵּינֵיכֶֽם׃ · among you“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’
- Jeremiah 34:18בֵּ֥ין · betweenAnd those who have transgressed My covenant and have not fulfilled the terms of the covenant they made before Me, I will treat like the calf they cut in two in order to pass between its pieces.
- Jeremiah 34:19בֵּ֖ין · betweenThe officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf,
- Jeremiah 39:4בֵּ֣ין · betweenWhen Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.
- Jeremiah 48:45מִבֵּ֣ין · from within“Those who flee will stand helpless in Heshbon’s shadow, because fire has gone forth from Heshbon and a flame from within Sihon. It devours the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of the sons of tumult.
- Jeremiah 52:7בֵּין־ · betweenThen the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,
- Lamentations 1:3בֵּ֥ין · in the midstJudah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
- Lamentations 1:17בֵּינֵיהֶֽם׃ס · among themZion stretches out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The LORD has decreed against Jacob that his neighbors become his foes. Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.
- Ezekiel 1:13בֵּ֣ין · betweenIn the midst of the living creatures was the appearance of glowing coals of fire, or of torches. Fire moved back and forth between the living creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it.
- Ezekiel 4:3בֵּינְךָ֖ · between yourself; וּבֵ֣יןThen take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 8:3בֵּֽין־ · between; וּבֵ֣יןHe stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
- Ezekiel 8:16בֵּ֤ין · between; וּבֵ֣ין · andSo He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.
- Ezekiel 10:2בֵּינ֨וֹת; מִבֵּינ֣וֹת · from amongAnd the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.
- Ezekiel 10:6מִבֵּינ֣וֹת · from within; מִבֵּינ֖וֹת · from amongWhen the LORD commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.
- Ezekiel 10:7מִבֵּינ֣וֹת; בֵּינ֣וֹת · was amongThen one of the cherubim reached out his hand and took some of the fire that was among them. And he put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who received it and went out.
- Ezekiel 18:8בֵּ֥ין · betweenHe does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.