The meaning of “בֵּין”
Understanding bêyn reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
(sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין;...
בֵּין
(sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין; a distinction; but used only as a preposition, among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within. - between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles) - also as a conjunction, either...or 1) between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 23:15 | “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.” Word: בֵּין (bêyn) | |
| Leviticus 27:12 | “And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.” Word: בֵּין (bêyn) | |
| Judges 5:16 | “Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.” Word: בֵּין (bêyn) | |
| 2 Chronicles 14:11 | “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.” Word: בֵּין (bêyn) | |
| Psalms 104:12 | “By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.” Word: בֵּין (bêyn) |
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