בַּיִן bayin

Hebrew word for “between” · Strong’s H996 · used 407 times in 247 verses

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Meaning

: between; between, among, in the midst of (with other preps), from between

Senses in the lexicon

• between (381)
• between: among (26)

How it is translated

Glosses given for bayin in context, with how often each is used:

• between 401
• between himself 3
• will be between 1
• among 1
• between ourselves 1

Where it is used

Also in 20 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 31 (7), Genesis 1 (5), Genesis 9 (5), 1 Kings 15 (5), Genesis 17 (4), Joshua 22 (4), Genesis 13 (3), Leviticus 27 (3), Numbers 9 (3), Joshua 8 (3)

Forms

• בין 170
• ובין 120
• ביני 31
• ובינך 16
• מבין 13
• וביניכם 10
• בינינו 7
• ביניהם 5
• ומבין 4
• מבינות 4

Words used with it

Words that share verses with bayin more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אוֹת ot “sign” 15
• שָׁפַט shaphat “to judge” 17
• בְּרִית berit “covenant” 18
• בָּדַל badal “to separate” 12
• מִלְחָמָה milchamah “battle” 17
• שְׁנַיִם shenayim “two” 17
• עֶרֶב erev “evening” 11
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 19
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 16
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 17
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 16
• רָאָה raah “to see” 18

Key verses

The verses using bayin that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 1:14 — And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days,…
• Genesis 3:15 — And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
• Genesis 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to…
• Genesis 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
• 1 Kings 3:9 — Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a…
• 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…
• Song of Solomon 2:3 — As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my…
• Ezekiel 8:3 — And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the…
• Ezekiel 37:21 — 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…
• Joel 2:17 — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to…
• Zechariah 6:13 — Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and…
• Malachi 3:18 — Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.