Strong’s G3342 · Greek

μεταξύ
metaxý

Definition

betwixt (of place or person); (of time) as adjective, intervening, or (by implication) adjoining

Etymology

from G3326 (μετά) and a form of G4862 (σύν);

Where the KJV renders it

  • between
  • mean while
  • next

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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