Strong’s H1143 · Hebrew

בֵּנַיִם
bênayim
bay-nah'-yim

Definition

a double interval, i.e. the space between two armies

Etymology

dual of H996 (בֵּין);

Where the KJV renders it

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Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew 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.

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