Strong’s H997 · Hebrew

בֵּין
bêyn
bane

Definition

{between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or}

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H996 (בֵּין)

Where the KJV renders it

  • among
  • between

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.

What the first audience heard

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