Definition

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

Etymology

(sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from H995 (בִּין); a distinction; but used only as a preposition,

Where the KJV renders it

• among
• asunder
• at
• between (-twixt...and)
• from (the widest)
• in
• out of
• whether (it be...or)
• within

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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