Mal 3:18 (×2) 2 Ch 14:1 0. c. by וּלְ … בֵּין •Jo 2:1 7. d. by לְבֵין … בֵּין •Is 59:2 . בֵּין is used not only of actual locality, but also with verbs of dividing ( fig. ) Gn 1:14 Lv 10:1 0, and of judging, knowing, teaching, etc., if the idea of distinguishing be involved, as Gn 16:5 2 S 19:36 מֹוב לְרָע הַאֵדַע בֵּין can I discern between good and evil? 1 K 3:9 Jon 4:1 1; Gn 31:49 (watch between ), Ju 11:10 (hear), Jos 22:27 (witness), Is 2:4 and he shall judge (arbitrate) between the nations, 5:3 ; Lv 27:33 ; Ez 44:23 ; Mal 3:18 ; 2 Ch 14:10 (see RV ); and in other metaph. applications, as of a covenant or sign between two contracting parties, Gn 9:12 , 15 Ex 31:13 +; or an oath Gn 26:28 2 S 21: 7; enmity or strife Gn 3:15 ; 13:7 Dt 25:1 Pr 6:1 9; peace 1 K 5:26 ; good-will Pr 14:9 .—It is used of time in the phrase of P בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם ( v. sub עֶרֶב ), & Ne 5:18 בֵּין עֲשֶׂרֶת יָמִים during the interval of ten days, i.e. every ten days (unusual).
With other prepositions:— a. • אֶל־בֵּין , after a verb implying motion, in between, in among Ez 31:1 0, 14 . So אֶל־בֵּינֹות לְ •ib. 10:2 . b. • בְּבֵן Is 44:4 in the midst of, amongst ( Ö Ew Di Che כְּבֵין מַיִם חָצִיר ). c.
• עַל־בֵּין nearly as אֶל־בֵּין Ez 19:1 1. d. • מִבֵּין from between: Gn 49:10 nor the ruler’s staff מִבֵּין רַגְלָיו from between his feet (where, as the king sits in state, he holds it), Ex 25:22 from between the cherubim (so Nu 7:89 ), Ho 2:4 Zc 6: 1; 9:7 ; Dt 28:57 the after-birth רַגְלֶיהָ הַיֹּוצֵת מִבֵּין that cometh forth from between her feet, i.e. from her womb ( cf. Il. 19. 10 πεσεῖν
µετὰ ποσσὶ γυναικός ). Repeated 2 K 16:14 to specify the two objects from
between which a thing is moved. Ez 47:18 is difficult and uncertain: v. Comm. Less precisely from the midst of: Nu 17:2 מִבֵּין הַשְּׂרֵפָה out of the midst of the burning, ψ 104:12 מִבֵּין עֳפָאִים from amongst the branches they utter their song, Je 48:45 and a flame מִבֵּין סִיחֹון from the midst of Sihon (Sihon representing his people: but expression is singular; read perhaps מִבֵּית ס׳ , cf. Nu 21:28 מִקִּרְיַת ס׳ : || in both passages מֵחֶשְׁבֹּון ), Ez 37:21 . e. • לְ מִבֵּינֹות from between Ez 10: 2, 6 (×2), 7 .
2.
•
Dual
בֵּנַ˜יִם
space between two armies
(
=
Gk.
µεταίχµιον
),
1 S 17:4
,
23
אִישׁ הַבֵּנַיִם
man of the
µεταίχµιον
, i.e. champion (of Goliath).
fig. figurative. RV Revised Version. metaph. metaphor, metaphorically. P Priests Code or Narrative.
Di A. Dillmann. Che T. K. Cheyne. Comm. Commentary, Commentaries, Commentators. || parallel, of words (synonymous or contrasted); also of passages; sometimes = see parallel, or see also parallel.