תָּוֶךְ tâvek

Meaning

a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre

In the King James Version: among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

Derivation: from an unused root meaning to sever;

Where it is used

• 1 Kings 6:27 And he placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple. Since their wings were spread out, the wing of the first cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the second cherub touched the other wall, and in the middle of the room their wingtips touched.
• 1 Kings 8:51 For they are Your people and Your inheritance; You brought them out of Egypt, out of the furnace for iron.
• 1 Kings 8:64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.
• 1 Kings 11:20 And the sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad a son named Genubath. Tahpenes herself weaned him in Pharaoh’s palace, and Genubath lived there among the sons of Pharaoh.
• 1 Kings 14:7 Go, tell Jeroboam that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I raised you up from among the people and appointed you ruler over My people Israel.
• 2 Kings 4:13 and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.
• 2 Kings 6:20 When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, “O LORD, open the eyes of these men that they may see.” Then the LORD opened their eyes, and they looked around and discovered that they were in Samaria.
• 2 Kings 9:2 When you arrive, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go in, get him away from his companions, and take him to an inner room.
• 2 Kings 11:2 But Jehosheba daughter of King Joram, the sister of Ahaziah, took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered. She put him and his nurse in a bedroom to hide him from Athaliah, and he was not killed.
• 2 Kings 23:9 Although the priests of the high places did not come up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, they ate unleavened bread with their fellow priests.
• 1 Chronicles 11:14 But Eleazar and David stationed themselves in the middle of the field and defended it. They struck down the Philistines, and the LORD brought about a great victory.
• 1 Chronicles 11:22 And Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
• 1 Chronicles 16:1 So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.
• 1 Chronicles 21:6 But Joab did not include Levi and Benjamin in the count, because the king’s command was detestable to him.
• 2 Chronicles 6:13 Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
• 2 Chronicles 7:7 Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar he had made could not hold all these offerings.
• 2 Chronicles 20:14 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaph’s descendants, as he stood in the midst of the assembly.
• 2 Chronicles 22:11 But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.
• 2 Chronicles 23:20 And he took with him the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD and entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate. They seated King Joash on the royal throne,
• 2 Chronicles 32:4 Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?” they said.
• Nehemiah 4:11 And our enemies said, “Before they know or see a thing, we will come into their midst, kill them, and put an end to the work.”
• Nehemiah 4:22 At that time I also said to the people, “Let every man and his servant spend the night inside Jerusalem, so that they can stand guard by night and work by day.”
• Nehemiah 6:10 Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”
• Nehemiah 7:4 Now the city was large and spacious, but there were few people in it, and the houses had not yet been rebuilt.
• Nehemiah 9:11 You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
• Esther 4:1 When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
• Esther 9:28 These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
• Job 1:6 One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
• Job 2:1 On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
• Job 2:8 And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
• Job 15:19 to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
• Job 20:13 though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,
• Job 42:15 No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.
• Psalms 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
• Psalms 22:22 I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
• Psalms 40:8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
• Psalms 40:10 I have not covered up Your righteousness in my heart; I have declared Your faithfulness and salvation; I have not concealed Your loving devotion and faithfulness from the great assembly.
• Psalms 57:4 My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts—with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
• Psalms 57:6 They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah
• Psalms 68:25 The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
• Psalms 109:30 With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.
• Psalms 116:19 in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
• Psalms 135:9 He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.
• Psalms 136:11 and brought Israel out from among them His loving devotion endures forever.
• Psalms 136:14 and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever.
• Psalms 137:2 There on the willows we hung our harps,
• Psalms 143:4 My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.
• Proverbs 1:14 Throw in your lot with us; let us all share one purse”—
• Proverbs 4:21 Do not lose sight of them; keep them within your heart.
• Proverbs 5:14 I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”
• Proverbs 5:15 Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
• Proverbs 8:20 I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
• Proverbs 17:2 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
• Proverbs 22:13 The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
• Proverbs 27:22 Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
• Song of Solomon 3:10 He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
• Isaiah 5:2 He dug it up and cleared the stones and planted the finest vines. He built a watchtower in the middle and dug out a winepress as well. He waited for the vineyard to yield good grapes, but the fruit it produced was sour!
• Isaiah 6:5 Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
• Isaiah 7:6 ‘Let us invade Judah, terrorize it, and divide it among ourselves. Then we can install the son of Tabeal over it as king.’
• Isaiah 16:3 “Give us counsel; render a decision. Shelter us at noonday with shade as dark as night. Hide the refugees; do not betray the one who flees.