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Hin

הִיןStrong’s H1969

hin

Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Hin is the Hebrew word usually translated “hin” and “hin of”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.

“And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.”
Exodus 29:40 KJV
Meaning
  1. Hina unit of measure, about 5 quarts (6 l) · a vessel holding a hin of liquid
How it's translated
  • hin 16
  • a hin 5
  • and a hin of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Numbers 9
  • Ezekiel 6
  • Exodus 2
  • Leviticus 2

4 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

הִין hin · hin

1) hin 1a) a unit of measure, about 5 quarts (6 l) 1b) a vessel holding a hin of liquid

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “hin” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

HIN, noun

[Heb.]

A Hebrew measure of capacity containing the sixth part of an ephah, or about five quarts English measure.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.