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מִן־Strong’s H4480

min

Appears in 1,055 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Min is the Hebrew word usually translated “from”, “from it” and “from me”. It appears in 1,055 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king’s seed, and of the princes;”
Daniel 1:3 KJV
Meaning
  1. From, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more thanfrom (expressing separation), off, on the side of · out of · out of, some of, from (partitively) · from, since, after (of time) · than, more than (in comparison) · from...even to, both...and, either...or · than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) · from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive)
  2. That
  3. N.m.
How it's translated
  • from 517
  • from it 98
  • from me 73
  • from you 50
  • from him 45
  • and from 45
  • more than 42
  • some of 41

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

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 87
  • Exodus 76
  • Psalms 75
  • Genesis 67
  • Ezekiel 63
  • 1 Chronicles 55

38 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
All 1,055 verses, by book
Song of Solomon 8
2:93:64:24:155:46:56:68:5
Lamentations 1
1:16
Jonah 3
3:84:34:5
Habakkuk 2
1:71:13
Zephaniah 3
1:41:103:18
Zechariah 4
8:1010:413:214:2
Malachi 1
2:8
Hebrew dictionary

מִן־ min · from

prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that …

מֵן men · portion

n.m. portion

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

FROM, preposition

    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.