From
מִן־Strong’s H4481min
Appears in 82 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Min is the Aramaic word usually translated “from”, “from me” and “from you”. It appears in 82 verses of the Old Testament.
“The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.”
Meaning
- From, out of, by, by reason of, at, more thanfrom, out of (of place) · from, by, as a result of, by reason of, at, according to, (of source) · from (of time) · beyond, more than (in comparisons)
How it's translated
- from 61
- and from me 5
- from me 4
- and from 4
- from you 4
- according to 3
- from him 3
- some of them 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 60
- Ezra 21
- Jeremiah 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:6In contextBut if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
- Daniel 2:8In contextThe king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
- Daniel 2:15In contextHe answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
- Daniel 2:16In contextThen Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
- Daniel 2:18In contextThat they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 2:20In contextDaniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
All 82 verses, by book
- Jeremiah 1
- 10:11
Aramaic dictionary
מִן־ min · from
1) from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than 1a) from, out of (of place) 1b) from, by, as a result of, by reason of, at, according to, (of source) 1c) from (of time) 1d) beyond, more than (in comparisons)
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.