הִין
hîyn · heen
a hin or liquid measure
Lexicon
Derivation: probably of Egyptian origin;
a hin or liquid measure
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: hin.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing
To reveal, behold of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הִין above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
22 occurrences · 22 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- part of an hin9 · 41%
- of an hin4 · 18%
- an hin4 · 18%
- and an hin3 · 14%
- hin1 · 5%
- unto, and an hin1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.