מִן
min · min
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
Lexicon
Derivation: or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for H4482 (מֵן);
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- properly, a part of
- hence, (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִן 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
1188 occurrences · 1188 OT · 0 NT · 105 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from2 · 8%
- of2 · 8%
- and out1 · 4%
- because1 · 4%
- in1 · 4%
- me, i pray thee, with1 · 4%
- by reason of1 · 4%
- since1 · 4%
- above1 · 4%
- among1 · 4%
- than1 · 4%
- or a stranger1 · 4%
- sheep1 · 4%
- not1 · 4%
- over1 · 4%
- to them, neither1 · 4%
- both1 · 4%
- and have provoked1 · 4%
- after1 · 4%
- whether1 · 4%
- at1 · 4%
- by1 · 4%
- you from among1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis75
- Exodus90
- Leviticus102
- Numbers58
- Deuteronomy56
- Joshua41
- Judges51
- Ruth7
- 1 Samuel31
- 2 Samuel39
- 1 Kings34
- 2 Kings42
- 1 Chronicles66
- 2 Chronicles60
- Ezra12
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.