מִן
min · min
{properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H4480 (מִן)
{properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of}
- {properly, a part of
- hence, (prepositionally), from or out of}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: according, after, [phrase] because, [phrase] before, by, for, from, [idiom] him, [idiom] more than, (out) of, part, since, [idiom] these, to, upon, [phrase] when.
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
109 occurrences · 109 OT · 0 NT · 26 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- from25 · 28%
- of16 · 18%
- out of11 · 13%
- i3 · 3%
- of thee3 · 3%
- and part3 · 3%
- thee from3 · 3%
- before3 · 3%
- and i2 · 2%
- from me2 · 2%
- part2 · 2%
- because2 · 2%
- when1 · 1%
- after1 · 1%
- and since1 · 1%
- moreover i1 · 1%
- also1 · 1%
- it, according1 · 1%
- they of1 · 1%
- it out of1 · 1%
- is commanded by1 · 1%
- upon him1 · 1%
- for1 · 1%
- more than1 · 1%
- to thee1 · 1%
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.