HebrewH4480Prep

מִן־

min

969Occurrences
H4480Strong's #
PrepPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for H4482 (מֵן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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 Aramaic equivalent: min (*מִן־ *"from" H4481)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Prep

Morphology Code

H:Prep

Full Description

H:Prep

Occurrences

מִן־ appears 969 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Leviticus
84
Exodus
72
Genesis
66
Ezk
61
2 Chronicles
52
Jeremiah
52
Job
51
Deuteronomy
47

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:3BSB

When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.

2 Samuel 12:17BSB

The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.

Ezk 14:19BSB

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Judges 21:21BSB

and watch. When you see the daughters of Shiloh come out to perform their dances, each of you is to come out of the vineyards, catch for himself a wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.

Leviticus 16:19BSB

He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.

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