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Webster 1913 Edition


Hin

Hin

(hĭn)
,
Noun.
[Heb.
hīn
.]
A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing three quarts, one pint, one gill, English measure.
W. H. Ward.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hin

HIN

,
Noun.
[Heb.] A Hebrew measure of capacity containing the sixth part of an ephah, or about five quarts English measure.

Definition 2024


hin

hin

See also: -hin and hin-

English

Noun

hin (plural hins)

  1. An ancient Hebrew unit of liquid measurement, approximately 0.48 litre.
    • Exodus 30:24 (NIV):
      500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.

Translations


Danish

Pronoun

hin

  1. that

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hiːn/
  • Rhymes: -iːn

Pronoun

hin m, f (demonstrative)

  1. the other, that, the

Article

hin m, f (definite)

  1. the

Declension

Demonstrative pronoun - ávísingarfornavn
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) hin hin hitt
Accusative (hvønnfall) hina
Dative (hvørjumfall) hinum hinari / hini hinum
Genitive (hvørsfall) hins hinnar / hinar hins
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) hinir hinar hini
Accusative (hvønnfall) hinar
Dative (hvørjumfall) hinum
Genitive (hvørsfall) hinna

German

Etymology

From Old High German hina; compare hence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪn/

Adverb

hin

  1. (to) there; thither (archaic)
    • 1912, Luther, John: 13:36 in the Bible]:
      w:Book of John XIII. 36. Spricht Simon Petrus zu ihm: HERR, wo gehst du hin? Jesus antwortete ihm: Wo ich hin gehe, kannst du mir diesmal nicht folgen; aber du wirst mir nachmals folgen

See also


Icelandic

Pronoun

hin (demonstrative)

  1. that (female)

Japanese

Romanization

hin

  1. rōmaji reading of ひん

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hin/ (example of pronunciation)

Pronoun

hin m (feminine hi, neuter hitt, plural hine)

  1. the other
    Me skal til hi sida av fjorden.
    We are going to the other side of the fjord.

Derived terms

  • hinsides (the other side)

References


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hinn.

The noun has been formed by ellipsis of phrases such as hin håle and hin onde.

Pronoun

hin

  1. (demonstrative, obsolete) other, the other one; that

Derived terms

  • hinsida (other side)
  • hinsides (on the other side)

Article

hin

  1. (obsolete except in set phrases, before an adjective) the (definite article)

Related terms

  • hin håken (the devil) (a euphemism for hin håle)
  • hin håle (the devil) (literally, “the hard one”)
  • hin onde (the devil) (literally, “the evil one”)

Noun

hin c

  1. the devil

References