hin
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Definition of hin
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(historical)A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
“500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.”
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noun
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(historical)A former Hebrew liquid measure of volume (about 3.8 L).
“500 shekels of cassia — all according to the sanctuary shekel — and a hin of olive oil.”
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(historical)An Ancient Egyptian liquid measure of volume (about 0.48 L).
“The hin for liquids was subdivided dimidially down to ¹⁄₃₂ = 1 ro.”
name
- A surname.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English hin, from Latin hin, from Hebrew הִין, from Egyptian h:n-nw-w-W22 (hnw, “jar, unit of liquid volume”).
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