Strong's Hebrew: 4481. מִן (min) -- from, out of, by, since, than
Strong's Lexicon
min: from, out of, by, since, than
Original Word: מִן
Part of Speech: Preposition
Transliteration: min
Pronunciation: min
Phonetic Spelling: (min)
Definition: from, out of, by, since, than
Meaning: a part of, from, out of
Word Origin: A primitive particle
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G1537 (ἐκ, ek) – often used in the Septuagint to translate "min," meaning "out of" or "from."
- G575 (ἀπό, apo) – another Greek preposition used similarly to denote separation or origin.
Usage: The Hebrew preposition "min" is used to denote separation, origin, or comparison. It often indicates the point of departure or the source from which something originates. It can also be used in comparative contexts to express "more than" or "less than."
Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, prepositions like "min" were essential for conveying relationships between objects, people, and concepts. The use of "min" reflects a worldview that often emphasized origins and sources, whether in terms of geography, lineage, or divine command. Understanding the use of "min" helps in grasping the Hebrew mindset regarding identity and relationship, both with God and within the community.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
(Aramaic) corresponding to min
Definition
from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than
NASB Translation
according (2), after* (1), among* (1), because (2), because* (2), before* (3), besides* (2), commanded* (1), more than (1), part (1), partly (6), some* (1), soon* (1), surely* (1), than (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מִן preposition from, out of, by, by reason of, at, more than (Biblical Hebrew and General Aramaic id.); — rarely assimilated, as in Hebrew, see Daniel 6:5 מִצַּד, Ezra 5:11; Ezra 6:14; suffix מִנִּי, מִנָּךְ3masculine מִנֵּהּ, feminine מִנַּהּ Daniel 2:42; Daniel 7:24; 3masculine plural מִנְּהוֺן (so Palmyrene Tariff ii. a 34; Nabataean, Egyptian Aramaic מנהם, CookeNo. 89. 6, S-CPap. A 10) Daniel 2:33 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:41 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:42 (twice in verse) Kt (Qr each time feminine מִנְּהֵן), Daniel 6:3 (twice in verse); —
1 of place:
a. from, Daniel 4:10; Daniel 4:11; Daniel 4:28; Daniel 7:4 +, מִן תַּמָּה Ezra 6:6; figurative on the side or part of (compare Biblical Hebrew 1c) Daniel 6:5 מִצַּד מַלְכוּתָא.
b. out of, Daniel 3:15,26; Daniel 5:2; Daniel 7:3, etc.
c. (coming) from Daniel 2:35, away from, Daniel 2:45; Daniel 4:11; Daniel 4:22; Daniel 4:28; Jeremiah 10:11.
d. to ask or exact of a person, Daniel 2:16,49 +; Ezra 7:26; to deliver from Daniel 6:21.
2. a. of the source (Biblical Hebrew
2b), as to be fed from Daniel 4:9; or author (ib.
d), מִנִּי שִׂים טְעֵם = by me is a decree made, Daniel 3:29; Daniel 4:3 (Dan 6:27 מִןקֳֿדָמַי), Ezra 4:19 +, compare Ezra 5:17; מִנַּי = on my part Daniel 2:5,8 (see אַזְדָּא).
b. of the immediate cause, as a result of, by, Daniel 4:22 (= ב Daniel 4:12; Daniel 4:20), Daniel 4:30; Daniel 5:21: so with a verb of fearing Daniel 5:19.
c. of the remoter cause, by reason of (Biblical Hebrew 2f ), Daniel 5:19 מִןרְֿבוּתָא, Daniel 7:11; so מִןדִּֿי, see דִּי
3. d. of the norm (compare Biblical Hebrew
2g) = at, according to, Ezra 6:14 ׳מִןטַֿעַם אֱלָהּ יִשׂ at the decree of, etc., Ezra 7:23; Daniel 2:8 מִןיַֿצִּיב according to certainty, Daniel 2:47 מִןקְֿשֹׁט.
3 partitively (Biblical Hebrew
3), Daniel 6:3 חַד מִנְּהוֺן, Daniel 7:8,16; Daniel 2:25; Daniel 5:13; (some) of Daniel 2:41 מִןנִֿצְבְּתָא; מִנְּהוֺן מִ֗֗֗נְּהוֺן some . . . others of them Daniel 2:33,41,42a; so Daniel 2:42b מִ֗֗֗נַּהּ.
4 of time, from, Daniel 2:20 (מִן ֗֗֗ וְעַד), Ezra 4:15,19; see also אְדַיִן and דַּי 4
5 in comparisons, different from Daniel 7:3,7,19,23,24, beyond, more than Daniel 2:30; Daniel 2:39; Daniel 6:30; Daniel 7:20 end; Daniel 4:13 לִבְבֵהּ מִןאֲֿנָשָׁא יְשַׁנּוֺן let his heart be changed away from man's (Biblical Hebrew
7b b; Isaiah 52:14).
6 compounds: — see לְוָת, קֳדָס, [קַדְמָה], תְּחוֺת.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
according, after, because, before, by, for, from, him,
(Aramaic) corresponding to min -- according, after, + because, + before, by, for, from, X him, X more than, (out) of, part, since, X these, to, upon, + when.
see HEBREW min
Forms and Transliterations
וּ֠מִנִּי וּמִן־ וּמִנִּי֙ וּמִנִּי֮ וּמִנֵּ֖הּ וּמִנַּ֖הּ ומן־ ומנה ומני מִן־ מִנְּה֑וֹן מִנְּהוֹן֙ מִנִּ֖י מִנִּ֣י מִנִּ֥י מִנִּי֮ מִנֵּ֑הּ מִנֵּ֖הּ מִנֵּֽהּ׃ מִנַּהּ֙ מִנָּ֑ךְ מִנָּ֔ךְ מִנָּ֣ךְ מִנָּֽךְ׃ מִנְּהֵ֞ן מִנְּהֵ֥ין מִנְּהֵין֙ מן־ מנה מנה׃ מנהון מנהין מנהן מני מנך מנך׃ min min- min·nah min·nāḵ min·nə·hên min·nə·hō·wn min·nêh min·nî minNach minnah minnāḵ minNeh minnêh minneHein minneHen minnəhên minnehOn minnəhōwn minNi minnî ū·min- ū·min·nah ū·min·nêh ū·min·nî umin ūmin- uminNah ūminnah uminNeh ūminnêh uminNi ūminnî
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Ezra 4:12
HEB: דִּ֤י סְלִ֙קוּ֙ מִן־ לְוָתָ֔ךְ עֲלֶ֥ינָא
KJV: which came up from thee to us
INT: who came from thee to us
Ezra 4:15
HEB: עָבְדִ֣ין בְּגַוַּ֔הּ מִן־ יוֹמָ֖ת עָלְמָ֑א
KJV: sedition within the same of old time:
INT: may be made within of days past
Ezra 4:19
HEB: וּמִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒
KJV: And I commanded, and search
INT: and I has been issued A decree
Ezra 4:19
HEB: קִרְיְתָ֣א דָ֔ךְ מִן־ יוֹמָת֙ עָֽלְמָ֔א
KJV: that this city of old time
INT: city this of days past
Ezra 4:21
HEB: תִתְבְּנֵ֔א עַד־ מִנִּ֖י טַעְמָ֥א יִתְּשָֽׂם׃
KJV: shall be given from me.
INT: may not be rebuilt until me commandment is issued
Ezra 4:23
HEB: אֱדַ֗יִן מִן־ דִּ֞י פַּרְשֶׁ֤גֶן
NAS: Then as soon as the copy of King
INT: Then according forasmuch as the copy
Ezra 5:12
HEB: לָהֵ֗ן מִן־ דִּ֨י הַרְגִּ֤זוּ
NAS: But because our fathers had provoked
KJV: But after that our fathers
INT: But after forasmuch had provoked
Ezra 5:14
HEB: נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר הַנְפֵּק֙ מִן־ הֵֽיכְלָא֙ דִּ֣י
KJV: took out of the temple
INT: Nebuchadnezzar had taken of the temple whom
Ezra 5:14
HEB: כּ֣וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּ֗א מִן־ הֵֽיכְלָא֙ דִּ֣י
KJV: take out of the temple
INT: Cyrus King of the temple whom
Ezra 5:16
HEB: דִּ֣י בִירוּשְׁלֶ֑ם וּמִן־ אֱדַ֧יִן וְעַד־
KJV: which [is] in Jerusalem: and since that time
INT: in Jerusalem and since then until
Ezra 5:17
HEB: אִיתַ֗י דִּֽי־ מִן־ כּ֤וֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא֙
KJV: was made of Cyrus
INT: be which of Cyrus King
Ezra 6:4
HEB: חֲדַ֑ת וְנִ֨פְקְתָ֔א מִן־ בֵּ֥ית מַלְכָּ֖א
KJV: be given out of the king's
INT: of new the cost of treasury the royal
Ezra 6:5
HEB: נְבֽוּכַדְנֶצַּ֗ר הַנְפֵּ֛ק מִן־ הֵיכְלָ֥א דִי־
KJV: took forth out of the temple
INT: Nebuchadnezzar took of the temple which
Ezra 6:6
HEB: רַחִיקִ֥ין הֲו֖וֹ מִן־ תַּמָּֽה׃
KJV: be ye far from thence:
INT: keep be ye from there
Ezra 6:8
HEB: וּמִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒
KJV: Moreover I make a decree
INT: I issue A decree
Ezra 6:11
HEB: וּמִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒
KJV: Also I have made a decree,
INT: Also issued A decree
Ezra 6:11
HEB: יִתְנְסַ֥ח אָע֙ מִן־ בַּיְתֵ֔הּ וּזְקִ֖יף
KJV: be pulled down from his house,
INT: shall be drawn A timber from his house up
Ezra 6:14
HEB: וּבְנ֣וֹ וְשַׁכְלִ֗לוּ מִן־ טַ֙עַם֙ אֱלָ֣הּ
NAS: building according to the command
KJV: and finished [it], according to the commandment
INT: building finished according to the commandment of the God
Ezra 7:13
HEB: מִנִּי֮ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵם֒
KJV: I make a decree,
INT: I have issued A decree
Ezra 7:13
HEB: מִתְנַדַּ֣ב בְּמַלְכוּתִי֩ מִן־ עַמָּ֨ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל
KJV: that all they of the people
INT: are willing my kingdom of of the people of Israel
Ezra 7:14
HEB: קֳבֵ֗ל דִּי֩ מִן־ קֳדָ֨ם מַלְכָּ֜א
INT: according to which according by the king
Ezra 7:20
HEB: לְמִנְתַּ֑ן תִּנְתֵּ֕ן מִן־ בֵּ֖ית גִּנְזֵ֥י
KJV: bestow [it] out of the king's
INT: to provide provide of the house treasury
Ezra 7:21
HEB: וּ֠מִנִּי אֲנָ֞ה אַרְתַּחְשַׁ֤סְתְּא
KJV: And I, [even] I Artaxerxes
INT: and I I Artaxerxes
Ezra 7:23
HEB: כָּל־ דִּ֗י מִן־ טַ֙עַם֙ אֱלָ֣הּ
NAS: Whatever is commanded by the God
INT: Whatsoever so according account the God
Ezra 7:26
HEB: לֶהֱוֵ֥א מִתְעֲבֵ֖ד מִנֵּ֑הּ הֵ֤ן לְמוֹת֙
KJV: speedily upon him, whether
INT: become be executed him whether death