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Hin

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Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson (1831)

הין , a liquid measure, as of oil, or of wine, Exo 29:40; Exo 30:24; Leviticus 23. According to Josephus, it contained two Attic congii, and was therefore the sixth part of an ephah. He says that they offered with an ox half a hin of oil; in English measure, six pints, twenty-five thousand five hundred and ninety-eight solid inches. With a ram they offered the third part of a hin, or three pints, ten thousand four hundred and sixty-nine solid inches: with a lamb, the fourth part of a hin, or two pints, fifteen thousand and seventy-one solid inches.

Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature by John Kitto (1856)

Hin, a Hebrew liquid measure [WEIGHTS AND MEASURES].

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary by American Tract Society (1859)

A Hebrew liquid measure; as of oil, Exo 30:24 ; Eze 45:24, or of wine, Exo 29:40 ; Lev 23:13 . It was the sixth part of an ephah or bath, and contained ten or eleven pints.\par

Smith's Bible Dictionary by William Smith (1863)

Hin. See Weights and Measures.

New and Concise Bible Dictionary by George Morrish (1899)

See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Jewish Encyclopedia by Isidore Singer (ed.) (1906)

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Dictionary of the Bible by James Hastings (1909)

HIN.—See Weights and Measures.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia by James Orr (ed.) (1915)

hin (הין, hı̄n): A liquid measure containing 12 logs, equal to about 8 quarts. See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

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