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מִן־

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hebrewOld TestamentPreposition1,189 occurrences38 books1,057 verses

Definition

or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for H4482; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
Traditional renderings: above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, × neither, × nor, (out) of, over, since, × then, through, × whether, with.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מִן־:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,189 total
  1. Genesis 2:6מִן־ · from
    But springs welled up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
  2. Genesis 2:7מִן־ · of
    Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
  3. Genesis 2:9מִן־ · Out
    Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
  4. Genesis 2:17מִמֶּ֑נּוּ · from; מִמֶּ֖נּוּ · of it
    …but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
  5. Genesis 2:19מִן־ · And out of
    And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and He brought them to the man to see what he would name each one. And whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
  6. Genesis 2:22מִן־ · from
    And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
  7. Genesis 3:3מִמֶּ֔נּוּ · of it
    …but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
  8. Genesis 3:5מִמֶּ֔נּוּ · of it
    “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
  9. Genesis 3:11הֲמִן־ · from; מִמֶּ֖נּוּ
    “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
  10. Genesis 3:12מִן־ · [fruit] from
    And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
  11. Genesis 3:17מִן־ · of; מִמֶּ֑נּוּ
    And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
  12. Genesis 3:19מִמֶּ֖נָּה · out of it
    By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
  13. Genesis 3:22מִמֶּ֔נּוּ · of Us
    Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
  14. Genesis 4:10מִן־ · from
    “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
  15. Genesis 4:11מִן־ · from
    Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
  16. Genesis 5:29מִן־ · caused by
    And he named him Noah, saying, “May this one comfort us in the labor and toil of our hands caused by the ground that the LORD has cursed.”
  17. Genesis 6:20וּמִן־ · of
    Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.
  18. Genesis 7:2וּמִן־ · of
    You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
  19. Genesis 7:8מִן־ · [The]; וּמִן־ · and; וּמִ֨ן־
    The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground
  20. Genesis 7:23מִן־ · from
    And every living thing on the face of the earth was destroyed—man and livestock, crawling creatures and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth, and only Noah and those with him in the ark remained.
  21. Genesis 8:2מִן־ · from
    The springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained.
  22. Genesis 8:10מִן־ · from
    Noah waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
  23. Genesis 8:16מִן־ · of
    “Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.
  24. Genesis 8:19מִן־ · of
    Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.
  25. Genesis 9:18מִן־ · of
    The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.
  26. Genesis 9:21מִן־ · some of
    But when he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent.
  27. Genesis 10:11מִן־ · From
    From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
  28. Genesis 13:14מִן־ · from
    After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
  29. Genesis 16:2מִמֶּ֑נָּה · by her
    So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.
  30. Genesis 17:6מִמְּךָ֥ · from you
    I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
  31. Genesis 17:16מִמֶּ֛נָּה · by her; מִמֶּ֥נָּה · from her
    And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”
  32. Genesis 19:12מִן־ · of
    Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
  33. Genesis 19:14מִן־ · of
    So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
  34. Genesis 19:24מִן־ · out of
    Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
  35. Genesis 21:15מִן־ · in
    When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.
  36. Genesis 21:17מִן־ · from
    Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.
  37. Genesis 22:11מִן־ · from
    Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.
  38. Genesis 22:12מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ · from me
    “Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”
  39. Genesis 22:15מִן־ · from
    And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,
  40. Genesis 23:6מִמֶּ֔נּוּ · of us; מִמְּךָ֖
    “Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
  41. Genesis 23:13מִמֶּ֔נִּי · it from me
    …and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”
  42. Genesis 25:29מִן־ · from
    One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau came in from the field and was famished.
  43. Genesis 25:30מִן־ · some of
    He said to Jacob, “Let me eat some of that red stew, for I am famished.” (That is why he was also called Edom.)