hinn.
/hɪn/ A Hebrew measure of capacity for liquids, containing a little over a gallon.
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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. xxx. 24 Oyle of the olyues, the mesure of hyn, that is, of two pownd.
1535 Coverdale Exod. xxx. 24 An Hin of oyle olyue.
1535 Coverdale Lev. xix. 36 A true Epha, a true Hin shalbe amonge you.
1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. i. xi. 18 Some have had a Hin, others a Homer, others an Ephah of afflictions.
1864 R. S. Hawker Quest Sangraal 1 The Sangraal..That held, like Christ's own heart, an Hin of blood!
1875 R. Conder in Trans. Soc. Bibl. Arch. IV. 122-3 The log or twelfth part of the hin, contains 24 cubic inches, the hin, 288 (or 1·0198 gallons).
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