Hin (Heb. hîn; Egyptian. hnw). Measure for liquids taken from the Egyptians, who used it from the Middle Kingdom. According to Jewish tradition, the Hebrew hin, used primarily for water, wine, and oil, was equivalent to 1/6 of a bath; that is, 3.67 liters (Exo 29:40; 30:24; Num 15:4, 5, 9; etc.).
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
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Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
†¢Weights and measures of the Bible.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
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vet, Hebrew measure of capacity for liquids, equivalent to between 5 and 6 liters. (See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.)
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Measure for liquids (Ex 30:24; Nu 28:14; Eze 45:24; 46:5, 7, 11); also, the container used to measure a hin. (Le 19:36) According to the Jewish historian Josephus, a hin was equal to two Athenian congios, and a bath to seventy-two sextaries. (Jewish Antiquities, book III, chap. VIII, sec. 3; book VIII, chap. II, sec. 9.) Since other sources indicate that two Athenian congios corresponded to twelve sextaries, it can be calculated that one hin was the sixth part of a bato measure, that is, about 3.7 l.
Fractions of a hin are also mentioned in the scriptures: half a hin, a third of a hin, a quarter of a hin, and a sixth of a hin, the latter being the daily ration of water that Ezekiel was allowed to drink when he represented the difficult situation that Jerusalem would go through during the siege. (Ex 29:40; Le 23:13; Nu 15:4-7, 9, 10; 28:5, 7; Eze 4:11; 46:14)
Source: Dictionary of the Bible