Hin to Milliliters (hin to mL)

1 hin equals 3,666.666667 milliliters (rounded).

1 hin = 3,666.666667 milliliters

How to convert hin to milliliters

To convert hin to milliliters, multiply the number of hin by 3,666.666667. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply milliliters by 0.0002727272727 (rounded).

milliliters = hin × 3,666.666667

Example: 10 hin = 36,666.66667 milliliters.

Pints, quarts, gallons and fluid ounces differ between the US and the UK. Units are labeled 'US' or 'imperial' to avoid confusion.

Approximate value. Standards for the hin varied by place and period, so this converter uses the most commonly cited value. Treat results as estimates, not exact figures.

About these units

Hin (hin)

Biblical (Hebrew)Historical unit (no longer in standard use)Approximate value

A sixth of a bath, about 3.7 L. A biblical liquid measure for oil and wine.

Hin appears in the Pentateuch and in Ezekiel as the measure for the oil and wine poured out in the sanctuary offerings. The rabbinic tables define it by its neighbours: one hin holds twelve log, and six hin make a bath. Because the hin is defined only as a fraction of the bath, it inherits every uncertainty of that larger unit.

Taking the roughly 22 litre bath reconstructed from marked jars at Tell Beit Mirsim gives a hin of about 3.7 litres, the figure used here. Starting instead from the log at about 0.505 litres, a value tied to Babylonian weights, twelve log would give nearer 6 litres. That gap shows how far apart the reconstructions can be. A hin of about 3.7 litres is close to a US gallon, which makes it a handy rough comparison for modern readers.

1 hin = 3.666666667 liters (approximately).

Sources: Wikipedia: Hin (unit); Wikipedia: Biblical and Talmudic units of measurement

Milliliter (mL)

Metric (SI)Current unit

One thousandth of a liter, or exactly 1 cubic centimeter. Used for medicine, cooking and small containers.

Milliliters inherit everything from the liter, since the prefix simply means one thousandth. Because the liter is a cubic decimeter, a milliliter works out to exactly one cubic centimeter, a coincidence the metric system built in on purpose so that volume, length and mass interlock. One milliliter of water has a mass of about one gram, so a dosing syringe, a kitchen scale and a measuring jug can all be checked against one another.

Today milliliters dominate wherever small amounts must be measured precisely: medicine, flavorings, perfume, shampoo and the fine print on drink labels. Spelling is a mild regional split, with uppercase mL preferred in the United States, Canada and Australia and lowercase ml common in the UK and Europe. For scale, a US teaspoon is just under 5 mL, a US tablespoon is about 14.8 mL, and the US nutrition-label cup is exactly 240 mL, so one such cup is 240 of these tiny units.

1 milliliter = 0.001 liters (exactly).

Sources: Wikipedia: Litre; NIST SP 811, Appendix B.8: conversion factors for volume; 21 CFR 101.9: nutrition labeling household measures

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