Lexicon :: Strong's H5512 - sîn

סִין
Transliteration
sîn
Pronunciation
seen
Part of Speech
proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain derivation
Strong’s Definitions

סִין Çîyn, seen; of uncertain derivation; Sin the name of an Egyptian town and (probably) desert adjoining:—Sin.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H5512 in the following manner: Sin (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H5512 in the following manner: Sin (6x).
  1. Sin = "thorn" or "clay"

    1. a town in eastern Egypt

    2. the tract of wilderness between Elim and Sinai

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סִין Çîyn, seen; of uncertain derivation; Sin the name of an Egyptian town and (probably) desert adjoining:—Sin.
STRONGS H5512: Abbreviations
† I. סִין proper name, of a location Sin, i.e. Pelusium, east frontier city of Egypt (Egyptian 'Imt = clay, of which סין is translated (compare Aramaic סְיָן clay), according to SteindBAS i. 599, who compare Πηλούσιον(πηλός = dirt, mud), compare BrugschDict. Géogr. 1081 ff.); — Ezekiel 30:15 ( Σαιν accusative), + Ezekiel 30:16, but here Co Toy read plausibly סון, i.e. סְוָן = Syene (see [סְוָן], סְוֵנֵה), συηνη. — On Pelusium see BdEgypt. 4 (1898), 169.

† II. סִין proper name, of a location wilderness between Elim and Sinai, מִדְבַּרסִֿין, according to P, Exodus 16:1; Exodus 17:1; Numbers 33:11; Numbers 3:12; Σειν, A Σιν; compare EbGS 2. 155 ff. and especially DiExodus 16:1.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

16:1; 16:1; 17:1

Numbers

3:12; 33:11

Ezekiel

30:15; 30:16