Lexicon :: Strong's H5515 - sînîm

סִינִים
Transliteration
sînîm
Pronunciation
see-neem'
Part of Speech
proper plural adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Of an otherwise unknown name
Strong’s Definitions

סִינִים Çîynîym, see-neem'; plural of an otherwise unknown name; Sinim, a distant Oriental region:—Sinim.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H5515 in the following manner: Sinim (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H5515 in the following manner: Sinim (1x).

  1. Sinim = "thorns"

    1. a people living at the extremity of the known world; may be identified with the inhabitants of southern China

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סִינִים Çîynîym, see-neem'; plural of an otherwise unknown name; Sinim, a distant Oriental region:—Sinim.
STRONGS H5515: Abbreviations
† סְוֵנִים adjective, of a people plural Syenites, so (or סְוָנִים) read probably for סִינִים (which see) Isaiah 49:12.

סִינִים adjective, of a people plural = substantive; אֶרֶץ ס׳ Isaiah 49:12, identification with Chinese by Thes948-950 De CheComm. and others; but see see RichthofenChina i. 436 f., 504, reviewed by YuleAcad. xiii. 339; Di Du; T. de LacouperieBOR i. 45 ff., 183 ff., who thinks of Šina, at foot of Hindu Kush, but unlikely; read probably סְוֵנִים (or סְוָנִים), so CheIntr. Is. 275, and Hpt., compare already JDMich.
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Isaiah

49:12; 49:12