Strong H55122 sensesסִין
Sin · Pelusium
- Transliteration
- sîyn
- Pronunciation
- seen
Meaning of the name
Sin = "thorn" or "clay"
The 2 senses of Strong H5512
The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5512 appears in 6 verses of the KJV, all senses together.
General definition
Of uncertain derivation;
{Sin} the name of an Egyptian town and (probably) desert adjoining: - Sin.
{Sin} the name of an Egyptian town and (probably) desert adjoining: - Sin.
In the Bible
Translated in the KJV by
- sin6
First verses
- Exodus 16:1And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 17:1And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
- Numbers 33:11And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.
- Numbers 33:12And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.
- Ezekiel 30:15And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
- Ezekiel 30:16And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.