Strong H5512H5512Bסִין
Sin
One of the 2 senses of Strong H5512
- Transliteration
- sîyn
- Pronunciation
- seen
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Sin was a wilderness area between Elim and Sinai where the Israelites camped during their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land (Exod. 16:1; 17:1; Num. 33:11-12).
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 biblical story
Sin
Wilderness area between Elim and Sinai
Sin was a wilderness area between Elim and Sinai where the Israelites camped during their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land (Exod. 16:1; 17:1; Num. 33:11-12).
In the Bible
Strong H5512B appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sin4
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.