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Lexicon :: Strong's H5512 - sîn

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סִין
Transliteration
sîn
Pronunciation
seen
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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 (Greek Version of the LXX Σαιν accusative), + Ezekiel 30:16, but here Co Toy read plausibly סון, i.e. סְוָן = Syene (see [סְוָן], סְוֵנֵה), Greek Version of the LXX 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; Greek Version of the LXX Σειν, A LXX of Lucian (Lag.) 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

H5512

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Strong's Number H5512 matches the Hebrew סִין (sîn),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:1 - The whole Israelite community set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:1 - The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:11 - They left the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:12 - They left the Desert of Sin and camped at Dophkah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:15 - I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and wipe out the hordes of Thebes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 30:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 30:16 - I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium will writhe in agony. Thebes will be taken by storm; Memphis will be in constant distress.
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