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HebrewH5512Noun

סִין

sin

6Occurrences
H5512Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Sin the name of an Egyptian town and (probably) desert adjoining

of uncertain derivation;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Sin = "thorn" or "clay" a town in eastern Egypt

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

סִין appears 6 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
2
Ezk
2
Numbers
2

Key Passages

Exodus 16:1BSB

On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.

Exodus 17:1BSB

Then the whole congregation of Israel left the Desert of Sin, moving from place to place as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

Ezk 30:15BSB

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Ezk 30:16BSB

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Numbers 33:11BSB

They set out from the Red Sea and camped in the Desert of Sin.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.