Pelusium
סִיןStrong’s H5512sin
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Sin is the Hebrew word usually translated “sin”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And 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.”
Meaning
- § Sin = "thorn" or "clay"
- § Sin = "thorn" or "clay" the tract of wilderness between Elim and Sinai
How it's translated
- sin 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Exodus 2
- Numbers 2
- Ezekiel 2
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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.
Hebrew dictionary
סִין sin · Pelusium
§ Sin = "thorn" or "clay" a town in eastern Egypt
סִין sin · Sin
§ Sin = "thorn" or "clay" the tract of wilderness between Elim and Sinai
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “sin” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SIN, noun
- The voluntary departure of a moral agent from a known rule of rectitude or duty, prescribed by God; any voluntary transgression of the divine law, or violation of a divine command; a wicked act; iniquity. sin is either a positive act in which a known divine law is violated, or it is the voluntary neglect to obey a positive divine command, or a rule of duty clearly implied in such command. sin comprehends not action only, but neglect of known duty, all evil thoughts purposes, words and desires, whatever is contrary to God's commands or law. 1 John 3:4Matthew 12:31James 4:17Matthew 12:31
- A sin-offering; an offering made to atone for sin He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin 2 Corinthians 5:21
- A man enormously wicked. [Not in use.]
- sin differs from crime, not in nature, but in application.
All definitions and other forms of “sin”
SIN, verb intransitive
- To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or non-observance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty. Romans 3:9Psalms 51:2
- To offend against right, against men or society; to trespass.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.