Çîyn — H5512

Definition

locative proper noun

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

1. Sin = "thorn" or "clay"
2. a town in eastern Egypt
3. the tract of wilderness between Elim and Sinai

Usually translated as

Sin

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Occurrences

Çîyn occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2), Numbers (2), Ezekiel (2)

• Exodus 16:1 — And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin (סִ֔ין), which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
• Exodus 17:1 — And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin (סִ֛ין), 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 33:11 — And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin (סִֽין).
• Numbers 33:12 — And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin (סִ֑ין), and encamped in Dophkah.
• Ezekiel 30:15 — And I will pour my fury upon Sin (סִ֖ין), the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No.
• Ezekiel 30:16 — And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin (סִ֔ין) shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily.