Çîynay — H5514

H5514 · Hebrew — סיני

Pronunciation: see-nah'-ee

Definition

locative proper noun

Sinai, mountain of Arabia

  1. Sinai = "thorny"
  2. the mountain where Moses received the Law from Jehovah; located at the southern end of the Sinai peninsula between the horns of the Red Sea; exact site unknown

Usually translated as

Sinai

Origin

of uncertain derivation

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Çîynay occurs 35 times in 34 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (13), Leviticus (4), Numbers (12), Deuteronomy (1), Judges (1), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (2)

Strong's Lexicon — C