סִינַי
Çîynay · see-nah'-ee
Sinai, mountain of Arabia
Lexicon
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
Sinai, mountain of Arabia
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Sinai.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing › the hand that works
To support and uphold of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סִינַי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
35 occurrences · 35 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sinai17 · 49%
- of sinai13 · 37%
- and sinai1 · 3%
- from sinai1 · 3%
- even that sinai1 · 3%
- even sinai1 · 3%
- is among them, as in sinai1 · 3%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.