Strong's H5512 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: סִין (Çîyn)

Pronunciation: seen

Morphology: n-pr-loc

Derivation: of uncertain derivation;

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

KJV Renderings: Sin.

Senses

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

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.