Σινᾶ
Sina · Sinai
Greek word · Strong’s number G4614 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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Sina (Σινᾶ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Sinai”.
The mountain where God gave the Law to Moses.
How to say it
Si·na
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
The place
Sinai ?
Today: disputed; traditionally Jebel Musa, Sinai, Egypt
A mountain in the wilderness; which one it was is not known for certain, and its location is disputed.
There God spoke with Moses and gave the law to Israel (Exod 19:20; 24:16).
Where it appears
- Acts 7:30
And when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
- Acts 7:38
This is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; he received living oracles to give to us.
- Galatians 4:24
These things are an allegory; for these women are two covenants: one from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery, which is Hagar.
- Galatians 4:25
Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and she corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.