Sinai — the meaning of the Hebrew name סִינַי

סִינַי

Çîynay · pronounced see-nah'-ee · Strong's H5514 · a place

Sinai means Sinai, mountain of Arabia.

Strong's definition

of uncertain derivation; Sinai, mountain of Arabia.

First appearance

Exod 16:1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. (KJV)

Every verse that names Sinai

34 occurrences in 34 verses — Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Judges, Nehemiah, Psalms

Exod 16:1Exod 19:1Exod 19:2Exod 19:11Exod 19:18Exod 19:20Exod 19:23Exod 24:16Exod 31:18Exod 34:2Exod 34:4Exod 34:29Exod 34:32Lev 7:38Lev 25:1Lev 26:46Lev 27:34Num 1:1Num 1:19Num 3:1Num 3:4Num 3:14Num 9:1Num 9:5Num 10:12Num 26:64Num 28:6Num 33:15Num 33:16Deut 33:2Judg 5:5Neh 9:13Ps 68:9Ps 68:18

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