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Strong's #5515 - סִינִים

Transliteration

Çîynîym

Phonetics

see-neem'

Origin

of an otherwise unknown name

Parts of Speech

proper plural adjective

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Sinim = "thorns"
1. a people living at the extremity of the known world; may be identified with the inhabitants of southern China

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Isaiah 1

BSB (1)

Isaiah 1

CSB (1)

Isaiah 1

ESV (1)

Isaiah 1

KJV (1)

Isaiah 1

LEB (1)

Isaiah 1

LSB (1)

Isaiah 1

N95 (1)

Isaiah 1

NAS (1)

Isaiah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Isaiah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

סְוֵנִים adjective, of a people plural Syenites, so (or סְוָנִים) read probably for סִינִים (q. v.) Isaiah 49:12.

סִינִים adjective, of a people plural = substantive; ׳אֶרֶץ ס Isaiah 49:12, identification with Chinese by Thes^948-950 De Che^Comm. and others; but see see Richthofen^{China i. 436f., 504}, reviewed by Yule^{Acad. xiii. 339}; Di Du; T. de Lacouperie^{BOR i. 45 ff., 183ff.}, who thinks of Šina, at foot of Hindu Kush, but unlikely; read probably סְוֵנִים (or סְוָנִים), so Che^{Intr. Isaiah 275}, and Hpt., compare already JDMich.

סִיס Jeremiah 8:7 Qr see I. סוּס.

List of Word Forms

סִינִֽים׃ סינים׃ sî·nîm siNim sînîm