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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5515 - סִינִים
Transliteration
Çîynîym
Phonetics
see-neem'
Root Word (Etymology)
of an otherwise unknown name
Parts of Speech
proper plural adjective
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs'
Sinim = “thorns”
1) a people living at the extremity of the known world; may be identified with the inhabitants of southern China
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results
KJV (1)
Isaiah
1
NAS (1)
Isaiah
1
HCS (1)
Isaiah
1
BSB (1)
Isaiah
1
ESV (1)
Isaiah
1
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 Thes948-950 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.
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List of Word Forms
סִינִֽים׃ סינים׃ sî·nîm siNim sînîm
