noun · neuter
sina
GreekΣινᾶ (sina)
Strong’sG4614
Sinai
stem sin-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
Σινά
(-ᾶ, Rec.),
(Heb. סִינַי),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G4614 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidsee-nah'
Sina (i.e. Sinai), a mountain in Arabia
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesSina.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | sina1×Σινᾶ | sina |
| of, belonging to genitive | sina2×Σινᾶ | sina |
| to, for dative | sina1×Σινᾶ | sina |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
sina“Sinai”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Galatians 4:25“Sinai”tem de Hagar Sina orem atō en ta Arabia, sustoichatō de ta nun Ierousalēm, douleuatō gar meta teiu tekneiu autau;Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.
sina“Sinai”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Acts 7:30“Sinai”Kai plērirateiu eteiu tesserakonta horita auto en ta erēma teu oreu Sina angelos en floxa pureu batau;After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
Galatians 4:24“Sinai”hotineim atō allēgorirōteim; houtais gar alō duo diathēkais, henas men apo oreu Sina, eis douleian gennarōtas, hotinas atō Hagar,These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
sina“Sinai”to, fordative singular1×
Acts 7:38“Sinai”houtos atō tos gineratos en ta ekklēsa en ta erēma meta tou angelou tou lalarōtou auto en te ore Sina kai toiu patēroiu nu, hos decheta logieim zōarōteim dōara ni,He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.