ΣινᾶSinâ
indecl., τό
Greek (New Testament) · G4614
Meanings
Sinai (Exodus 19:11, and elsewhere): Acts 7:30, Acts 7:38, Galatians 4:24-25.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Acts 7:30 “Forty years later, in the desert near Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to Moses in the flame of a burning bush.
- Acts 7:38 Moses was with our ancestors, the assembly of God’s people in the wilderness, when the angel spoke to him at Mount Sinai. And there Moses received life-giving words to pass on to us.
- Galatians 4:24 These two women serve as an illustration of God’s two covenants. The first woman, Hagar, represents Mount Sinai where people received the law that enslaved them.
- Galatians 4:25 And now Jerusalem is just like Mount Sinai in Arabia, because she and her children live in slavery to the law.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.