Biblical Persons & Places
Pelusium
Pelusium
A location first mentioned at Ezk.30.15;
only referred to as Pelusium (סִין).
Sin
Sin
A location first mentioned at Exo.16.1;
only referred to as Sin (סִין).
Strong's Definition
Sin the name of an Egyptian town and (probably) desert adjoining
Derivation: of uncertain derivation;
KJV Usage: Sin.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Sin = "thorn" or "clay"
1) a town in eastern Egypt
2) the tract of wilderness between Elim and Sinai
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
סִין (sin) — Pelusium.
§ Sin = "thorn" or "clay" a town in eastern Egypt
סִין (sin) — Sin.
§ Sin = "thorn" or "clay" the tract of wilderness between Elim and Sinai
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Names of Locations
Collocation: מִדְבָּר־סִין
Desert of Sin = desert; ◄ in Sinai peninsula, between Sea of Reeds and Dophkah; ► the Israelites encamped there on their way from Egypt to Canaan
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
סִין n.pr.loc. Sin, i.e. Pelusium, E. frontier city of Egypt (Egypt. ’Imt = clay, of which סין is transl.) base
סִין n.pr.loc. wilderness between Elim and Sinai base