This is the name of the place Sinai: Mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
Definition
Σινά
(-ᾶ, Rec.),
indecl. (but τὸ Σιναῖον, FlJ, Ant., iii, 5, 1; τὸ Σιναῖον ὄρος, ib. ii, 12, 1), τό
(Heb. סִינַי),
Sinai (Exodus 19:11, al.): Acts 7:30, 38, Galatians 4:24-25
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
4 total
- Acts 7:30Σινᾶ · SinaiAfter forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
- Acts 7:38Σινᾶ · SinaiHe 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.
- Galatians 4:24Σινᾶ · SinaiThese things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar.
- Galatians 4:25Σινᾶ · SinaiNow Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.