Lexicon Sini: a Canaanite people Original Word: סִינִיPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: Sini Phonetic Spelling: (see-nee') Short Definition: Sinite NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originof uncertain derivation Definitiona Canaanite people NASB TranslationSinite (1), Sinites (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs סִינִי adjective, of a people only with article = substantive Genesis 10:17 = 1 Chronicles 1:15 a Canaanite people, in north, ᵐ5 τὸν Ἀσενναῖον; compare city Siânu, 'on shore of sea,' in Assyrian inscription Dl Pa 282, Σιννᾶν (accusative) in possession of those holding Lebanon Strabo xvi. 2. 8 (see Di Gn). Strong's Sinite From an otherwise unknown name of a man; a Sinite, or descendant of one of the sons of Canaan -- Sinite. |
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