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Sinaitic Manuscript (Codex Sinaiticus, designated as ), a MS. of the Septuagint and Greek New Test., brought from the Convent of St. Catherine, on Mount Sinai, by Tischendorf in 1859. It consists of 345 leaves and a half, 199 in the Old Test. and 147 in the New Test. The Codex Sinaiticus contains the following … Continue reading “Sinaitic Manuscript”

Sinaitic Inscriptions is the name usually given to certain singular marks cut or rather scratched on the rocks of the Sinaitic peninsula, which have in all ages given rise to great curiosity and many queries. Diodorus Siculus states that in his time there was an oasis in the wilderness, of Sinai containing a sacred shrine, … Continue reading “Sinaitic Inscriptions”

Sinai, Mount The “mountain of God” (Exodus 3) situated in the desert of Sinai between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Akabah, on which the Law was given to Moses (Exodus 31). The Old Testament speaks of Mount Sinai and Mount Horeb as synonymous; some writers say they are two mountains of the … Continue reading “Sinai, Mount”

Sinai Codex, Hebrew This MS., which contains the Pentateuch, contains many variations of the accents, as , and he heard (Exo 18:1), has the accent Gershai, but in Sinai it has Rebia; again, , the desert (Exo 18:5), has Zakeph, while in Sinai it has Zakeph gadol. As to the name of the codex, whether … Continue reading “Sinai Codex, Hebrew”

SINAI A mountain, or mountain range, in Arabia Petraea, in the peninsula formed by the two arms of the Red Sea, and rendered memorable as the spot where the law was given to Israel through Moses, Exo 19:1- Num 10:33 . As this mountain has been almost unknown in modern times, until recently, and is … Continue reading “Sinai”

Sina, Sinai [Si’na] [Si’nai] This name is applied to both a mountain and to a wilderness. They lie between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Akaba. The mountain is really a range of high hills and is sometimes called HOREB, which may be a more general name for the whole of the range. … Continue reading “Sina, Sinai”

Sina, Mount Si’na, Mount. The Greek form of the well-known name, Sinai. Act 7:30; Act 7:38. Fuente: Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Sina (), the Greek form (Jdt 5:14; Act 7:30; Act 7:38) of the well known name which in the Old Test. universally, and as often as not in the Apocrypha and New Test., is given in the A.V. SINAI SEE SINAI (q.v.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Sina sna: In Act 7:38 … Continue reading “Sina”

Sin, Wilderness of Lying between Elim and Sinai (Exo 16:1; compare Num 33:11, 12). This was probably the narrow plain of el-Markha, which stretches along the eastern shore of the Red Sea for several miles toward the promontory of Ras Mohammed, the southern extremity of the Sinitic Peninsula. While the Israelites rested here for some … Continue reading “Sin, Wilderness of”

Sin, Venial Venial sins are those which, according to the theology of the Church of Rome, do not bring spiritual death to the soul, or which do not turn it away from its ultimate end, or which are only slightly repugnant to the order of right reason. It is, moreover, certain, says Dens, not only … Continue reading “Sin, Venial”