"Mount Sinai, in Arabia, Acts 7:30, 38; Gal. 4:24, 25*"
Definition and meaning
Mount Sinai, in Arabia, Acts 7:30, 38; Gal. 4:24, 25*
In the original Greek the word is written: Σινά
Historical context
The Roman Empire provided infrastructure no previous civilization had built — roads, sea routes, a common language in Greek, and relative peace across the Mediterranean. Jewish synagogues existed in every major city, giving Paul a starting point everywhere he traveled. The early church had no buildings, no political power, no social standing — and spread faster than any movement in ancient history.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of sina (G4614) across the King James Bible.
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
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Common questions
Strong's G4614 (sina) is a Greek word that means: Mount Sinai, in Arabia, Acts 7:30, 38; Gal. 4:24, 25* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word sina (G4614) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G4614 is sina, a Greek word defined as: Mount Sinai, in Arabia, Acts 7:30, 38; Gal. 4:24, 25*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
sina is a Greek word found in the New Testament.