Sinah שִׂנְאָה

Sinah (Hebrew שִׂנְאָה, Strong's H8135) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “hating”. It occurs 17 times in 16 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Hate

Verses

Every verse with Sinah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Numbers

• Numbers 35:20
  But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die;Likewise, if anyone maliciously pushes another or intentionally throws an object at him and kills him,

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 1:27
  And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us.You grumbled in your tents and said, “Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be annihilated.
• Deuteronomy 9:28
  Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 13:15
  Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.Then Amnon hated Tamar with such intensity that his hatred was greater than the love he previously had. “Get up!” he said to her. “Be gone!”

Psalms

• Psalm 25:19
  Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred.Consider my enemies, for they are many, and they hate me with vicious hatred.
• Psalm 109:3
  They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
• Psalm 109:5
  And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
• Psalm 139:22
  I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 10:12
  Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
• Proverbs 10:18
  He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
• Proverbs 15:17
  Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
• Proverbs 26:26
  Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 9:1
  For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.So I took all this to heart and concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their deeds, are in God’s hands. Man does not know what lies ahead, whether love or hate.
• Ecclesiastes 9:6
  Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 23:29
  And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity
• Ezekiel 35:11
  Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee.therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).