Sinew
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Genesis 32:32
- Last Reference: Isaiah 48:4
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1517 Used 3 times
SIN'EW, noun
1. In anatomy, a tendon; that which unites a muscle to a bone.
2. In the plural, strength; or rather that which supplies strength. Money is the sinews of war.
3. Muscle; nerve.
SIN'EW, verb intransitive To knit as by sinews.
SIN'EWED, adjective
1. Furnished with sinews; as a strong-sinewed youth.
2. Strong; firm; vigorous. When he sees ourselves well sinewed to our defense.
SIN'EWLESS, adjective Having no strength or vigor.
SIN'EW-SHRUNK, adjective Gaunt-bellied; having the sinews under belly shrunk by excess of fatigue, as a horse.
SIN'EWY, adjective
1. Consisting of a sinew or nerve. The sinewy thread my brain lets fall.
2. Nervous; strong well braced with sinews; vigorous; firm; as the sinewy Ajax. The northern people are large, fair complexioned, strong, sinewy and courageous.
Bible Usage:
- First Reference: Genesis 32:32
- Last Reference: Isaiah 48:4
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H1517 Used 3 times