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Definition: Sin |
SinNoun1. Estrangement from god. 2. An act that is regarded by theologians as a transgression of God's will. 3. Ratio of the opposite side to the hypotenuse. 4. (Akkadian) god of the moon; counterpart of Sumerian Nanna. 5. The 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet. 6. (colloquial) violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin". Verb1. Commit a sin; violate a law of God. 2. Commit a faux pas or fault. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Sin" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "bush". |
Date "sin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Sin is "any want of conformity unto or transgression of the law of God" (1 John 3:4; Rom. 4:15), in the inward state and habit of the soul, as well as in the outward conduct of the life, whether by omission or commission (Rom. 6:12-17; 7:5-24). It is "not a mere violation of the law of our constitution, nor of the system of things, but an offence against a personal lawgiver and moral governor who vindicates his law with penalties. The soul that sins is always conscious that his sin is (1) intrinsically vile and polluting, and (2) that it justly deserves punishment, and calls down the righteous wrath of God. Hence sin carries with it two inalienable characters, (1) ill-desert, guilt (reatus); and (2) pollution (macula).", Hodge's Outlines. The moral character of a man's actions is determined by the moral state of his heart. The disposition to sin, or the habit of the soul that leads to the sinful act, is itself also sin (Rom. 6:12-17; Gal. 5:17; James 1:14, 15). The origin of sin is a mystery, and must for ever remain such to us. It is plain that for some reason God has permitted sin to enter this world, and that is all we know. His permitting it, however, in no way makes God the author of sin. Adam's sin (Gen. 3:1-6) consisted in his yielding to the assaults of temptation and eating the forbidden fruit. It involved in it, (1) the sin of unbelief, virtually making God a liar; and (2) the guilt of disobedience to a positive command. By this sin he became an apostate from God, a rebel in arms against his Creator. He lost the favour of God and communion with him; his whole nature became depraved, and he incurred the penalty involved in the covenant of works. Original sin. "Our first parents being the root of all mankind, the guilt of their sin was imputed, and the same death in sin and corrupted nature were conveyed to all their posterity, descending from them by ordinary generation." Adam was constituted by God the federal head and representative of all his posterity, as he was also their natural head, and therefore when he fell they fell with him (Rom. 5:12-21; 1 Cor. 15:22-45). His probation was their probation, and his fall their fall. Because of Adam's first sin all his posterity came into the world in a state of sin and condemnation, i.e., (1) a state of moral corruption, and (2) of guilt, as having judicially imputed to them the guilt of Adam's first sin. "Original sin" is frequently and properly used to denote only the moral corruption of their whole nature inherited by all men from Adam. This inherited moral corruption consists in, (1) the loss of original righteousness; and (2) the presence of a constant proneness to evil, which is the root and origin of all actual sin. It is called "sin" (Rom. 6:12, 14, 17; 7:5-17), the "flesh" (Gal. 5:17, 24), "lust" (James 1:14, 15), the "body of sin" (Rom. 6:6), "ignorance," "blindness of heart," "alienation from the life of God" (Eph. 4:18, 19). It influences and depraves the whole man, and its tendency is still downward to deeper and deeper corruption, there remaining no recuperative element in the soul. It is a total depravity, and it is also universally inherited by all the natural descendants of Adam (Rom. 3:10-23; 5:12-21; 8:7). Pelagians deny original sin, and regard man as by nature morally and spiritually well; semi-Pelagians regard him as morally sick; Augustinians, or, as they are also called, Calvinists, regard man as described above, spiritually dead (Eph. 2:1; 1 John 3:14). The doctrine of original sin is proved, (1.) From the fact of the universal sinfulness of men. "There is no man that sinneth not" (1 Kings 8:46; Isa. 53:6; Ps. 130:3; Rom. 3:19, 22, 23; Gal. 3:22). (2.) From the total depravity of man. All men are declared to be destitute of any principle of spiritual life; man's apostasy from God is total and complete (Job 15:14-16; Gen. 6:5,6). (3.) From its early manifestation (Ps. 58:3; Prov. 22:15). (4.) It is proved also from the necessity, absolutely and universally, of regeneration (John 3:3; 2 Cor. 5:17). (5.) From the universality of death (Rom. 5:12-20). Various kinds of sin are mentioned, (1.) "Presumptuous sins," or as literally rendered, "sins with an uplifted hand", i.e., defiant acts of sin, in contrast with "errors" or "inadvertencies" (Ps. 19:13). (2.) "Secret", i.e., hidden sins (19:12); sins which escape the notice of the soul. (3.) "Sin against the Holy Ghost" (q.v.), or a "sin unto death" (Matt. 12:31, 32; 1 John 5:16), which amounts to a wilful rejection of grace. Sin, a city in Egypt, called by the Greeks Pelusium, which means, as does also the Hebrew name, "clayey" or "muddy," so called from the abundance of clay found there. It is called by Ezekel (Ezek. 30:15) "the strength of Egypt, "thus denoting its importance as a fortified city. It has been identified with the modern Tineh, "a miry place," where its ruins are to be found. Of its boasted magnificence only four red granite columns remain, and some few fragments of others. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Literature | Sin according to Milton, is twinkeeper with Death of the gates of Hell. She sprang full-grown from the head of Satan. "... Woman to the waist, and fair, But ending foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed With mortal sting." Paradise Lost. ii. 650-653. Original sin. (See Adam.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
This page is concerned with the common meaning of "sin" related to immoralities. For other meanings, see Sin (disambiguation)
Sin is a concept used primarily in the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) describing a transgression against the will of God, and often held to require repentance and penance; in some theologies it may also entail the risk of damnation.
Some religions hold that a sin is an act which does damage to the soul.
Atonement describes the process through which we become reconciled to God for sins. It was a concept derived from Judaism and became a central idea of Christian theology.
In Christian theology, impeccability is the absence of sin.
In Hinduism and other vedic religions, the term sin is often used to describe actions that create karma.
The English word sin derives from Old English synn. The same root appears in several other Germanic languages, e.g. Old Norse synd, or German Sünde. The word may derive, ultimately, from *es-, one of the Indo-European roots that meant "to be," and is a present participle, "being." Latin, also has an old present participle of esse in the word sons, sont-, which came to mean "guilty" in Latin. The root meaning would appear to be, "it is true;" that is, "the charge has been proven." The Greek word hamartia is often translated as sin in the New Testament; it means "to miss the mark" or "to miss the target".
Aatonement for sins is discussed in the Hebrew Bible, known to Christians as the Old Testament. Rituals for atonement occurred in the Temple in Jerusalem, and were performed by the Kohanim, priests. These services included song, prayer, offerings and animal sacrifices. The rites for Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, are prescribed in the book of Leviticus. The ritual of the scapegoat, sent into the wilderness to be claimed by Azazel, was a part of these observances.
A number of animal sacrifices were prescribed in the Torah (five books of Moses) to make atonement: a sin-offering for sins, and a guilt offering for religious trespasses. The significance of animal sacrifice, why God commanded them, is not expanded on at length in the Torah itself, though Genesis IX:4 and Leviticus XVII suggest that blood and vitality were linked. Later Biblical prophets occasionally make statements to the effect that the hearts of the people were more important than their sacrifices.
Note that Judaism's views on sin and atonement are not identical to those in the Hebrew Bible alone, but rather are based on the laws of the Bible as seen through the Jewish oral law.
Judaism regards the violation of divine commandments to be a sin. Judaism uses this term to include violations of Jewish law that are not necessarily a lapse in morality. Judaism holds that all people sin at various points in their lives, and hold that God tempers justice with mercy.
The generic Hebrew word for any kind of sin is aveira. Based on verses in the Hebrew Bible, Judaism describes three levels of sin.
A classical rabbinic work, Midrash Avot de Rabbi Natan, states:
The traditional liturgy of the Days of Awe (the High Holy Days; i.e. Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur) states that prayer, repentance and tzedakah (charitable actions) are how one atones for sin.
There is a difference among Christians concerning the use of the word "sin". Protestants use it primarily for what they see as humanity's inherently sinful nature, and only secondarily to actual instances of sin. Roman Catholics by contrast reserve the word only for actual instances of sin, calling the sinful nature of humans "concupiscence". One Greek word in the New Testament that is often translated "sin" is hamartia, which literally means missing the target. Catholics distinguish between venial sin, which warrants only temporal punishment in Purgatory, and mortal sin, which warrants eternal punishment in Hell, if left unconfessed.
According to Roman Catholicism, in addition to Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary also lived her entire life without sin. She is believed to have gone directly to heaven after the end of her life on Earth; this doctrine is the Assumption of Mary. This belief in Mary's sinlessness is shared by many Eastern Orthodox theologians, but is not universally held and is not generally considered to be a point of dogma.
Original sin - Most denominations of Christianity interpret the Garden of Eden story in Genesis in terms of the fall of man. Adam and Eve's disobedience was the first sin ever committed, and their original sin (or the effects of their sin) is passed on to their descendants and is a primary reason that people must be born again and gain salvation.
In Western Christianity, sin is often viewed as a legal infraction or contract violation, and so salvation is also tends to be viewed in legal terms. In Eastern Christianity, sin is more often viewed in terms of its effects on relationships, both among people and between people and God. Consequently, salvation is viewed more in terms of reconciliation and vastly improved relationships. These two perspectives are not mutually exclusive, but merely reflect different emphases in thinking and teaching.
There also tends to be a distinction between Roman Catholic and some Protestant views of the effects of sin. Many Protestants teach that sin, including original sin, has entirely extinguished any human capacity to move in the direction of reconciliation towards God. Salvation is sola fide, by faith alone, and sola gratia, by grace alone, and by God's initiative alone. This view is called total depravity, and is associated with Calvinism and to some extent with Lutheranism.
Roman Catholics, by contrast, typically teach that while sin has tarnished the original goodness of humanity prior to the Fall, it has not entirely extinguished that goodness. Under this view, humans can reach towards God to share in the Redemption which Christ won for them. This view is shared by some versions of Protestantism also, including Methodism; among Protestants, at least, it is known as Arminianism. It is also logically necessary for Pascal's wager to be effective.
One theological tenet gaining currency among Protestant Evangelicals and Fundamentalists is that original sin resulted in imperfections at the genetic level. This seems to be an attempt to incorporate some findings from science into what has been called Creation science. This claim is rejected as theologically wrong by Catholics and liberal Protestants, and is widely regarded as pseudo-science by scientists.
In Christianity, atonement refers to the redemption achieved by Jesus Christ by his crucifixion and resurrection. Its centrality means that it has been the source of much discussion and some controversy throughout Christian history. Christians begin with the proposition that the death of Jesus Christ was a similar sacrifice that relieves believers of the burden of their sins. But what was the actual meaning of Christ's death? Why did He have to die? The meaning of an event of such transcendent significance to Christians is hard to capture in any one verbal formula. But several have been ventured:
See also: Penance; Repentance; Reconciliation; Catholic sacraments
Islam sees sin to be anything that harms Allah's creation or goes against the will of Allah.
Surely, there is more to be said about Islamic views of sin and atonement.
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The two chief seats of his worship were Ur in the south, and Harran considerably to the north, but the cult at an early period spread to other centres, and temples to the moon-god are found in all the large cities of Babylonia and Assyria.
He is commonly designated as En-zu, i.e. "lord of wisdom," and this attribute clings to him throughout all periods. During the period (c. 2600-2400 BC) that Ur exercised a large measure of supremacy over the Euphrates valley, Sin was naturally regarded as the head of the pantheon. It is to this period that we must trace such designations of the god as "father of the gods," "chief of the gods," "creator of all things," and the like. We are justified in supposing that the cult of the moon-god was brought into Babylonia by the Semitic nomads from Arabia.
The moon-god is par excellence the god of nomadic peoples, their guide and protector at night when, during a great part of the year, they undertake their wanderings, just as the sun-god is the chief god of an agricultural people. The cult once introduced would tend to persevere, and the development of astrological science culminating in a calendar and in a system of interpretation of the movements and occurrences in the starry heavens would be an important factor in maintaining the position of Sin in the pantheon. The name of Sin's chief sanctuary at Ur was E-gish-shir-gal, "house of the great light"; that at Harran was known as E-khul-khul, "house of joys." On seal-cylinders he is represented as an old man with flowing beard, with the crescent as his symbol. In the astral-theological system he is represented by the number 30, and the planet Venus as his daughter by the number 15. The number 30 stands obviously in connection with the thirty days as the average extent of his course until he stands again in conjunction with the sun.
The "wisdom" personified by the moon-god is likewise an expression of the science of astrology in which the observation of the moon's phases is so important a factor. The tendency to centralize the powers of the universe leads to the establishment of the doctrine of a triad consisting of Sin, Shamash and Ishtar, personifying the moon, sun and the earth as the life-force.
This entry was originally from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.Etymology
Biblical conceptions of atonement for sin
Jewish views of sin
Judaism holds that no human being is perfect, and all people have sinned many times. However a state of sin does not condemn a person to damnation; only one or two truly grievous sins lead to anything approaching the Christian idea of hell. The Biblical and rabbinic conception of God is that of a creator who tempers justice with mercy. Based on the views of Rabbeinu Tam in the Babylonian Talmud (tractate Rosh HaShanah 17b), God is said to have thirteen attributes of mercy:
As Jews are commanded in imitatio Dei, emulating God, rabbis take these attributes into account in deciding Jewish law and its contemporary application.
The Babylonian Talmud teaches that "Rabbi Yochanan and Rabbi Eleazar both explain that as long as the Temple stood, the altar atoned for Israel, but now, one's table atones [when the poor are invited as guests]." (Tractate Berachot, 55a.)Christian views of sin
Christian views of atonement
The several ideas of these and many more theologians can perhaps be summed up under these rubrics:
For the Christian, full appreciation of the mystery of atonement may require a balance of all four themes.Muslim views of Sin
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
sin | English | Sine | Mathematics |
Sin | German | Sinus | Mathematics |
SIN | Spanish | Palabra de sincronización | Post & Telecom |
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Synonyms: SinSynonyms: hell (n), sine (n), sinfulness (n), sinning (n), wickedness (n), blunder (v), boob (v), goof (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Atonement | Amends, apology, amende honorable, satisfaction; peace offering, sin offering, burnt offering; scapegoat, sacrifice. |
Dereliction of Duty | Noun: dereliction of duty; fault; (guilt); sin; (vice); non-observance, non-performance; neglect, relaxation, infraction, violation, transgression, failure, evasion; dead letter. |
Friend | Phrase: amici probantur rebus adversis; ohne bruder kann man leben nicht ohne Freund; " best friend, my well-spring in the wilderness "; conocidos muchos amigos pocos; " friend more divine than all divinities "; vida sin amigo muerte sin testigo. |
Guilt | Misconduct, misbehavior, misdoing, misdeed; malpractice, fault, sin, error, transgression; dereliction, delinquency; indiscretion, lapse, slip, trip, faux pas, peccadillo; flaw, blot, omission; failing, failure; break, bad break , capital crime, delictum. |
Enormity, atrocity, outrage; deadly sin, mortal sin; "deed without a name". | |
Impiety | Noun: impiety; sin; irreverence; profaneness; Adjective: profanity, profanation; blasphemy, desecration, sacrilege; scoffing;Verb: |
Penitence | Verb: repent, be sorry for; be penitent; Adjective: rue; regret; think better of; recant; knock under; (submit); plead guilty; sing miserere, sing de profundis; cry peccavi; own oneself in the wrong; acknowledge, confess; (disclose); humble oneself; beg pardon; (apologize); turn over a new leaf, put on the new man, turn from sin; reclaim; repent in sackcloth and ashes; (do penance); learn by experience. |
Ugliness | Adjective: ugly, ugly as sin, ugly as a toad, ugly as a scarecrow, ugly as a dead monkey; plain, bald (unadorned); homely; ordinary, unornamental, inartistic; unsightly, unseemly, uncomely, unlovely; unshapely; sightless, seemless; not fit to be seen; |
Vice | Verb: be vicious; Adjective: sin, commit sin, do amiss, err, transgress; misdemean oneself, forget oneself, misconduct oneself; misdo, misbehave; fall, lapse, slip, trip, offend, trespass; deviate from the line of duty, deviate from the path of virtue; take a wrong course, go astray; hug a sin, hug a fault; sow one's wild oats. |
Noun: vice; evil-doing, evil courses; wrongdoing; wickedness, viciousness; Adjective: iniquity, peccability, demerit; sin, Adam; old Adam, offending Adam. | |
Infirmity; weakness; Adjective: weakness of the flesh, frailty, imperfection; error; weak side; foible; failing, failure; crying sin, besetting sin; defect, deficiency; cloven foot. | |
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Screenplays | Forgive me father, for I may sin tonight. (Almost Famous; writing credit: Cameron Crowe) And when they fly away, the part of you that knew it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. (Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) Maybe there ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue, they's just what people does. (The Grapes of Wrath; writing credit: John Steinbeck; Nunnally Johnson) The Inquisition, let's begin, the Inquisition, look out sin, we're on a mission to convert the Jews. (History of the World Part 1; writing credit: Mel Brooks) That is the cardinal sin, Ray. (Rain Man; writing credit: Ronald Bass) | |
Lyrics | I say we're living on love they say we're living in sin (Living In Sin; performing artist: Bon Jovi) For every sin, I'll have to pay (Die Another Day; performing artist: Madonna; writing credit: Madonna) That sin may not enslave us (Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord; performing artist: Boney M) Kick out the devil's sin, pick up, pick up a good book now (On The Road To Find Out; performing artist: Cat Stevens) And it might be a sin ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia"; performing artist: Charlie Daniels Band) | |
Clever | The wages of sin is death. Repent before payday. (references; author: unknown) For God is not against us because of our sin, He is with us against our sin. (references; author: unknown) If you do not want to reap the fruits of sin, stay out of the Devil's orchard. (references; author: unknown) This evening at 7 P.M., there will be a hymn sing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sin Sisters (2003) Mi hombre sin noche (1974) Cartas sin destino (1973) El Ataque de los muertos sin ojos (1973) Pop sin paff (1973) | |
Song Titles | Heaven's Just A Sin Away (performing artist: The Kendall's) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Transmission electron micrograph of Sin Nombre virus. Hantavirus. Credit: CDC. |  | Carrier of Sin Nombre virus, agent of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Credit: CDC. |
 | Title slide of Addressing Emerging Infectious Disease Threats slide set. Background: electron micrograph of Sin Nombre virus. Credit: CDC. |  | Photograph of deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus), the major carrier of Sin Nombre virus, which is one of the hantaviruses that causes hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in humans. Credit: CDC. |
 | Vida sin sida protegete / Comisión Nacional para la Prevención del SIDA. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Esta es de Don Quijote la primera, la sin par la gigante calavera. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Lamentos que dirige un huérfano ya desvalido al encontrarse en el mundo sin el dulce abrigo de sus queridos padres. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Dios me libre del demonio, de un escribano sin juez, y de un muchacho travieso, y de una mala mujer. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | La juventud española debe practicar al vuelo sin motor. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Horace | The pure in life and free from sin. |
John Dryden | Desire for greatness is a god-like sin. |
| Repentance is but want of power to sin. | |
Lord Alfred Tennyson | Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself. |
Martin Luther | Sin is essentially a departure from God. |
Robert Browning | Ignorance is not innocence, but sin. |
Samuel Johnson | A vow is a snare for sin. |
St. Augustine | All sin is a kind of lying. |
William Shakespeare | Nothing emboldens sin so much as mercy. |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | So that is merely one of the many instances of Sin causing suffering to others than the Sinner himself. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Your sin is left behind you, in the days long past. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Err, falter, sin, but be upright. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | At his first violent sin he had felt a wave of vitality pass out of him and had feared to find his body or his soul maimed by the excess. |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | He sends you not to murder me for this, For in that sin he is as deep as I. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Takes it for a sin. |
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Health | Studies with Sin Nombre virus are pending. (references) | |
We recently had a Sin Nombre false-positive result with a laboratory report from a commercial laboratory. (references) | ||
The commercial laboratory is representing that they do Sin Nombre testing now -- not other related hantaviruses. (references) | ||
Business | In addition, major E&M engineering companies for HVAC business are Ryoden Engineering, Young, Hsien Cheong, and Kreuger (formerly C.O. sin & Company). (references) | |
Obsolescence caused mainly by the lack of investment in transmission has created several bottlenecks throughout the SIN (Sistema Interconectado Nacional or National Interconnect System). (references) | ||
Sector specialists have been trying to push the government into focusing more attention on these independent grids (Sistema Interconectado Patagonico) and interconnecting them with the national grid (SIN - Sistema Interconectado Nacional). (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Uganda | Bitungwabariho allegedly confined his family to their house for 5 years in order to prevent them from being exposed to sin. (references) |
Economic History | Malaysia | The major Malay-language newspapers are Utusan Malaysia and Berita Harian, while the largest Chinese papers are Sin Chew Pit Poh and Nanyang Siang Pau. (references) |
Human Rights | Peru | Sentencing was expected to occur in January 2002. Journalist Fabian Salazar, who asserted in May 2000 that the SIN broke into his office, bound him, and confiscated videotapes that allegedly implicated government officials in corruption, presented his case to the IACHR after he fled the country. (references) |
Political Economy | Peru | In June former de facto SIN Chief Vladimiro Montesinos was captured in Venezuela and the Peruvian National Police (PNP) brought him back to the country to face a range of charges, including murder, corruption, money laundering, and drug trafficking. (references) |
Women | India | During the year, the highest Sikh religious authority issued a decree that female infanticide was a sin and would result in excommunication. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | JESTER, n. An officer formerly attached to a king's household, whose business it was to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances, the absurdity being attested by his motley costume. The king himself being attired with dignity, it took the world some centuries to discover that his own conduct and decrees were sufficiently ridiculous for the amusement not only of his court but of all mankind. The jester was commonly called a fool, but the poets and romancers have ever delighted to represent him as a singularly wise and witty person. In the circus of to-day the melancholy ghost of the court fool effects the dejection of humbler audiences with the same jests wherewith in life he gloomed the marble hall, panged the patrician sense of humor and tapped the tank of royal tears. The widow-queen of Portugal Had an audacious jester Who entered the confessional Disguised, and there confessed her. "Father," she said, "thine ear bend down -- My sins are more than scarlet: I love my fool -- blaspheming clown, And common, base-born varlet." "Daughter," the mimic priest replied, "That sin, indeed, is awful: The church's pardon is denied To love that is unlawful. "But since thy stubborn heart will be For him forever pleading, Thou'dst better make him, by decree, A man of birth and breeding." She made the fool a duke, in hope With Heaven's taboo to palter; Then told a priest, who told the Pope, Who damned her from the altar! Barel Dort |
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Bob Jones | That is a God-given natural choice. God ordained that. God put that in me. Homosexuality is a perversity. It is a choice of sin. |
James Dobson | I believe the scripture makes it clear that Jesus Christ came to provide a remedy for sin and to be a savior to those who would believe on His name and that through Him, they would be saved. |
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| "Sin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.79% of the time. "Sin" is used about 1,319 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.79% | 1,237 | 6,313 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 4.02% | 53 | 46,657 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.21% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.76% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.23% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,319 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "sin" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Sin | Last name | 1,000 | 15,345 |
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| "Sin" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "bush". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "sin". | |||
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| Maon | N/A | Biblical | Place of sin |
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| Malaysia | Sin Heng Chan (Malaya) Berhad | Singapore | Sin Soon Huat Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "sin": Actual sin ♦ as ugly as sin ♦ atone for one's sin ♦ besetting sin ♦ cardinal sin ♦ Closet sin ♦ commit a sin ♦ commit sin ♦ deadly sin ♦ expiate a sin ♦ forgiveness of sin ♦ like sin ♦ live in sin ♦ Man of sin ♦ mortal sin ♦ original sin ♦ remission of sin ♦ she is as ugly as sin ♦ sin bin ♦ sin eater ♦ Sin nombre virus ♦ sin of omission ♦ sin offering ♦ slide into sin ♦ the wages of sin ♦ turn from sin ♦ ugly as sin ♦ venial sin ♦ vida sin amigo muerte sin testigo. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sin": sin-bin, sin-binned, sin-binning, sin-deny, sin-gle, sin-itiro, sin-kiang, sin-nay-ma, Sin-offering, sin-sick, sin-zan. | |
Ending with "sin": Man-sin. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sin | 888 | ni sin sonia ton | 54 |
the seven deadly sin | 699 | mortal sin | 52 |
sin bandera | 554 | je lee sin | 52 |
original sin | 271 | digital sin | 47 |
sin city | 269 | aire sin vivir | 45 |
7 deadly sin | 267 | censura chat sin | 45 |
banderas sin | 185 | sin ropa | 44 |
angelica sin | 169 | the 7 sin | 42 |
auto city grand sin theft | 141 | bragas sin | 41 |
chew jit poh sin | 125 | deadly sin | 41 |
miedo nada sin | 92 | the sin of thy beloved | 38 |
sin stepmother | 85 | sin censura | 37 |
misterios resolver sin | 79 | cos sin tan | 36 |
seven sin | 77 | sin unforgivable | 35 |
bandera lyrics sin | 77 | angelina jolie original sin | 35 |
barreras ingles sin | 64 | chew sin | 31 |
is masturbation a sin | 63 | sin of the father | 30 |
alex miedo nada sin ubago | 60 | sin eater | 30 |
mad sin | 57 | sin e | 29 |
city gta sin | 54 | amor bandera real sin | 28 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "sin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |||||||||||||
Afrikaans | sonde (transgression), oortree (transgress), oortreding (transgression). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Albanian | mëkatoj (err, offend, transgress, trespass), mëkat (crime, error, evil, frailty, peccancy, pity, transgression, trespass), gjynah. (various references) | |||||||||||||
Arabic | معصية (guilt), سيئة (fault, iniquity, vice), ذنب (crime, find guilty, offend, rear, trespass), خطيئة (iniquity, transgression, trespass), إثم (debt, delinquency, error, evil, guilt, guiltiness, iniquity, misdeed, offence, transgression, viciousness, wrongdoing), أخطأ (err, fluff, fumble, go wrong, goof, make a mistake, misfire, miss, mistake, slip, stumble, trip up), أثم (err, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, sinful, sinful person, transgress, trespass). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Basque | bekatu. (various references) | |||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съгрешавам (err, fall), грях (error, evil, frailty, guilt, iniquity, peccancy, transgression, trespass, wrongdoing), греховност (depravity, peccability, peccancy), греша (be wrong, err, make a mistake, misstep, mistake, wander), провинение (crime), прегрешение (error, lapse, peccancy, stumble, trespass), прегрешавам (do wrong, transgress, trespass, trip over). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Chinese | 辜 (crime), 罪惡 , 罪孽 (sins), 罪 (blame, crime, fault, guilt). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Czech | zhřešit (transgress), prohřešit se (trespass), přestupek (minor offence, offence, petty crime, transgression), hřešit, hřích (transgression, wrongdoing). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Danish | synde (transgress). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Dutch | zondigen (transgress). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Esperanto | peko (transgression), peki (transgress). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Faeroese | synda (transgress), synd (transgression). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Farsi | معصیت کردن , معصیت , گناه ورزیدن , گناه (Blame, Crime, Guilt, Misdeed, Misdemeanor, Transgression, Vice), عصیان , خطاکردن (Bunlge, Err, Goof, Miss, Overshoot), خطا (Error, Injustice, Lapse, Miscue, Sinister, Slip, Transgression, Wrong), بزه (Crime, Guilt, Misdeed, Misdemeanor, Offense). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Finnish | synti (transgression). (various references) | |||||||||||||
French | pécher, péché. (various references) | |||||||||||||
Frisian | sûnde (transgression). (various references) | |||||||||||||
German | sündigen (err, indulge, transgress), Sünde (offense, peccadillo, transgression), sich versündigen (transgress). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Greek | αμαρτάνω (trespass), αμαρτία. (various references) | |||||||||||||
Hebrew | מעו" (crime, iniquity, misdeed), למעול (deal treacherously, misappropriate, misuse, purloin), לפשוע (commit a crime, rebel against, transgress), לעבור עבר" (commit a crime, transgress), לאשום (be guilty, transgress), לחטוא (offend, transgress, trespass), לסרוח (be corrupt, stink), קלקול (corruption, damage, disgrace, Mar, spoilage, spoiling, vitiation), פשע (crime, felony, misdeed, offence, transgression, vice, villainy), עוון (crime, evil, iniquity, misdemeanor, offence, vice), עווי (iniquity, transgression), עבר" (adultery, contravention, crime, infringement, malfeasance, offence, transgression, trespass), אשם (accused, blame, blameworthy, culpable, fault, guilt, guilty, offence, trespass), חטא (atonement, guilt, transgression, vice, wrong), סט (evil deed, transgression). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Hungarian | vétek (fault, frailty, guilt, mistake, offense, transgression, trespass, vice). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Indonesian | kemaksiatan (wickedness), dosa (guilty). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Italian | peccato (pity, shame, sinned). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 辜 (crime, fault), 罪業 (crime, iniquity), 罪悪 (crime, vice), 不善 (evil, mischief, vice). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ざい"う (crime, hometown, iniquity, rural districts), ざいあく (crime, vice), ふぜ" (evil, imperfect, incomplete, mischief, partial, vice), つみ (checkmate, crime, fault, indiscretion), " (arc, big, business, child, counter for houses, counter for mil. units, crime, fault, great, individual, large, old, price, selling, the late, the young of animals). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Korean | 죄악 (sins). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Manx | peccah (human being, sinner), jannoo peccah, cur rish peccah (transgress). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Occitan | pecat. (various references) | |||||||||||||
Papiamen | piká (transgression). (various references) | |||||||||||||
Pig Latin | insay pecar (transgress), pecado (evil, offend, peccancy, shiver, take offense, transgression, wrongdoing). (various references) påcat (transgression), pãcat (error, guilt, mistake, offence, peccancy, trespass), pãcãtui (do wrong to, err, slip), ofensã (cut, humiliation, indignity, injury, mortification, offence, slap, slur, wound), meteahnã (defect, disease, hobby, trouble, weakness), greşi (be in error, be mistaken, do wrong to smb., err, fail, make a mistake, Miss, mistake, nod, overshoot, slip, stand in error, transgress, trespass), greşealã (aberration, blemish, bloomer, blunder, defect, drawback, error, failing, fault, flaw, lapse, miscarriage, mistake, rub, shortcoming, slip, trespass, wrong), crimã (crime, delinquency, felony, homicide, maleficence, misdeed, murder, offence, outrage, removal), cãdea (appear, arrive, climb down, collapse, come down, drop, err, fail, fall, fall through, founder, g |
