SIN

Sin

Sin or Nanna was the god of the moon in the Mesopotamian mythology of Akkad, Assyria and Babylonia. Nanna is a Sumerian deity, the son of Enlil and Ninlil, and became identified with Semitic Sin. The two chief seats of Nanna's/Sin's worship were Ur in the south of Mesopotamia and Harran in the north.

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sin

Noun

  1. A violation of God's will or religious law.
  2. A misdeed.
  3. A sin offering; a sacrifice for sin.
  4. An embodiment of sin; a very wicked person.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A letter of the Hebrew alphabet;
  2. A letter of the Arabic alphabet;

Verb

  1. To commit a sin.


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