KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: A tendon or strong cord of the body. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source or image of strength and stiffness.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 32:32
Complete exact-word concordance
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh in the sinew that shrank.
Therefore the children of Israel eate not of the sinewe which shranke, which is vpon the hollow of the thigh, vnto this day: because hee touched the hollow of Iacobs thigh, in the sinewe that shranke.
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy necke is an yron sinew, and thy brow brasse:
1611 marginal noteHeb. hard.
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Historical English dictionary sources
In anatomy, a tendon; that which unites a muscle to a bone; figuratively, strength or that which supplies strength.
