Is Pelusiam the origin of the word sin?

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The maps in my bible show the city of Pelusiam along the swampy water’s edge at the top of Egypt. The city is also called ‘Sin’.

Is this the original origin of the word sin?

If one falls into sin, is one falling into the swamps of Pelusiam?
 
Frankenfurter said:
The maps in my bible show the city of Pelusiam along the swampy water’s edge at the top of Egypt. The city is also called ‘Sin’.

Is this the original origin of the word sin?

If one falls into sin, is one falling into the swamps of Pelusiam?
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No. “Sin” is from the Germanic, and ultimately from an Indo-European word for “to be”.
 
I believe it is just another name for Pelusium. The word sin has no connection to the city. Sin is a word in Hebrew though, just like sin in Spanish or Sinn in German. Hope this helps.
 
There is no connection to the city in Egypt.
The terms used in Scripture that are translated as “Sin” are:
Chata’ (Hebrew)
to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness

Hamartano, (Greek)
To be without a share in; to miss the mark; to err, be mistaken; to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honor; to do or go wrong; to wander from the law of God, violate God’s law, sin
The roots of the English word “Sin” seem to be a bit more cloudy. Dictionary.com provides this:
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English syn ( n ) offense, misdeed; akin to German Sünde, Old Norse synd sin, Latin sōns guilty; (v.) derivative of the noun, replacing Middle English sin ( i ) gen, syn ( i ) gen, Old English syngian, itself derivative of the noun

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Frankenfurter said:
The maps in my bible show the city of Pelusiam along the swampy water’s edge at the top of Egypt. The city is also called ‘Sin’.

Is this the original origin of the word sin?

If one falls into sin, is one falling into the swamps of Pelusiam?
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Nope, that’s a linguistic false friend, as others have pointed out adequately.
 
Ok. The two words are ‘false friends’.

Thanks for all the enlightened replies.
 
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There is no connection to the city in Egypt.
The terms used in Scripture that are translated as “Sin” are:
Chata’ (Hebrew)
to sin, miss, miss the way, go wrong, incur guilt, forfeit, purify from uncleanness

Hamartano, (Greek)
To be without a share in; to miss the mark; to err, be mistaken; to miss or wander from the path of uprightness and honor; to do or go wrong; to wander from the law of God, violate God’s law, sin
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While hamartema is the word most commonly translated as sin, there are others. Krisis, is translated “sin” at least twice and skandalizo is translated as “sin” in the NAB NT.
 
One of the weirdest false friends is dog and dog. There is apparently an Australian language where the word for “dog” is “dog.” But linguists are apparently convinced that this isn’t a loan from English, but derived from the root “gudaga.”

Edwin
 
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