sin
part of speech
noun (a sin, sins; sin — uncountable); verb (sin, sins, sinned, sinning); also an abbreviation sin (maths: sine)
meaning for a pupil
1) In religion, an act that breaks God's law or a religious rule. tree →
2) (informal) Something that seems very wrong or a shame: It's a sin to waste good food. tree →
3) (maths abbreviation) sin = sine, a function in trigonometry used with angles in triangles. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, sin is any act against God's commands, and a "sin-offering" is a sacrifice brought to make up for a wrong done by mistake. Interpretation: Tradition teaches that a person who regrets and turns back (teshuvah) can be forgiven, and Yom Kippur is the day of atonement for sins. In the primary lessons: In religious education, the idea of sin appears in Christianity, Islam, Judaism and other faiths, along with forgiveness. In everyday talk «It's a sin to…» means it's a terrible waste or shame. In older pupils' maths, sin, cos and tan are buttons on a calculator. «Ugly as sin» means very ugly; «live in sin» is an old phrase.
examples
- one male of the goats for a sin-offering; (Torah NUM.7.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you. (Torah NUM.28.22, JPS 1917) tree →
- and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you; (Torah NUM.29.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- How many are mine iniquities and sins? (Writings JOB.13.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- Make me to know my transgression and my sin. (Writings JOB.13.23, JPS 1917) tree →
- If thou hast sinned, what doest thou against Him? (Writings JOB.35.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- Many religions teach that stealing is a sin. tree →
- It's a sin to throw away that cake! tree →
- He asked to be forgiven for his sins. tree →
- Press the sin button on the calculator to find the sine of 30 degrees. tree →
- In the story, greed was his worst sin. tree →
- Wasting a sunny day indoors would be a sin. tree →
- "I will confess all my sins first. tree →
note
Past: sinned (double n). Person: sinner. As a maths word, «sin» is short for sine and is said «sine». Not the same as «crime» (against the law of the land).
In the corpora
- How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?'
- And Moses said unto Aaron: 'What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them?'
- And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Whosoever hath sinned against Me, him will I blot out of My book.
- And if he bring a lamb as his offering for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
- So Aaron drew near unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sin» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.