How many times is Sinai mentioned in the Bible?
The word Sinai appears 37 times in the King James Version, in 36 verses. It is found in 8 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Sinai 39 times.
Sinai in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Sinai counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Sinai | 37 | 39 |
| Total | 37 | 39 |
First and last mention of Sinai
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
The verse that uses it most is Leviticus 7:38, 2 times:
Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.
Where the two translations differ
0 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 2 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Acts 7:30: counted in the World English Bible only
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
“When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
Acts 7:38: counted in the World English Bible only
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,
Common questions
How many times is Sinai in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 35 of the 37 uses are in the Old Testament and 2 in the New Testament. Sinai appears in 8 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Exodus has the most (13), then Numbers (12) and Leviticus (5).
Where is Sinai first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Exodus 16:1: "And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt." The last is Galatians 4:25.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-05.