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In religion, sin is the violation or deviation of an eternal divine law or standard. The term sin may also refer to the state of having committed such a violation. Christians believe the moral code of conduct is decreed by God In religion, sin (also called peccancy) is the violation or deviation...

is a morally wrong act.

Sin may also refer to:

Bible and mythology

  • Wilderness of Sin
    Wilderness of Sin
    The Wilderness of Sin/Desert of Sin is a geographic area mentioned by the Bible as lying between Elim and Mount Sinai. Sin does not refer to sinfulness, but is an untranslated word that would translate as the moon; biblical scholars suspect that the name Sin here refers to the semitic moon-deity...

    , a geographic area mentioned in the Bible
  • Sin (mythology)
    Sin (mythology)
    Sin or Nanna was the god of the moon in Mesopotamian mythology. 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.- Name :The original meaning of...

    , Akkadian moon god (Sumerian Nanna - Suen)
  • Sin, the sky god and chief deity in Haida mythology
    Haida mythology
    The Haida are one of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America. Their national territories lie along the west coast of Canada and include parts of south east Alaska....

  • Sīn, another name for the Minaean moon god Wadd
    Wadd
    Wadd "Love, Friendship", known variously as Ilumquh, ʻAmm and Sīn, was the Minaean moon god. Snakes were believed to be sacred to Wadd. He is mentioned in the Qur'ān as a deity of the time of the Prophet Noah....


Places

  • Sin (kingdom), a former kingdom in modern Senegal, also known as Sine
  • alternate name of Pelusium
    Pelusium
    Pelusium was a city in the eastern extremes of Egypt's Nile Delta, 30 km to the southeast of the modern Port Said. Alternative names include Sena and Per-Amun , Pelousion , Sin , Seyân , and Tell el-Farama...

    , a city of Ancient Egypt
  • Şin
    Sin
    In religion, sin is the violation or deviation of an eternal divine law or standard. The term sin may also refer to the state of having committed such a violation. Christians believe the moral code of conduct is decreed by God In religion, sin (also called peccancy) is the violation or deviation...

    , Azerbaijan, a village and municipality
  • Sin River
    Sin River
    The Sin River is a river of Thailand. It is a tributary of the Yom River, part of the Chao Phraya River basin.-See also:*Tributaries of the Chao Phraya River...

    , Thailand
  • Sins, Switzerland
    Sins, Switzerland
    Sins is a municipality in the district of Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-Geography:Sins has an area, , of . Of this area, or 72.1% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 17.4% is forested...

    , a town in the Swiss canton of Aargau
  • Singapore Changi Airport
    Singapore Changi Airport
    Singapore Changi Airport , Changi International Airport, or simply Changi Airport, is the main airport in Singapore. A major aviation hub in Southeast Asia, it is about north-east from the commercial centre in Changi, on a site....

    , in IATA code

People

  • Shin (Korean name)
    Shin (Korean name)
    Shin is a Korean family name. According to the 2000 census in South Korea, there were 911,556 people carrying the Shin surname.-Clans:There are three Chinese characters for the Shin surname. Between these three characters, there are five different clans. Each Shin clan descends from a different...

    , also spelled Sin
  • Jaime Sin (1928-2005), a former Roman Catholic archbishop in the Philippines
  • Abigail Sin
    Abigail Sin
    Abigail Sin Si Ern , is an award-winning Singaporean concert pianist. She was hailed by TIME Magazine as one of Asia's Small Wonders when she was ten years old.-Early life:...

     (born 1992), Singaporean concert pianist
  • Sin Boon Ann
    Sin Boon Ann
    Sin Boon Ann is a Singaporean Member of Parliament for Tampines GRC. He has represented Tampines GRC since 1997, when he also first became an MP....

    , Singaporean politician and lawyer
  • Sin Chung Kai
    Sin Chung Kai
    Sin Chung-kai, SBS, JP is a member of Kwai Tsing District Council and a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. He is one of two vice-chairmen of the Democratic Party .In his professional life he is an IT manager at HSBC.-External links:*...

    , Hong Kong politician
  • Oleksandr Sin
    Oleksandr Sin
    - Biography :Sin's parents were Korean diaspora. In 1983 Sin graduated from the Physics Department of the Kiev State University, in 2001 he graduated as economist in Zaporizhia State Engineering Academy, in 2005 he graduated as a state management magister in National Academy of Public...

     (born 1961), Ukrainian politician
  • Sin Quirin
    Sin Quirin
    Sin Quirin is a guitar player from LA. He was a member of Ministry and is featured throughout the 2007 Ministry album The Last Sucker.In addition to his role in Ministry and co-writing credits for RevCo’s Sex-O Olympic-O and Got Cock?, Sin Quirin has worked with DJ Hardware on the...

    , American guitar player

Computer and video games

  • Sin (video game)
  • Sin, a minor character in Guilty Gear 2: Overture
    Guilty Gear 2: Overture
    is a game in the Guilty Gear series made by Arc System Works for the Xbox 360. Unlike previous Guilty Gear titles, this installment makes use of 3D graphics. The Xbox Live demo of Guilty Gear 2 describes the game as, "a mix between the action and real time strategy genre."A playable demo featuring...

  • Sin, the primary monster in the video game Final Fantasy X

Comics

  • Sin (DC Comics)
    Sin (DC Comics)
    Sin is a fictional comic book character appearing in books published by DC Comics. She first appeared in Birds of Prey #92 , and was created by Gail Simone.-Fictional character biography:...

    , a character; Black Canary's adopted daughter
  • Sin (Marvel Comics), a character in the Marvel Universe; the daughter of the villain Red Skull

Film and television

  • Sin (1915 film)
    Sin (1915 film)
    Sin is a 1915 silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Theda Bara. It was made by Fox Film Corporation when it and many other early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based in Fort Lee, New Jersey at the beginning of the 20th century. The film is now...

    , a 1915 film starring Theda Bara
  • Sin (2003 film), a 2003 film starring Gary Oldman
    Gary Oldman
    Gary Leonard Oldman is an English actor, voice actor, filmmaker and musician.A member of the 1980s Brit Pack, Oldman came to prominence via starring roles in British films Meantime , Sid and Nancy and Prick Up Your Ears , with his performance in the latter bringing him his first BAFTA Award...

  • Sins (film), a 2005 Indian film
  • Sins (TV miniseries), a 1986 miniseries starring Joan Collins
  • The Sins
    The Sins
    The Sins is a television series from 2000. It was directed by David Yates, Sallie Aprahamian and Simon Curtis and written by William Ivory. It centres on Len Green , a former bank robber and getaway driver, who has retired from the criminal life and joined the undertaker's run by his uncle...

    , a 2000 British television series
  • "Sin" (Fullmetal Alchemist), an episode of Fullmetal Alchemist
  • "Sin" (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  • WCW Sin
    WCW Sin
    Sin was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Championship Wrestling that replaced WCW's January PPV event, Souled Out. Sin was the third to last WCW PPV before the company was bought by the World Wrestling Federation...

    , a professional wrestling pay-per-view event held by World Championship Wrestling in January 2001
  • Mr Sin, a pig-based cyborg from the Doctor Who story The Talons of Weng-Chiang
    The Talons of Weng-Chiang
    The Talons of Weng-Chiang is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 26 February to 2 April 1977.-Synopsis:...


Music

  • stage name of Filip Filipi
    Filip Filipi
    Filip Filipi , formally known by his stage name Sin is a Serbian rapper, producer, song writer and the creator of The Cartel Argentina clothing line...

    , a rapper and producer
  • Sin (album)
    Sin (album)
    Sin is the fifth studio recording from Mother Superior and the first of two to be produced by MC5 legend Wayne Kramer.- Track listing :#"Strange Change" – 4:26 #"Talk to the Future" – 4:44#"Pretty in the Morning" – 3:16...

    , by the band Mother Superior
  • Sin/Pecado
    Sin/Pecado
    Released in 1998, Sin/Pecado is the third full-length album by the Portuguese metal band Moonspell. The album title is a Portuguese/English wordplay: pecado translates to sin in English, but sin pecado translates to without sin...

    , an album by Moonspell
  • "(It's No) Sin
    (It's No) Sin
    " Sin" is a 1951 popular song with music by George Hoven and lyrics by Chester R. Shull. Popular recordings of the song were made by The Four Aces and Eddy Howard....

    ", a 1951 song which was popularized by The Four Aces
  • "Sin" (song), a single by Nine Inch Nails
  • "Sin Sin Sin
    Sin Sin Sin
    "Sin Sin Sin" is a song by British pop singer Robbie Williams, it was released as the fourth and last single from his album Intensive Care in the summer of 2006. It was remixed for single release, being at a quicker tempo than the original...

    ", a single by Robbie Williams
  • "Sin", a song by Stone Temple Pilots
    Stone Temple Pilots
    Stone Temple Pilots is an American rock band from San Diego, California that consists of Scott Weiland , brothers Robert DeLeo and Dean DeLeo , and Eric Kretz ....

  • "Sin", a french metal industrial band

Other uses

  • abbreviation for sine
    Sine
    In mathematics, the sine function is a function of an angle. In a right triangle, sine gives the ratio of the length of the side opposite to an angle to the length of the hypotenuse.Sine is usually listed first amongst the trigonometric functions....

    , a trigonometric function in mathematics
  • Shin (letter)
    Shin (letter)
    Shin literally means "Sharp" ; It is the twenty-first letter in many Semitic abjads, including Phoenician , Aramaic/Hebrew , and Arabic ....

    , also spelled Sin, a letter of many Semitic alphabets
  • Sinhala language code
  • Sin (novel)
    Sin (novel)
    Sin: A Novel, also known as Sins, is a 1973 politico-historical novel written by Filipino National Artist F. Sionil José. This particular work of literature features the History of the Philippines, for the most part spanning the twentieth century, through the eyes of the “amoral” Don Carlos...

    , a novel by F. Sionil José
  • Sin Newspaper
    Sin Newspaper
    Sin Newspaper is a student newspaper in Galway, Ireland. Its offices are based at the National University of Ireland, Galway . Sin is printed fortnightly and covers news about Galway events on and off campus, while its entertainment and features sections aim to entertain and provoke debate and...

    , the student paper of NUI Galway
  • Las Vegas Sin
    Las Vegas Sin
    The Las Vegas Sin is a team in the Lingerie Football League. It is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.The Sin was originally announced one of four teams that were to be introduced to the league in 2008. The other teams were to be Atlanta Steam, Miami Caliente and San Francisco Seduction...

    , a team in the Lingerie Football League

See also

  • Silicon nitride
    Silicon nitride
    Silicon nitride is a chemical compound of silicon and nitrogen. If powdered silicon is heated between 1300° and 1400°C in an atmosphere of nitrogen, trisilicon tetranitride, Si3N4, is formed. The silicon sample weight increases progressively due to the chemical combination of silicon and nitrogen...

     (Si3N4), a shock-resistant ceramic
  • SIN (disambiguation)
    Sin (disambiguation)
    A sin is a morally wrong act.Sin may also refer to:-Bible and mythology:* Wilderness of Sin, a geographic area mentioned in the Bible* Sin , Akkadian moon god...

  • Sinner (disambiguation)
    Sinner (disambiguation)
    Sinner may refer to:*A person who commits a sin*An evildoer*Sinner , a 1997 fantasy novel by Sara Douglass*Sinner , a 2008 fantasy book by Ted Dekker*Sinner , a 2007 film starring Nick Chinlund and Georgina Cates...

  • Sine (disambiguation)
    Sine (disambiguation)
    Sine is a trigonometric function.Sine may also refer to:*Siné, Maurice Sinet, a French cartoonist*Sine FM, a community radio station based in Doncaster, South Yorkshire*Sanandaj, a city in Iranian Kurdistan...

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