And when he saw that he could not overcome him, he touched the sinew of his thigh, and forthwith it shrank.
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Sinew
//ˈsɪny//
Synonyms for "sinew" (113 found)
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25 translations across 11 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- զորություն noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
Bulgarian
2 entries- мускулатура noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
- физическа сила noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
Czech
1 entries- síla noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
Dutch
3 entries- spierkracht noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
- sterkte noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
- wilskracht noun (that which gives strength or in which strength consists)
Finnish
3 entries- jäntevyys noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
- voima noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
- voimanlähde noun (that which gives strength or in which strength consists)
German
4 entries- Kraft noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
- Muskelkraft noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
- Nervenstärke noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
- Spannkraft noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
Hungarian
4 entries- erő noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
- hajtóerő noun (that which gives strength or in which strength consists)
- izomerő noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
- mozgatóerő noun (that which gives strength or in which strength consists)
Italian
1 entries- nerbo noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
Romanian
1 entries- vână noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- snaga noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
- снага noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
Swedish
2 entries- spänst noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
- styrka noun (muscular power, muscle; vigor, vigorous strength)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Therefore the children of Israel, unto this day, eat not the sinew, that shrank in Jacob's thigh: because he touched the sinew of his thigh and it shrank.
Source: tatoeba (7845936)
[S]he loſt a noble and renowned brother, in his loue toward her, euer moſt kinde and naturall: with him the portion and ſinew of her fortune, her marriage dowry: with both, her combynate-husband, this well-ſeeming Angelo.
Source: wiktionary
The Bodies of Men, Munition, and Mony may justly be called the ſinews of War, yet of them the two firſt are more neceſſary, for Men and Arms have means to find Mony and Meate: but Mony and Meate cannot ſo eaſily find Soldiers and ſwords.
Source: wiktionary
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