סִכְנִין, (Σωγάνη, Jos. Vita 51) Sikhnin (Sukhnin), north of Jotapata in Galilee, seat of R. Ḥănania b. T’radyon, and home of R. Joshua. Taan. 16ᵇ סיכני. Snh. 32ᵇ לס׳ (v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 30).—Y. Ber. IV, 7ᵇ bot., a. fr. ר׳ יהושע דס׳. Lev. R. s. 5 (ref. to הסכן, Is. XXII, 15) מן הדא ס׳ הוה he came from Sikhnin.—Tosef. Nidd. III, 11 בקעת סכני the Valley of S.—Cmp. סִיגְנָא II.