HebrewH6790Noun

צִן

tsin

9Occurrences
H6790Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Tsin, a part of the Desert

from an unused root meaning to prick; a crag;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Zin = "flat" name given to a portion of the desert tract between the Dead Sea and Arabah on the east in which Kadesh-barnea was located

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

צִן appears 9 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
6
Joshua
2
Deuteronomy
1

Key Passages

Deuteronomy 32:51BSB

For at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin, both of you broke faith with Me among the Israelites by failing to treat Me as holy in their presence.

Joshua 15:1BSB

Now the allotment for the clans of the tribe of Judah extended to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at the extreme southern boundary:

Joshua 15:3BSB

proceeded south of the Ascent of Akrabbim, continued on to Zin, went over to the south of Kadesh-barnea, ran past Hezron up to Addar, and curved toward Karka.

Numbers 13:21BSB

So they went up and spied out the land from the Wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, toward Lebo-hamath.

Numbers 20:1BSB

In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

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