Zin
צִןStrong’s H6790tsin
Appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tsin is the Hebrew word usually translated “zin” and “zin towards”. It appears in 9 verses of the Old Testament.
“So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.”
Meaning
- § Zin = "flat"
How it's translated
- zin 8
- zin towards 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 6
- Joshua 2
- Deuteronomy 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 20:1Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.
- Numbers 27:14For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
- Numbers 33:36And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.
- Numbers 34:3Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward:
- Numbers 34:4And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon:
- Deuteronomy 32:51Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
Hebrew dictionary
צִן tsin · Zin
§ 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
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.