צִןTsin
proper name [of a location]: name of wilderness south of Canaan, where lay Kadesh Barnea (Numbers 34:4; Joshua 15:3; Numbers 13:21; Numbers 20:1; Numbers 27:14)
Pronunciation: tseen · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6790
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Numbers 13:21 So they went up and explored the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, near Lebo-hamath.
- Numbers 20:1 In the first month of the year, the whole community of Israel arrived in the wilderness of Zin and camped at Kadesh. While they were there, Miriam died and was buried.
- Numbers 27:14 for you both rebelled against my instructions in the wilderness of Zin. When the people of Israel rebelled, you failed to demonstrate my holiness to them at the waters.” (These are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
- Numbers 33:36 They left Ezion-geber and camped at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.
- Numbers 34:3 The southern portion of your country will extend from the wilderness of Zin, along the edge of Edom. The southern boundary will begin on the east at the Dead Sea.
- Numbers 34:4 It will then run south past Scorpion Pass in the direction of Zin. Its southernmost point will be Kadesh-barnea, from which it will go to Hazar-addar, and on to Azmon.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).