צִנָּהtsinnâh
צִנָּה: apparently hook, or barb (of fishing-spear?) (Amos 4:2)
Pronunciation: tsin-naw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6793
Meanings
צִנָּה: coolness (Proverbs 25:13)
צִנָּה: large shield (covering whole body) (1 Samuel 17:7; 2 Chronicles 11:12; 1 Kings 10:16; 1 Kings 10:17; 2 Chronicles 9:15)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 22 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 17:7 The shaft of his spear was as heavy and thick as a weaver’s beam, tipped with an iron spearhead that weighed 15 pounds. His armor bearer walked ahead of him carrying a shield.
- 1 Samuel 17:41 Goliath walked out toward David with his shield bearer ahead of him,
- 1 Kings 10:16 King Solomon made 200 large shields of hammered gold, each weighing more than fifteen pounds.
- 1 Chronicles 12:8 Some brave and experienced warriors from the tribe of Gad also defected to David while he was at the stronghold in the wilderness. They were expert with both shield and spear, as fierce as lions and as swift as deer on the mountains.
- 1 Chronicles 12:24 From the tribe of Judah, there were 6,800 warriors armed with shields and spears.
- 1 Chronicles 12:34 From the tribe of Naphtali, there were 1,000 officers and 37,000 warriors armed with shields and spears.
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).