Strong's Definition
a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing)
Derivation: feminine of H6791 (צֵן);
KJV Usage: buckler, cold, hook, shield, target.
TWOT Reference: 1936b,1937a,1938a
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) something piercing, hook, barb
1a) meaning dubious
2) coolness, cold (of snow)
3) shield, large shield, buckler
3a) shield
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צִנָּה
tsinnâh
BDB Definition:
1) something piercing, hook, barb
1a) meaning dubious
2) coolness, cold (of snow)
3) shield, large shield, buckler
3a) shield
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H6791
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1936b, 1937a, 1938a
Total KJV Occurrences: 22