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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
צִנָּה (tsin.nah) — hook. 1) something piercing, hook, barb 1a) meaning uncertain
צִנָּה (tsin.nah) — coolness. coolness, cold (of snow)
צִנָּה (tsin.nah) — shield. 1) shield, large shield, buckler 1a) shield
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
noun f
Weapons | ≈ בַּרְזֶל · חֲנִית · חֵץ · חֶרֶב · לֶהָבָה · מָגֵן · מַקֵּל · נֶשֶׁק · סֹחֵרַה · קֹובַע · קֶשֶׁת · רֹמַח
large shield = a large, long, oblong object, about the height of a man, made of wood, metal, leather stretched over wood, or even plaited strips of wood or reeds, and used to protect the entire body against the weapons of the opponent; certain officers made use of shield-bearers to carry it for them when they were not using it
1SA 17:7 · 1SA 17:41 · 1KI 10:16 · 1KI 10:16 · 1CH 12:9 · 1CH 12:25 · 1CH 12:35 · 2CH 9:15 · 2CH 9:15 · 2CH 11:12 · 2CH 14:7 · 2CH 25:5 · PSA 5:13 · PSA 35:2 · PSA 91:4 · JER 46:3 · EZK 23:24 · EZK 26:8 · EZK 38:4 · EZK 39:9
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[צִנָּה] n.f. appar. hook, or barb (of fishing-spear?);—pl. Am 4:2 ref
[צִנָּה] n.f. coolness;—cstr. Pr 25:13 ref
צִנָּה n.f. large shield (covering whole body) base