STRONGS NUMBER H6793


Word Summary
tsinnah: probably a hook, barb
Original Word: צִנָּה
Transliteration: tsinnah
Phonetic Spelling: (tsin-naw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: probably a hook, barb
Meaning: a hook, a, shield, cold
Strong's Concordance
buckler, cold, hook, shield, target

Feminine of tsen; a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing) -- buckler, cold, hook, shield, target.

see HEBREW tsen

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6793. tsinnah

I. [צִנָּה‎] noun feminine apparently hook, or barb (of fishing-spear ?); — plural צִנּוֺתAmos 4:2( "" דּוּגָה סִירוֺת‎).

II. [צִנָּה‎] noun feminine coolness; — construct צִנַּתשֶֿׁלֶגProverbs 25:13 coolness of snow (צפון רוח צינת‎ Ecclus 43:20).

III. צנן‎ (√ of following; Thes (so DiLex) compare Arabic preserve,keep, Ethiopic protect, but dubious).

III. צִנָּהnoun feminine large shield (covering whole body); — absolute ׳צ1 Samuel 17:7 +; plural צִנּוֺת2 Chronicles 11:12; — shield, larger than מָגֵן1 Kings 10:16 (twice in verse) (compare 10:17) = 2 Chronicles 9:15 (twice in verse); (הַ)צִנָּה נשֵֹׁא1 Samuel 17:7, 41 (נ ׳הָאִישׁ ׳הַצּ‎), 2 Chronicles 14:7, צ ׳נשְֹׁאֵי1 Chronicles 12:25 (van d. H. v.12:24); וְצִנָּה מָגֵן עִרְכוּJeremiah 46:3, compare צ ׳עֹרְכֵי1 Chronicles 12:9 (van d. H. v.12:8); וְצ רֹמַח ׳אֹחֵז2 Chronicles 25:5; וְצ מָגֵן ׳הַחֲזֵקPsalm 35:2; צ עָלַיִךְ ׳הֵקִיםEzekiel 26:8; + מָגֵן‎ also 23:24; 38:4; 39:9; ׳צ1 Chronicles 12:35 (van d. H. v.12:34) 2 Chronicles 11:12; simile of ׳י‎s favour Psalm 5:13; figurative of ׳י‎'s faithfulness Psalm 91:4.