Hebrew noun (feminine) · H6793
צִנָּה
tsinnahtsin-naw'
hook; coolness; shield
22 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tsinnâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6793is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6793
a hook (as pointed); also a (large) shield (as if guarding by prickliness); also cold (as piercing)
The King James renders it: buckler, cold, hook, shield, target.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tsinnah is rendered "hook; coolness; shield". It stands 22 times in the Hebrew text, across nine books.
- Five of the uses stand in 2 Chronicles, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "hook".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 17:7The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
1 Samuel 17:7הַצִּנָּ֖ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in nine of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: hook, and coolness, and shield.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| hookStrong's entry A | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where1 Samuel 17:7The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels… |
| coolnessStrong's entry B | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| shieldStrong's entry C | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- body shield5
- and body shield4
- the body shield3
- shield2
- a body shield1
- a shield1
- body shields1
- like cold of1
- like the shield1
- of the body shield1
- with barbs1
- with shield1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 22, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- צִנָּ֖ה5
- הַצִּנָּ֖ה2
- הַצִּנָּ֥ה2
- צִנָּ֣ה2
- בְּצִנָּ֣ה1
- בְּצִנּ֔וֹת1
- וְצִנָּ֑ה1
- וְצִנָּ֔ה1
- וְצִנָּה֙1
- וְצִנָּֽה׃1
- כַּ֝צִּנָּ֗ה1
- כְּצִנַּת־1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular9HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular4HC/Ncfsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular4HTd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine plural1HNcfpa
- preposition + noun · feminine plural1HR/Ncfpa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular1HR/Ncfsa
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfsc
- preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular1HRd/Ncfsa
1 Samuel
two uses
The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
- הַצִּנָּ֖הhatzinahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the body shield
Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
- הַצִּנָּ֖הhatzinahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: of the body shield
1 Kings
two uses
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.
- צִנָּ֖הtzinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: body shield
- הַצִּנָּ֥הhatzinahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the body shield
1 Chronicles
three uses
Some Gadites defected to David at his stronghold in the desert. They were mighty men of valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as swift as gazelles on the mountains:
- צִנָּ֖הtzinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: shield
From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.
- צִנָּ֖הtzinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: shield
From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.
- בְּצִנָּ֣הbetzinahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with shield
2 Chronicles
five uses
King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
- צִנָּ֖הtzinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: body shield
- הַצִּנָּ֥הhatzinahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the body shield
He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
- צִנּ֣וֹתtzinotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: body shields
Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 men from Benjamin bearing small shields and drawing the bow. All these were mighty men of valor.
- צִנָּ֣הtzinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: body shield
Then Amaziah gathered the people of Judah and assigned them according to their families to commanders of thousands and of hundreds. And he numbered those twenty years of age or older throughout Judah and Benjamin and found 300,000 chosen men able to serve in the army, bearing the spear and shield.
- וְצִנָּֽה׃vetzinahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and body shield
Psalms
three uses
For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
- כַּ֝צִּנָּ֗הkatzinahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: like the shield
Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
- וְצִנָּ֑הvetzinahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and body shield
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
- צִנָּ֖הtzinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a shield
Proverbs
one use
Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.
- כְּצִנַּת־ketzinat-preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like cold of
Jeremiah
one use
“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!
- וְצִנָּ֔הvetzinahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and body shield
Ezekiel
four uses
They will come against you with a host of peoples, with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will array themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet. I will delegate judgment to them, and they will punish you according to their own standards.
- צִנָּ֤הtzinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: body shield
He will slaughter the villages of your mainland with the sword; he will set up siege works against you, build a ramp to your walls, and raise his shields against you.
- צִנָּֽה׃tzinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a body shield
I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.
- צִנָּ֣הtzinahnoun · feminine singulartagged: body shield
Then those who dwell in the cities of Israel will go out, kindle fires, and burn up the weapons—the bucklers and shields, the bows and arrows, the clubs and spears. For seven years they will use them for fuel.
- וְצִנָּה֙vetzinahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and body shield
Amos
one use
The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
- בְּצִנּ֔וֹתbetzinotpreposition + noun · feminine pluraltagged: with barbs
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.