Word Study · Strong's H6796 · Hebrew

צָנִין

tsanin

tsaw-neen'

Strong's 1890 spelling: tsânîyn

“a thorn”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a thorn

Rendered in the KJV as

thorn.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

וְלִצְנִינִ֖ם1
וְלִצְנִנִ֣ים1

How it is rendered · 2

and into pricks1
and into thorns1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine plural2

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HC/R/Ncmpa · 2

All 2, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Numbers1 of 2 · 50%
Joshua1 of 2 · 50%

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Numbers1 occurrence

Numbers 33:55וְלִצְנִינִ֖םvelitzninimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluralBut if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.here: and into pricks

Joshua1 occurrence

Joshua 23:13וְלִצְנִנִ֣יםvelitzninimconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine pluralknow for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.here: and into thorns

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