Bible Location
Meaning: buckler; coldness · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Zin was the southern wilderness region near Kadesh on the edge of the Negeb and desert. It is important because it forms part of Israel's southern boundary world and the setting for key wilderness events. First appears in Num 34:4.1
Place meaning
buckler; coldness
Coordinates
30.69, 34.49
First appears
Num 34:4
AI summary: Zin matters because the Bible repeatedly uses it to define the southern edge of the land and the harsher geography through which Israel travelled. It belongs to the Kadesh world of testing, delay, and boundary. The cross references present Zin as a southern wilderness of limit, trial, and approach.1
Place meaning
buckler; coldness
Latitude
30.69
Longitude
34.49
Bible references
2
A low palm-tree, the south-eastern corner of the desert et-Tih, the wilderness of Paran, between the Gulf of Akabah and the head of the Wady Guraiyeh (Num. 13:21). To be distinguished from the wilderness of Sin (q.v.). 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.