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
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
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
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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.