ZIN
A desert on the south border of Canaan, and the west of Edom, Num 34:1-4 . It formed part of the great wilderness of Paran, Num 13:26 ; and in its north-east corner was Kadesh-barnea, memorable for the death of Miriam, the mission of the twelve spies into Canaan, the murmuring of the Israelites, the rock flowing with water, and the unholy passion of Moses, Num 13:21 20:1-13 27:14.
Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
Zin
(Heb. Tsin [with. directive, Tsinah, , Num 34:4; or Tsintnah, , Joshua 10; Joshua , 3 ], a flat [plain or palm-tree]; Sept. v.r. etc.; Vulg. Sin), a wilderness () or open, uncultivated region on the south of Palestine and westward from Idumaea, in which was situated the city of Kadesh-barnea (Num 13:22; Num 20:1; Num 27:14; Num 33:36; Num 34:3; Deu 32:51; Jos 15:1). It evidently was a portion of the desert tract between the Dead Sea, Ghor, and Arabah (possibly including the two latter, or portions of them) on the east and the general plateau of the Tih which stretches westward. The country in question consists of two or three successive terraces of mountain converging to an acute angle (like stairs where there is a turn in the flight) at the Dead Sea’s southern verge, towards which also they slope. Here the drainage finds its chief vent by the Wady el-Fikreh into the Ghor, the remaining waters running by smaller channels into the Arabah, and ultimately by the Wady el-Jeib also to the Ghor. Judging from natural features in the vagueness of authority, it is likely that the portion between and drained by these wadies is the region in question; but where it ended westward, whether at any of the above -named terraces or blending imperceptibly with that of Paran, is quite uncertain. Josephus (Ant. 4:4, 6) speaks of a hill called Sin () where Miriam, who died in Kadesh, when the people had come to the desert of Zin, was buried. This Sin of Josephus may recall the name Zin, and, being applied to a hill, may, perhaps, indicate the most singular and wholly isolated conical acclivity named Moderah (Madura, or Madara), standing a little south of the Wady Fikreh, near its outlet into the Ghor. This would precisely agree with the tract. of country above indicated (Num 20:1; see Seetzen,Reisen, 3, Hebron to Madara; Wilton, Negeb, p. 127, 134). SEE KADESH.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Zin
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.).
Fuente: Easton’s Bible Dictionary
ZIN
Much of southern Palestine was a dry region known as the Negeb. Within this region lay the barren Wilderness of Zin. It lay south-west of the Dead Sea, between the Dead Sea and Kadesh-barnea (Num 20:1-2; Num 27:14; Num 33:36; Num 34:3-5). (For map and other details see PALESTINE, sub-heading Negeb.)
Fuente: Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
Zin
ZIN (Num 13:21; Num 20:1; Num 27:14; Num 33:36; Num 34:3; Num 34:6, Deu 32:51, Jos 15:1; Jos 15:3).A region passed through by the Israelites in their journeyings. The most exact indication of its position is given in Num 34:1-29 and Jos 15:1-63. In Num 13:21 the wilderness of Zin is named as the southern limit from which the spies began to search the land. In Num 33:36 it is given as one of the stations in the journeyings. The brief note, the same is Kadesh, serves to explain the following verse (And they journeyed from Kadesh ). Num 20:1 records the arrival of the children of Israel in the wilderness of Zin in the first month [the year is not stated], and the following Num 20:2-13 relate the events which took place at Meribah. The remaining two passages, Num 27:1-23 and Deu 32:1-52, which are duplicates, refer to the punishment of Moses for his offence at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. Hence it may be inferred (a) that the Wilderness of Zin formed part of the southern boundary of Judah at its eastern end towards the Dead Sea; (b) that Kadesh was included within its limits.
The close similarity between the events recorded in Exo 17:1-16 and Num 20:1-29, and other points of resemblance between occurrences before and after Sinai, suggest the question whether Sin and Zin, the Sin of the pre-Sinai and the Zin of the post-Sinai narrative, may be variations developed in the course of tradition. The hypothesis does not appear improbable, but the narrative in its present form indicates two regions bearing different names.
Cf. Paran, Sin [Wilderness of].
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Zin
zin (, cin; , Sn):
(1) A town in the extreme South of Judah, on the line separating that province from Edom, named between the ascent of Akrabbim and Kadesh-barnea (Num 34:4; Jos 15:3). It must have lain somewhere between Wady el-Fikra (the ascent of Akrabbim?) and Ain Kads (Kadesh-barnea); but the site has not been recovered.
(2) The Wilderness of Zin is the tract deriving its name from the town (Num 34:3). It is identified with the wilderness of Kadesh in Num 33:36; while in other places Kadesh is said to be in the wilderness of Zin (Num 20:1; Num 27:14; Deu 32:51). We may take it that the two names refer to the same region. The spies, who set out from Kadesh-barnea, explored the land from the wilderness of Zin northward (Num 13:21; compare Num 32:8). It bordered with Judah at the uttermost part of the south (Jos 15:1). In this wilderness Moses committed the offense which cost him his hope of entering the promised land (Num 27:14; Deu 32:51). It is identical with the uplands lying to the North and Northwest of the wilderness of Paran, now occupied by the Azazimeh Arabs.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Zin
Zin, a desert on the south of Palestine, and westward from Idumea, in which was situated the city of Kadesh-barnea (Num 13:21; Num 20:1; Num 27:14). Its locality is therefore fixed by the considerations which determine the site of Kadesh to the western part of the Arabah south of the Dead Sea.
Fuente: Popular Cyclopedia Biblical Literature
Zin
H6790
A desert south of Judah.
Num 13:21; Num 20:1; Num 27:14; Num 33:36; Num 34:3-4; Deu 32:51; Jos 15:1; Jos 15:3
Fuente: Nave’s Topical Bible
Zin
Zin (zn), a low palm tree. The wilderness of Zin was a part of the Arabian desert south of Palestine. Num 13:21-22; Num 34:3; Jos 15:1; Jos 15:3; Num 20:1; Num 27:14; Num 33:36. Kadesh is sometimes spoken of as in the wilderness of Zin, Num 33:36, and again as in the wilderness of Paran. Num 13:26. This is explained by the fact that Paran was the general name for the whole desert, while Zin was the northeastern corner of that desert.
Fuente: People’s Dictionary of the Bible
Zin
Zin. (flat). The name given to a portion of the desert tract between the Dead Sea, Ghor, and Arabah on the east, and the general plateau of the Tih which stretches westward. The country in question consists of two or three successive terraces of mountain converging to an acute single at the Dead Sea’s southern verge, toward which also they slope. Kadesh lay in it, and here also Idumea was conterminous with Judah; since Kadesh was a city in the border of Edom. See Kadesh, Kadeshbarnea. . Num 13:21; Num 20:1; Num 27:14; Num 33:36; Num 34:3; Jos 15:1.