Tsinnah צִנָּה

Tsinnah (Hebrew צִנָּה, Strong's H6793) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “shield”. It occurs 22 times in 20 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H6793C: shield

H6793A: hook

H6793B: coolness

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Tsinnah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 17:7
  And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.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 17:41
  And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.

1 Kings

• 1 Kings 10:16
  And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target.King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.

1 Chronicles

• 1 Chronicles 12:8
  And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;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:
• 1 Chronicles 12:24
  The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.From Judah: 6,800 armed troops bearing shields and spears.
• 1 Chronicles 12:34
  And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.From Naphtali: 1,000 commanders, accompanied by 37,000 men with shield and spear.

2 Chronicles

• 2 Chronicles 9:15
  And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of hammered gold went into each shield.
• 2 Chronicles 11:12
  And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.He also put shields and spears in all the cities and strengthened them greatly. So Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.
• 2 Chronicles 14:8
  And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valour.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.
• 2 Chronicles 25:5
  Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and 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.

Psalms

• Psalm 5:12
  For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
• Psalm 35:2
  Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help.Take up Your shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid.
• Psalm 91:4
  He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 25:13
  As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.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.

Jeremiah

• Jeremiah 46:3
  Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle.“Deploy your shields, small and large; advance for battle!

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 23:24
  And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments.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.
• Ezekiel 26:8
  He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee.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.
• Ezekiel 38:4
  And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: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.
• Ezekiel 39:9
  And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: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.

Amos

• Amos 4:2
  The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.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.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).