Zin

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(shrub). That part of the Arabian wilderness or desert lying south of Palestine, adjacent to Judah, and bounded on the east by the Dead Sea and valley of Arabah ({vi 4097;4102;4313;4569;4797;4820}Num. 13:21,26; 20:1; 27:14; 33:36; 34:3; {vi 6204-6206}Josh. 15:1-3).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

A district far south of Judah, lying between the Dead Sea and the Gulf of Akaba, in which Kadesh was situated, and in which a great part of the wanderings of the Israelites occurred (Num. 13:21; Num. 20:1; Num. 27:14; Num. 33:36; {vi 4820-4821}Num. 34:3-4; Deut. 32:51; {vi 6204;6206}Joshua 15:1,3). It must not be confounded with the Wilderness of Sin.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

6790 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

Tsin

Phonic:

tseen

Meaning:

from an unused root meaning to prick; a crag; Tsin, a part of the Desert

KJV Usage:

Zin

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

a thorn

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

A small palm-tree; shrub; to prick; target; crag; coldness:―part of the desert, Num. 13:21. {Palma parva}