צֵן

tsen · thorn

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6791 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

tsen (צֵן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “thorn”.

A thorn, a plant with spines; also a hedge of thorns.

How to say it

tsen

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Prickly plants that wound.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Job 5:5

    His harvest the hungry eat, and from among the thorns they take it, and the trap pants after their wealth.

  • Proverbs 22:5

    Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.