צֵן
tsen · thorn
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6791 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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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
- Prickly plants that wound.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
Related words
Words that come from it
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.