"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.). "Ornament, one of the sons of Shimei (1 Chr. 23:10)."
Definition of Zin:
"buckler; coldness"