Zikim () is a kibbutz in the southern Israel. Located in the northern Negev desert, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. In 2006 it had apopulation of 385. The original group of settlers graduated from the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement in Romania formed in 1947, and the kibbutz was established two years later, in 1949. At that time, Jewish settlement in the Negev was very sparse, and each new location was considered to be a "point of light" (zik) in the wilderness, accounting for the name.