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Lexicon :: Strong's H6828 - ṣāp̄ôn

Aa
צָפוֹן
Transliteration
ṣāp̄ôn
Pronunciation
tsaw-fone'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1953b

Strong’s Definitions

צָפוֹן tsâphôwn, tsaw-fone'; or צָפֹן tsâphôn; from H6845; properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown):—north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 153x

The KJV translates Strong's H6828 in the following manner: north (116x), northward (24x), north side (11x), northern (1x), north wind (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 153x
The KJV translates Strong's H6828 in the following manner: north (116x), northward (24x), north side (11x), northern (1x), north wind (1x).
  1. north (of direction), northward

    1. north

    2. northward

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
צָפוֹן tsâphôwn, tsaw-fone'; or צָפֹן tsâphôn; from H6845; properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as a quarter (gloomy and unknown):—north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).
STRONGS H6828: Abbreviations
I. צָפוֺן 153 noun feminineIsaiah 43:6 north (as the hidden, dark; compare Thes LewyFremdw. 188 f.; perhaps Phoenician צפל north); — absolute צ׳ Jeremiah 26:26 +, צָפֹ֫נָה northward Genesis 13:14 +, oftener צָפ֫וֺנָה Jeremiah 3:12 +, also צָפ֫וֺנָה = צָפוֺן Jeremiah 1:13 + (after prepositions and stative construct; compare Ges§ 90e); construct מִצְּפוֺן לְ Joshua 8:11 +, also מִצְּפוֺן Joshua 19:14 Gi (compare Benn; van d. H. Baer מִצָּ׳), מִצְּפ֫וֺנָה לְ Judges 21:19; (צ׳ occurs oftenest in Ezekiel [46 times], Joshua [25 times], Jeremiah [25 times], Daniel [9 times]); — north (opposite south, east, west) Genesis 13:14; Genesis 28:14 (both J), Exodus 27:11 (P), +; צ׳ פְּאַת north side Exodus 26:20; Joshua 15:5 + (see פֵּאָה); so צֶלַיע צ׳ Exodus 26:35, רוּחַ הַצּ׳ Ezekiel 42:17, compare עַליֶֿרֶךְ הַמִּזְבֵּחַ צָפ֫וֺנָה 2 Kings 16:14; גְּבוּל צ׳ Numbers 34:7, 9 north boundary; יַתְכְּתֵי צ׳ remote parts of north Isaiah 14:13 (as divine abode), Ezekiel 38:6, 15 + (see [יַרְכָה]); שַׁעַר הַצּ׳ Ezekiel 40:35 +, צ׳ פֶּתַחEzekiel 42:2; רוּחַ צ׳ Ezekiel 25:23 north wind, and so צ׳ alone Songs 4:16; toward the north is צָפ֫וֺנָה Joshua 13:3אֶלצָֿפוֺן Ecclesiastes 1:6, אֶלהַֿצּ׳ Ezekiel 42:1, אֶלהַֿצָּפ֫וֺנָה Ezekiel 8:14, לַצָּפוֺן Ezekiel 40:23, דֶּרֶךְ הַצָּפוֺן Ezekiel 40:20, צָפ֫וֺנָה ד׳ Ezekiel 8:5 (twice in verse) +, etc.; especially (in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, etc.) of quarter whence invaders were to come, e. g. Assyrians Isaiah 14:31, compare Zephaniah 2:13, Babylonians Jeremiah 6:1, 22; Jeremiah 15:12; Jeremiah 46:20, 24 (עַםצֿ׳), Jeremiah 47:2, Ezekiel 26:7, Cyrus against Babylonian Isaiah 41:25, compare Jeremiah 50:3, 9, 41; Jeremiah 51:48; more vaguely, Jeremiah 1:14, 15 (מַמְלְכוֺת צ׳), Jeremiah 4:6; Jeremiah 10:22; Jeremiah 13:20; Jeremiah 25:9, 26 (מַלְכֵי הַצּ׳); of Gog's host Ezekiel 38:6, 15; Ezekiel 39:2; נְסִיכֵי צ׳ Ezekiel 32:30 (apparently of nearer [Aramaean?] princes); אֶרֶץ צ׳ Jeremiah 31:8 is region of Carchemish, but Zechariah 2:10; Zechariah 6:6, 8 (twice in verse) of Babylon; מֵאֶרֶץ צ׳ (sometimes + other countries) the exiles and dispersed are to return Jeremiah 3:18; Jeremiah 16:15 = Jeremiah 23:8; Jeremiah 31:8, compare Isaiah 43:6; Isaiah 49:12; מֶלֶךְ הַצּ׳ Daniel 11:6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 15, 40 denotes successive Seleucidae.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

13:14; 13:14; 28:14

Exodus

26:20; 26:35; 27:11

Numbers

34:7; 34:9

Joshua

8:11; 13:3; 15:5; 19:14

Judges

21:19

2 Kings

16:14

Ecclesiastes

1:6

Song of Songs

4:16

Isaiah

14:13; 14:31; 41:25; 43:6; 43:6; 49:12

Jeremiah

1:13; 1:14; 1:15; 3:12; 3:18; 4:6; 6:1; 6:22; 10:22; 13:20; 15:12; 16:15; 23:8; 25:9; 25:26; 31:8; 31:8; 46:20; 46:24; 47:2; 50:3; 50:9; 50:41; 51:48

Ezekiel

8:5; 8:14; 26:7; 32:30; 38:6; 38:6; 38:15; 38:15; 39:2; 40:20; 40:23; 40:35; 42:1; 42:2; 42:17

Daniel

11:6; 11:7; 11:8; 11:11; 11:13; 11:15; 11:40

Zephaniah

2:13

Zechariah

2:10; 6:6; 6:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6828 matches the Hebrew צָפוֹן (ṣāp̄ôn),
which occurs 153 times in 141 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 13:14–Job 26:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 -

The LORD H3068 said H559 to Abram H87, after H310 Lot H3876 had separated H6504 from him, “Now H4994 raise H5375 your eyes H5869 and look H7200 from the place H4725 where H834 H8033 you are, northward H6828 and southward H5045, and eastward H6924 and westward H3220;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - “Your [fn]descendants H2233 will also be like the dust H6083 of the earth H776, and you will [fn]spread H6555 out H6555 to the west H3220 and to the east H6924, and to the north H6828 and to the south H5045; and in you and in your [fn]descendants H2233 shall all H3605 the families H4940 of the earth H127 be blessed H1288.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:20 - and for the second H8145 side H6763 of the tabernacle H4908, on the north H6828 side H6285, twenty H6242 boards H7175,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - “And you shall set H7760 the table H7979 outside H4480 H2351 the veil H6532, and the lampstand H4501 opposite H5227 the table H7979 on the side H6763 of the tabernacle H4908 toward the south H8486; and you shall put H5414 the table H7979 on the north H6828 side H6763.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:11 - “Likewise H3651 for the north H6828 side H6285 in length H753 there shall be hangings H7050 a [fn]hundred H3967 cubits long H753, and its twenty H6242 pillars H5982 with their twenty H6242 bases H134 of bronze H5178; the hooks H2053 of the pillars H5982 and their bands H2838 shall be of silver H3701.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:25 - Then for the second H8145 side H6763 of the tabernacle H4908, on the north H6828 side H6285, he made H6213 twenty H6242 boards H7175,
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - For the north H6828 side H6285 there were a hundred H3967 cubits H520; their twenty H6242 pillars H5982 and their twenty H6242 bases H134 were of bronze H5178, the hooks H2053 of the pillars H5982 and their [fn]bands H2838 were of silver H3701.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - He also put H5414 the table H7979 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150 on the north H6828 side H3409 of the tabernacle H4908, outside H4480 H2351 the veil H6532.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11 - ‘And he shall slaughter H7819 it on the side H3409 of the altar H4196 northward H6828 before H6440 the LORD H3068, and Aaron’s H175 sons H1121 the priests H3548 shall sprinkle H2236 its blood H1818 around H5439 on the altar H4196.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:25 -

“On the north H6828 side H6828 shall be the flag H1714 of the camp H4264 of Dan H1835 by their armies H6635; and the leader H5387 of the sons H1121 of Dan H1835: Ahiezer H295 the son H1121 of Ammishaddai H5996,

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the leader H5387 of the fathers’ H1 households H1004 of the families H4940 of Merari H4847 was Zuriel H6700 the son H1121 of Abihail H32. They were to camp H2583 on the northward H6828 side H3409 of the tabernacle H4908.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:7 -

‘And this H2088 shall be your northern H6828 border H1366: you shall draw H8376 your boundary H8376 from the Great H1419 Sea H3220 to Mount H2022 Hor H2023.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:9 - and the border H1366 shall proceed H3318 to Ziphron H2202, and its termination H8444 shall be at Hazar-enan H2704. This H2088 shall be your northern H6828 border H1366.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 35:5 - “You shall also measure H4058 outside H4480 H2351 the city H5892 on the east H6924 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits H520, on the south H5045 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits H520, on the west H3220 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits H520, and on the north H6828 side H6285 two thousand H505 cubits H520, with the city H5892 in the center H8432. This H2088 shall become H1961 theirs H1992 as pasture H4054 lands H4054 for the cities H5892.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:3 - ‘You have circled H5437 this H2088 mountain H2022 long H7227 enough H7227. Now turn H6437 north H6828,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:27 - ‘Go H5927 up H5927 to the top H7218 of Pisgah H6449 and raise H5375 your eyes H5869 to the west H3220, the north H6828, the south H8486, and the east H4217, and see H7200 it with your eyes H5869; for you shall not cross H5674 over H5674 this H2088 Jordan H3383.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:11 - Then all H3605 the people H5971 of war H4421 who H834 were with him went H5927 up H5927 and approached H5066, and arrived H935 in front H5048 of the city H5892; and they camped H2583 on the north H6828 side H6828 of Ai H5857. And there was a valley H1516 between H996 him and Ai H5857.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:13 - So they stationed H7760 the people H5971, all H3605 the army H4264 that was on the north H6828 side H6828 of the city H5892, and its rear H6119 guard H6119 on the west H3220 side H3220 of the city H5892, and Joshua H3091 spent H1980 that night H3915 in the midst H8432 of the valley H6010.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:2 - and to the kings H4428 who H834 were of the north H6828 in the hill H2022 country H2022, and in the Arabah H6160—south H5045 of [fn]Chinneroth H3672 and in the lowland H8219, and on the [fn]heights H5299 of Dor H1756 on the west H3220
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:3 - from the Shihor H7883 which H834 is [fn]east H5921 H6440 of Egypt H4714, even as far H5704 as the border H1366 of Ekron H6138 to the north H6828 (it is counted H2803 as Canaanite H3669); the five H2568 governors H5633 of the Philistines H6430: the Gazite H5841, the Ashdodite H796, the Ashkelonite H832, the Gittite H1663, the Ekronite H6139; and the Avvite H5761
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:5 - The eastern H6924 border H1366 was the Salt H4417 Sea H3220, as far H5704 as the [fn]mouth H7097 of the Jordan H3383. And the border H1366 of the north H6828 side H6285 was from the bay H3956 of the sea H3220 at the [fn]mouth H7097 of the Jordan H3383.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:6 - Then the border H1366 went H5927 up H5927 to Beth-hoglah H1031, and continued H5674 on the north H6828 of Beth-arabah H1026, and the border H1366 went H5927 up H5927 to the stone H68 of Bohan H932 the son H1121 of Reuben H7205.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:7 - And the border H1366 went H5927 up H5927 to Debir H1688 from the Valley H6010 of Achor H5911, and turned H6437 northward H6828 toward H413 Gilgal H1537 which H834 is opposite H5227 the ascent H4608 of Adummim H131, which H834 is on the south H5045 of the valley H5158; and the border H1366 continued H5674 to the waters H4325 of En-shemesh H5885 and [fn]it ended H1961 H8444 at En-rogel H5883.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:8 - Then the border H1366 went H5927 up H5927 the Valley H1516 of Ben-hinnom H1121 H2011 to the slope H3802 of the Jebusite H2983 on the south H5045 (that is, Jerusalem H3389); and the border H1366 went H5927 up H5927 to the top H7218 of the mountain H2022 which H834 is opposite H5921 H6440 the Valley H1516 of Hinnom H2011 to the west H3220, which H834 is at the end H7097 of the Valley H6010 of Rephaim H7497 toward the north H6828.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:10 - The border H1366 turned H5437 from Baalah H1173 westward H3220 to Mount H2022 Seir H8165, and continued H5674 to the slope H3802 of Mount H2022 Jearim H3297 on the north H6828 (that is, Chesalon H3693), and went H3381 down H3381 to Beth-shemesh H1053 and continued H5674 through H5674 Timnah H8553.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:11 - Then the border H1366 proceeded H3318 to the side H3802 of Ekron H6138 northward H6828. And the border H1366 turned H8388 to Shikkeron H7942 and continued H5674 to Mount H2022 Baalah H1173 and proceeded H3318 to Jabneel H2995, and the [fn]border H1366 ended H1961 H8444 at the sea H3220.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:6 - Then the border H1366 went H3318 westward H3220 at Michmethath H4366 on the north H6828, and the border H1366 turned H5437 eastward H4217 to Taanath-shiloh H8387 and continued H5674 beyond it to the east H4217 of Janoah H3239.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:9 - And the border H1366 went H3381 down H3381 to the [fn]brook H5158 of Kanah H7071, southward H5045 of the [fn]brook H5158 (these H428 cities H5892 belonged to Ephraim H669 among H8432 the cities H5892 of Manasseh H4519), and the border H1366 of Manasseh H4519 was on the north H6828 side H6828 of the [fn]brook H5158, and [fn]it ended H1961 H8444 at the sea H3220.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:10 - The south H5045 side H5045 belonged to Ephraim H669 and the north H6828 side H6828 to Manasseh H4519, and the sea H3220 was [fn]their border H1366; and they reached H6293 to Asher H836 on the north H6828 and to Issachar H3485 on the east H4217.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:5 - “And they shall divide H2505 it into seven H7651 portions H2506; Judah H3063 shall stay H5975 in its territory H1366 on the south H5045, and the house H1004 of Joseph H3130 shall stay H5975 in their territory H1366 on the north H6828.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:12 - Their border H1366 on the north H6828 side H6285 was from the Jordan H3383, then the border H1366 went H5927 up H5927 to the side H3802 of Jericho H3405 on the north H6828, and went H5927 up H5927 through the hill H2022 country H2022 westward H3220, and [fn]it ended H1961 H8444 at the wilderness H4057 of Beth-aven H1007.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:16 - Then the border H1366 went H3381 down H3381 to the edge H7097 of the hill H2022 which H834 is [fn]in the Valley H1516 of Ben-hinnom H1121 H2011, which H834 is in the Valley H6010 of Rephaim H7497 northward H6828; and it went H3381 down H3381 to the Valley H1516 of Hinnom H2011, to the slope H3802 of the Jebusite H2983 southward H5045, and went H3381 down H3381 to En-rogel H5883.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:17 - Then it turned H8388 northward H6828 and went H3318 to En-shemesh H5885, and went H3318 to Geliloth H1553, which H834 is opposite H5227 the ascent H4608 of Adummim H131, and it went H3381 down H3381 to the stone H68 of Bohan H932 the son H1121 of Reuben H7205.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:18 - And it continued H5674 to the side H3802 in front H4136 of the Arabah H6160 northward H6828, and went H3381 down H3381 to the Arabah H6160.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:19 - Then the border H1366 continued H5674 to the side H3802 of Beth-hoglah H1031 northward H6828; and the [fn]border H1366 ended H1961 H8444 at the north H6828 bay H3956 of the Salt H4417 Sea H3220, at the south H5045 end H7097 of the Jordan H3383. This H2088 was the southern H5045 border H1366.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:14 - Then the border H1366 circled H5437 around H5437 it on the north H6828 to Hannathon H2615, and [fn]it ended H1961 H8444 at the Valley H1516 of Iphtahel H3317.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:27 - It turned H7725 toward the [fn]east H4217 H8121 to Beth-dagon H1016 and reached H6293 Zebulun H2074, and to the Valley H1516 of Iphtahel H3317 northward H6828 to Beth-emek H1025 and Neiel H5272; then it proceeded H3318 on [fn]north H8040 to Cabul H3521,
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:30 - And they buried H6912 him in the territory H1366 of his inheritance H5159, in Timnath-serah H8556, which H834 is in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669, on the north H6828 of Mount H2022 Gaash H1608.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:9 - And they buried H6912 him in the territory H1366 of his inheritance H5159 in Timnath-heres H8556, in the hill H2022 country H2022 of Ephraim H669, north H6828 of Mount H2022 Gaash H1608.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:1 -

Then Jerubbaal H3378 (that is, Gideon H1439) and all H3605 the people H5971 who H834 were with him got H7925 up H7925 early H7925, and camped H2583 beside H5921 [fn]the spring H5869 of Harod H5878; and the camp H4264 of Midian H4080 was on the north H6828 side H6828 of [fn]them by the hill H1389 of Moreh H4176 in the valley H6010.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 -

Now the men H376 of Ephraim H669 were summoned H6817, and they crossed H5674 [fn]to Zaphon H6829; and they said H559 to Jephthah H3316, “Why H4069 did you cross H5674 over H5674 to fight H3898 against the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 without H3808 calling H7121 us to go H1980 with you? We will burn H8313 H784 your house H1004 down H8313 on you!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:19 -

So they said H559, “Behold H2009, there is a feast H2282 of the LORD H3068 from year H3117 to year H3117 in Shiloh H7887, which H834 is on the north H6828 side H6828 of Bethel H1008, on the east H4217 H8121 side H4217 H8121 of the road H4546 that goes H5927 up H5927 from Bethel H1008 to Shechem H7927, and on the south H5045 side H5045 of Lebonah H3829.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:5 - The one H259 crag H8127 rose on the north H6828 opposite H4136 Michmash H4363, and the other H259 on the south H5045 opposite H4136 Geba H1387.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:25 - It was standing H5975 on twelve H8147 H6240 oxen H1241, three H7969 facing H6437 north H6828, three H7969 facing H6437 west H3220, three H7969 facing H6437 south H5045, and three H7969 facing H6437 east H4217; and the Sea H3220 was set on top H4605 of them, and all H3605 their rear H268 parts H268 turned inward H1004.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:14 - And the bronze H5178 altar H4196, which H834 was before H6440 the LORD H3068, [fn]he brought H7126 from the front H6440 of the house H1004, from between H996 his altar H4196 and the house H1004 of the LORD H3068, and he put H5414 it on the north H6828 side H3409 of his altar H4196.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:24 - The gatekeepers H7778 were [fn]on the four H702 sides H7307, to the east H4217, west H3220, north H6828, and south H5045.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:14 - The lot H1486 to the east H4217 fell H5307 to [fn]Shelemiah H8018. Then they cast H5307 lots H1486 for his son H1121 Zechariah H2148, a counselor H3289 with insight H7922, and his lot H1486 came H3318 out H3318 to the north H6828.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:17 - On the east H4217 there were six H8337 Levites H3881, on the north H6828 four H702 daily H3117, on the south H5045 four H702 daily H3117, and at the storehouse H624 two H8147 by two H8147.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:4 - It was standing H5975 on twelve H8147 H6240 oxen H1241, three H7969 facing H6437 north H6828, three H7969 facing H6437 west H3220, three H7969 facing H6437 south H5045, and three H7969 facing H6437 east H4217; and the Sea H3220 was set on top H4605 of them and all H3605 their hindquarters H268 turned H1004 inward H1004.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 26:7 -

“He stretches H5186 out H5186 the north H6828 over H5921 empty H8414 space H8414

And hangs H8518 the earth H776 on nothing H1099 H4100.


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