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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 13:3 —אֶלצָֿפוֺן 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

H6828

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

Page 2 / 3 (Job 37:22–Eze 39:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:22 - He comes from the north as golden splendor;
With God is awesome majesty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - Beautiful in elevation,
The joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north,
The city of the great King.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - The north and the south, You have created them;
Tabor and Hermon rejoice in Your name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3 - And gathered out of the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - The north wind brings forth rain,
And a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:6 - The wind goes toward the south,
And turns around to the north;
The wind whirls about continually,
And comes again on its circuit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the clouds are full of rain,
They empty themselves upon the earth;
And if a tree falls to the south or the north,
In the place where the tree falls, there it shall lie.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16 - The Shulamite
Awake, O north wind,
And come, O south!
Blow upon my garden,
That its spices may flow out.
Let my beloved come to his garden
And eat its pleasant fruits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:31 - Wail, O gate! Cry, O city!
All you of Philistia are dissolved;
For smoke will come from the north,
And no one will be alone in his appointed times.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25 - “I have raised up one from the north,
And he shall come;
From the rising of the sun he shall call on My name;
And he shall come against princes as though mortar,
As the potter treads clay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:6 - I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’
Bring My sons from afar,
And My daughters from the ends of the earth—

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:12 - Surely these shall come from afar;
Look! Those from the north and the west,
And these from the land of Sinim.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:13 - And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, and it is facing away from the north.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:14 - Then the LORD said to me:

“Out of the north calamity shall break forth
On all the inhabitants of the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - For behold, I am calling
All the families of the kingdoms of the north,” says the LORD;
“They shall come and each one set his throne
At the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem,
Against all its walls all around,
And against all the cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:12 - “Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say:

‘Return, backsliding Israel,’ says the LORD;
‘I will not cause My anger to fall on you.
For I am merciful,’ says the LORD;
‘I will not remain angry forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:18 - “In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given as an inheritance to your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6 - Set up the standard toward Zion.
Take refuge! Do not delay!
For I will bring disaster from the north,
And great destruction.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 - “O you children of Benjamin,
Gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,
And set up a signal-fire in Beth Haccerem;
For disaster appears out of the north,
And great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:22 - Thus says the LORD:

“Behold, a people comes from the north country,
And a great nation will be raised from the farthest parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - Behold, the noise of the report has come,
And a great commotion out of the north country,
To make the cities of Judah desolate, a den of jackals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:20 - Lift up your eyes and see
Those who come from the north.
Where is the flock that was given to you,
Your beautiful sheep?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:12 - Can anyone break iron,
The northern iron and the bronze?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:15 - “but, ‘The LORD lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.’ For I will bring them back into their land which I gave to their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:8 - “but, ‘As the LORD lives who brought up and led the descendants of the house of Israel from the north country and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ And they shall dwell in their own land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9 - ‘behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ says the LORD, ‘and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:26 - all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. Also the king of Sheshach[fn] shall drink after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8 - Behold, I will bring them from the north country,
And gather them from the ends of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child
And the one who labors with child, together;
A great throng shall return there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6 - “Do not let the swift flee away,
Nor the mighty man escape;
They will stumble and fall
Toward the north, by the River Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts,
A day of vengeance,
That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.
The sword shall devour;
It shall be satiated and made drunk with their blood;
For the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice
In the north country by the River Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:20 - “Egypt is a very pretty heifer,
But destruction comes, it comes from the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:24 - The daughter of Egypt shall be ashamed;
She shall be delivered into the hand
Of the people of the north.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2 - Thus says the LORD:

“Behold, waters rise out of the north,
And shall be an overflowing flood;
They shall overflow the land and all that is in it,
The city and those who dwell within;
Then the men shall cry,
And all the inhabitants of the land shall wail.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:3 - For out of the north a nation comes up against her,
Which shall make her land desolate,
And no one shall dwell therein.
They shall move, they shall depart,
Both man and beast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9 - For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon
An assembly of great nations from the north country,
And they shall array themselves against her;
From there she shall be captured.
Their arrows shall be like those of an expert warrior;[fn]
None shall return in vain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:41 - “Behold, a people shall come from the north,
And a great nation and many kings
Shall be raised up from the ends of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:48 - Then the heavens and the earth and all that is in them
Shall sing joyously over Babylon;
For the plunderers shall come to her from the north,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:4 - Then I looked, and behold, a whirlwind was coming out of the north, a great cloud with raging fire engulfing itself; and brightness was all around it and radiating out of its midst like the color of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:3 - He stretched out the form of a hand, and took me by a lock of my hair; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven, and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the image of jealousy was, which provokes to jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:5 - Then He said to me, “Son of man, lift your eyes now toward the north.” So I lifted my eyes toward the north, and there, north of the altar gate, was this image of jealousy in the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:14 - So He brought me to the door of the north gate of the LORD’s house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - And suddenly six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his battle-ax in his hand. One man among them was clothed with linen and had a writer’s inkhorn at his side. They went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47 - “and say to the forest of the South, ‘Hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be scorched by it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4 - “Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7 - “For thus says the Lord GOD: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar[fn] king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses, with chariots, and with horsemen, and an army with many people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30 - There are the princes of the north,
All of them, and all the Sidonians,
Who have gone down with the slain
In shame at the terror which they caused by their might;
They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword,
And bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:6 - “Gomer and all its troops; the house of Togarmah from the far north and all its troops—many people are with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:15 - “Then you will come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:2 - “and I will turn you around and lead you on, bringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel.

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