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Lexicon :: Strong's H6828 - ṣāp̄ôn

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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 Box Job 37:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:22 - “Out of the north H6828 comes golden splendor;
Around God is awesome majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth,
Is Mount Zion in the far north, H6828
The city of the great King.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - The north H6828 and the south, You have created them;
Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3 - And gathered from the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north H6828 and from the [fn]south.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - The north H6828 wind brings forth rain,
And a [fn]backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:6 - [fn]Blowing toward the south,
Then turning toward the north, H6828
The wind continues [fn]swirling along;
And on its circular courses the wind returns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, H6828 wherever the tree falls, there it [fn]lies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16 - “[fn]Awake, O north H6828 wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my garden breathe out fragrance,
Let its [fn]spices [fn]be wafted abroad.
May my beloved come into his garden
And eat its choice fruits!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - “But you said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north. H6828

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:31 - “Wail, O gate; cry, O city;
[fn]Melt away, O Philistia, all of you;
For smoke comes from the north, H6828
And there is no straggler in his ranks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25 - “I have aroused one from the north, H6828 and he has come;
From the rising of the sun he will call on My name;
And he will come upon rulers as upon mortar,
Even as the potter treads clay.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:6 - “I will say to the north, H6828 ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’
Bring My sons from afar
And My daughters from the ends of the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:12 - “Behold, these will come from afar;
And lo, these will come from the north H6828 and from the west,
And these from the land of Sinim.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:13 - The word of the LORD came to me a second time saying, “What do you see?” And I said, “I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north.” H6828

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:14 - Then the LORD said to me, “Out of the north H6828 the evil [fn]will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - “For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” H6828 declares the LORD; “and they will come and they will set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:12 - “Go and proclaim these words toward the north H6828 and say,
‘Return, faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD;
‘I will not [fn]look upon you in anger.
For I am gracious,’ declares the LORD;
‘I will not be angry forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:18 - “In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north H6828 to the land that I gave your fathers as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6 - “Lift up a standard toward Zion!
Seek refuge, do not stand still,
For I am bringing evil from the north, H6828
And great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 - “Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin,
From the midst of Jerusalem!
Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa
And raise a signal over [fn]Beth-haccerem;
For evil looks down from the north, H6828
And a great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:22 - Thus says the LORD,
“Behold, a people is coming from the north H6828 land,
And a great nation will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - The sound of a report! Behold, it comes—
A great commotion out of the land of the north H6828—
To make the cities of Judah
A desolation, a haunt of jackals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:20 - “Lift up your eyes and see
Those coming from the north. H6828
Where is the flock that was given you,
Your beautiful sheep?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:12 - “Can anyone smash iron,
Iron from the north, H6828 or bronze?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:15 - but, ‘As the LORD lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north H6828 and from all the countries where He had banished them.’ For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:8 - but, ‘As the LORD lives, who brought up and led back the descendants of the household of Israel from the north H6828 land and from all the countries where I had driven them.’ Then they will live on their own soil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9 - behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ H6828 declares the LORD, ‘and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will [fn]utterly destroy them and make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:26 - and all the kings of the north, H6828 near and far, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the earth which are upon the face of the ground, and the king of [fn]Sheshach shall drink after them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8 - “Behold, I am bringing them from the north H6828 country,
And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth,
Among them the blind and the lame,
The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together;
A great [fn]company, they will return here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6 - Let not the swift man flee,
Nor the mighty man escape;
In the north H6828 beside the river Euphrates
They have stumbled and fallen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - For that day belongs to the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts,
A day of vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes;
And the sword will devour and be satiated
And [fn]drink its fill of their blood;
For there will be a slaughter for the Lord [fn]GOD of hosts,
In the land of the north H6828 by the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:20 - “Egypt is a pretty heifer,
But a [fn]horsefly is coming from the north H6828—it is coming!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:24 - “The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame,
Given over to the [fn]power of the people of the north.” H6828

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2 - Thus says the LORD:
“Behold, waters are going to rise from the north H6828
And become an overflowing torrent,
And overflow the land and all its fullness,
The city and those who live in it;
And the men will cry out,
And every inhabitant of the land will wail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:3 - “For a nation has come up against her out of the north; H6828 it will make her land an object of horror, and there will be no inhabitant in it. Both man and beast have wandered off, they have gone away!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9 - “For behold, I am going to arouse and bring up against Babylon
A horde of great nations from the land of the north, H6828
And they will draw up their battle lines against her;
From there she will be taken captive.
Their arrows will be like [fn]an expert warrior
Who does not return empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:41 - “Behold, a people is coming from the north, H6828
And a great nation and many kings
Will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:48 - “Then heaven and earth and all that is in them
Will shout for joy over Babylon,
For the destroyers will come to her from the north,” H6828
Declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:4 - As I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, H6828 a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:3 - He stretched out the form of a hand and caught me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the [fn]north H6828 gate of the inner court, where the seat of the idol of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:5 - Then He said to me, “Son of man, raise your eyes now toward the north.” H6828 So I raised my eyes toward the north, H6828 and behold, to the north H6828 of the altar gate was this idol of jealousy at the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:14 - Then He brought me to the entrance of the gate of the LORD’S house which was toward the north; H6828 and behold, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - Behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, H6828 each with his shattering weapon in his hand; and among them was a certain man clothed in linen with a [fn]writing case at his loins. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47 - and say to the forest of the Negev, ‘Hear the word of the LORD: thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will consume every [fn]green tree in you, as well as every dry tree; the blazing flame will not be quenched and [fn]the whole surface from south to north H6828 will be burned by it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4 - “Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go forth from its sheath against all flesh from south to north. H6828

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7 - For thus says the Lord GOD, “Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north H6828 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses, chariots, cavalry and [fn]a great army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30 - “There also are the [fn]chiefs of the north, H6828 all of them, and all the Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their might, in shame went down with the slain. So they lay down uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:6 - Gomer with all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north H6828 with all its troops—many peoples with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:15 - “You will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, H6828 you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:2 - and I will turn you around, drive you on, take you up from the remotest parts of the north H6828 and bring you against the mountains of Israel.

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