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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 comes golden splendor;
God is clothed with awesome majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - beautiful in elevation,
is the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
the city of the great King.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 89:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 89:12 - The north and the south, you have created them;
Tabor and Hermon joyously praise your name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3 - and gathered in from the lands,
from the east and from the west,
from the north and from the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - The north wind brings forth rain,
and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:6 - The wind blows to the south
and goes around to the north;
around and around goes the wind,
and on its circuits the wind returns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the clouds are full of rain,
they empty themselves on the earth,
and if a tree falls to the south or to the north,
in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16 - Awake, O north wind,
and come, O south wind!
Blow upon my garden,
let its spices flow.

She
Let my beloved come to his garden,
and eat its choicest fruits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - You said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
I will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
in the far reaches of the north;[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:31 - Wail, O gate; cry out, O city;
melt in fear, O Philistia, all of you!
For smoke comes out of the north,
and there is no straggler in his ranks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25 - I stirred up one from the north, and he has come,
from the rising of the sun, and he shall call upon my name;
he shall trample on rulers as on mortar,
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, Give up,
and to the south, Do not withhold;
bring my sons from afar
and my daughters from the end of the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:12 - Behold, these shall come from afar,
and behold, these from the north and from the west,[fn]
and these from the land of Syene.”[fn]

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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.”

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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 disaster[fn] shall be let loose upon 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 tribes of the kingdoms of the north, declares the LORD, and they shall come, and every one shall 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 Box Jer 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:12 - Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say,
“‘Return, faithless Israel,
declares the LORD.
I will not look on you in anger,
for I am merciful,
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 shall join the house of Israel, and together they shall come from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers for a heritage.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6 - Raise a standard toward Zion,
flee for safety, stay not,
for I bring disaster from the north,
and great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 - Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin,
from the midst of Jerusalem!
Blow the trumpet in Tekoa,
and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem,
for disaster looms out of the north,
and 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 country,
a great nation is stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!—
a great commotion out of the north country
to make the cities of Judah a desolation,
a lair of jackals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 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 you,
your beautiful flock?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:12 - Can one break iron, iron from the north, and 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 people of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he had driven them.’ For I will bring them back to their own land that 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 the offspring of the house of Israel out of the north country and out of all the countries where he[fn] had driven them.’ Then they shall dwell in their own land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:9 - behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the LORD, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8 - Behold, I will bring them from the north country
and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth,
among them the blind and the lame,
the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together;
a great company, they shall return here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6 - “The swift cannot flee away,
nor the warrior escape;
in the north by the river Euphrates
they have stumbled and fallen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:10 - That day is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts,
a day of vengeance,
to avenge himself on his foes.
The sword shall devour and be sated
and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice
in the north country by the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:20 - “A beautiful heifer is Egypt,
but a biting fly from the north has come upon her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:24 - The daughter of Egypt shall be put to shame;
she shall be delivered into the hand of a people from the north.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2 - “Thus says the LORD:
Behold, waters are rising out of the north,
and shall become an overflowing torrent;
they shall overflow the land and all that fills it,
the city and those who dwell in it.
Men shall cry out,
and every inhabitant of the land shall wail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:3 - “For out of the north a nation has come up against her, which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it; both man and beast shall flee away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9 - For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled 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 comes from the north;
a mighty nation and many kings
are stirring from the farthest parts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:48 - Then the heavens and the earth,
and all that is in them,
shall sing for joy over Babylon,
for the destroyers shall come against them out of the north,
declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:4 - As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud, with brightness around it, and fire flashing forth continually, and in the midst of the fire, as it were gleaming metal.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:14 - Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - And behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate, which faces north, each with his weapon for slaughter in his hand, and with them was a man clothed in linen, with a writing case at his waist. 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 - Say to the forest of the Negeb, 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 in you and every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from south to north shall be scorched by it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4 - Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh from south to north.

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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 against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar[fn] king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30 - “The princes of the north are there, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who have gone down in shame with the slain, for all the terror that they caused by their might; they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:6 - Gomer and all his hordes; Beth-togarmah from the uttermost parts of the north with all his hordes—many peoples are 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 uttermost parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:2 - And I will turn you about and drive you forward,[fn] and bring you up from the uttermost parts of the north, and lead you against the mountains of Israel.

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