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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 46 times in 38 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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 BoxEze 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 BoxEze 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 BoxEze 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 BoxEze 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 BoxEze 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 BoxEze 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 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 and chariots, and with horsemen and a host of many soldiers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 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 BoxEze 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 BoxEze 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 BoxEze 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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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then he measured the distance from the inner front of the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court,[fn] a hundred cubits on the east side and on the north side.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:20 - As for the gate that faced toward the north, belonging to the outer court, he measured its length and its breadth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - And opposite the gate on the north, as on the east, was a gate to the inner court. And he measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:35

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:35 - Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it. It had the same size as the others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:40

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:40 - And off to the side, on the outside as one goes up to the entrance of the north gate, were two tables; and off to the other side of the vestibule of the gate were two tables.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:44

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:44 - On the outside of the inner gateway there were two chambers[fn] in the inner court, one[fn] at the side of the north gate facing south, the other at the side of the south[fn] gate facing north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who have charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who alone[fn] among the sons of Levi may come near to the LORD to minister to him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11 - And the doors of the side chambers opened on the free space, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. And the breadth of the free space was five cubits all around.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1 - Then he led me out into the outer court, toward the north, and he brought me to the chambers that were opposite the separate yard and opposite the building on the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:2 - The length of the building whose door faced north was a hundred cubits,[fn] and the breadth fifty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:4 - And before the chambers was a passage inward, ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long,[fn] and their doors were on the north.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:11 - with a passage in front of them. They were similar to the chambers on the north, of the same length and breadth, with the same exits[fn] and arrangements and doors,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:13 - Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers opposite the yard are the holy chambers, where the priests who approach the LORD shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall put the most holy offerings—the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering—for the place is holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:17 - He measured the north side, 500 cubits by the measuring reed all around.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:4 - Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple, and I looked, and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the temple of the LORD. And I fell on my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:9 - “When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, he who enters by the north gate to worship shall go out by the south gate, and he who enters by the south gate shall go out by the north gate: no one shall return by way of the gate by which he entered, but each shall go out straight ahead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:19 - Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, to the north row of the holy chambers for the priests, and behold, a place was there at the extreme western end of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:2 - Then he brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around on the outside to the outer gate that faces toward the east; and behold, the water was trickling out on the south side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:15 - “This shall be the boundary of the land: On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, and on to Zedad,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:17 - So the boundary shall run from the sea to Hazar-enan, which is on the northern border of Damascus, with the border of Hamath to the north.[fn] This shall be the north side.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1 - “These are the names of the tribes: Beginning at the northern extreme, beside the way of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan (which is on the northern border of Damascus over against Hamath), and extending[fn] from the east side to the west,[fn] Dan, one portion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:10 - These shall be the allotments of the holy portion: the priests shall have an allotment measuring 25,000 cubits on the northern side, 10,000 cubits in breadth on the western side, 10,000 in breadth on the eastern side, and 25,000 in length on the southern side, with the sanctuary of the LORD in the midst of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:16 - and these shall be its measurements: the north side 4,500 cubits, the south side 4,500, the east side 4,500, and the west side 4,500.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:17 - And the city shall have open land: on the north 250 cubits, on the south 250, on the east 250, and on the west 250.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:30 - “These shall be the exits of the city: On the north side, which is to be 4,500 cubits by measure,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:31 - three gates, the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi, the gates of the city being named after the tribes of Israel.
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