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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 - Fair weather cometh out of the north: H6828 with God is terrible majesty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 48:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 48:2 - Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the 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 thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:3 - And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, H6828 and from the south.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:23 - The north H6828 wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:6 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; H6828 it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:3 - If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, H6828 in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:16 - Awake, O north wind; H6828 and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:13 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: H6828

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:31 - Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north H6828 a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:25

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:25 - I have raised up one from the north, H6828 and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:6 - I will say to the north, H6828 Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, 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 shall come from far: and, lo, these 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 - And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. H6828

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:14 - Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north H6828 an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:15 - For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, H6828 saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof 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, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 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 H6828 to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:6 - Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, H6828 and a great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:1 - O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, H6828 and great destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:22 - Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north H6828 country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:22 - Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north H6828 country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:20 - Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: H6828 where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:12 - Shall iron break the northern H6828 iron and the steel?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:15 - But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, H6828 and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:8 - But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north H6828 country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and 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 and take all the families of the north, H6828 saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 25:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:8 - Behold, I will bring them from the north H6828 country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6 - Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north H6828 by the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 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 him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north H6828 country by the river Euphrates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:20 - Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north. H6828

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:24 - The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. H6828

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 47:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 47:2 - Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, H6828 and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:3 - For out of the north H6828 there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:9 - For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north H6828 country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:41 - Behold, a people shall come from the north, H6828 and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:48 - Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, H6828 saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 1:4 - And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, H6828 a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:3 - And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; H6828 where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:5 - Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. H6828 So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, H6828 and behold northward H6828 at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:14 - Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; H6828 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 way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, H6828 and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47 - And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north H6828 shall be burned therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:4 - Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: H6828

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 26:7 - For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, H6828 with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 32:30

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 32:30 - There be the princes of the north, H6828 all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:6 - Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north H6828 quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 38:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 38:15 - And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north H6828 parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:2 - And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north H6828 parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel:

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