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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 1 / 3 (Gen 13:14–Job 26:7)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:14 - After Lot had gone, the LORD said to Abram, “Look as far as you can see in every direction—north and south, east and west.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:20 - For the north side of the Tabernacle, make another twenty frames,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:35 - Place the table outside the inner curtain on the north side of the Tabernacle, and place the lampstand across the room on the south side.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:11 - Make the curtains the same on the north side—150 feet of curtains held up by twenty posts set securely in bronze bases. Hang the curtains with silver hooks and rings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:25 - For the north side of the Tabernacle, he made another twenty frames,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:11 - He made a similar set of curtains for the north side—150 feet of curtains held up by twenty posts set securely in bronze bases. He hung the curtains with silver hooks and rings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:22 - Next Moses placed the table in the Tabernacle, along the north side of the Holy Place, just outside the inner curtain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 1:11 - Slaughter the animal on the north side of the altar in the LORD’s presence, and Aaron’s sons, the priests, will splatter its blood against all sides of the altar.

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