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H6828 צָפוֹן (tsâphôwn) tsaw-fone'

Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

north

Biblical Persons & Places

Zaphon Zaphon
A location first mentioned at Jos.13.27; referred to as Zaphon (KJV, ESV= "north") (צָפוֹן), or Zaphon (צָפוֹן).

Strong's Definition

properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)

Derivation: or צָפֹן; from H6845 (צָפַן);

KJV Usage: north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).

TWOT Reference: 1953b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) north (of direction), northward
1a) north
1b) northward

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

צָפוֹן (tsa.phon) — north. 1) north (of direction), northward 1a) north 1b) northward

צָפוֹן (tsa.phon) — Zaphon. This name means north Also named: tsa.phon (צָפוֹן "Zaphon" H6829)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · צְפֹונִי · בַּעַל צְפֹן

Names of Landforms

Mount Zaphon = a mountain, identified with Jebel ʾel-Aqraʿ ◄ in northern Syria, ► known by the Canaanites as the mountain of the gods

PSA 48:3 · ISA 14:13

Spatial Referents | ≈ שְׂמֹאל | ≠ נֶגֶב · דָּרֹום · תֵּימָן · יָמִין

north, northern, northerly, northward = a referent pointing to the direction to the left of a person when facing the direction of the rising sun‎, ◄ named after Mount Zaphon which is located in northern Syria

GEN 13:14 · GEN 28:14 · EXO 26:20 · EXO 26:35 · EXO 27:11 · EXO 36:25 · EXO 38:11 · EXO 40:22 · LEV 1:11 · NUM 2:25 · NUM 3:35 · NUM 34:7 · NUM 34:9 · NUM 35:5 · DEU 2:3 · DEU 3:27 · JOS 8:11 · JOS 8:13 · JOS 11:2 · JOS 13:3 · JOS 15:5 · JOS 15:6 · JOS 15:7 · JOS 15:8 · JOS 15:10 · JOS 15:11 · JOS 16:6 · JOS 17:9 · JOS 17:10 · JOS 17:10 · JOS 18:5 · JOS 18:12 · JOS 18:12 · JOS 18:16 · JOS 18:17 · JOS 18:18 · JOS 18:19 · JOS 18:19 · JOS 19:14 · JOS 19:27 · JOS 24:30 · JDG 2:9 · JDG 7:1 · JDG 21:19 · 1SA 14:5 · 1KI 7:25 · 2KI 16:14 · 1CH 9:24 · 1CH 26:14 · 1CH 26:17 · 2CH 4:4 · JOB 37:22 · PSA 48:3 · PSA 89:13 · PSA 107:3 · PRO 25:23 · ECC 1:6 · ECC 11:3 · ISA 14:13 · ISA 14:31 · ISA 41:25 · ISA 43:6 · ISA 49:12 · JER 1:13 · JER 1:14 · JER 1:15 · JER 3:12 · JER 3:18 · JER 4:6 · JER 6:1 · JER 6:22 · JER 10:22 · JER 13:20 · JER 15:12 · JER 16:15 · JER 23:8 · JER 25:9 · JER 25:26 · JER 31:8 · JER 46:6 · JER 46:10 · JER 46:20 · JER 46:24 · JER 47:2 · JER 50:3 · JER 50:9 · JER 50:41 · JER 51:48 · EZK 1:4 · EZK 8:3 · EZK 8:5 · EZK 8:5 · EZK 8:5 · EZK 8:14 · EZK 9:2 · EZK 21:3 · EZK 21:9 · EZK 26:7 · EZK 32:30 · EZK 38:6 · EZK 38:15 · EZK 39:2 · EZK 40:19 · EZK 40:20 · EZK 40:23 · EZK 40:35 · EZK 40:40 · EZK 40:44 · EZK 40:44 · EZK 40:46 · EZK 41:11 · EZK 42:1 · EZK 42:1 · EZK 42:2 · EZK 42:4 · EZK 42:11 · EZK 42:13 · EZK 42:17 · EZK 44:4 · EZK 46:9 · EZK 46:9 · EZK 46:19 · EZK 47:2 · EZK 47:15 · EZK 47:17 · EZK 47:17 · EZK 47:17 · EZK 48:1 · EZK 48:1 · EZK 48:10 · EZK 48:16 · EZK 48:17 · EZK 48:30 · EZK 48:31 · DAN 8:4 · DAN 11:6 · DAN 11:7 · DAN 11:8 · DAN 11:11 · DAN 11:13 · DAN 11:15 · DAN 11:40 · DAN 11:44 · AMO 8:12 · ZEP 2:13 · ZEC 2:10 · ZEC 6:6 · ZEC 6:8 · ZEC 6:8 · ZEC 14:4

Air | ≠ תֵּימָן

north wind = a wind coming from the north

SNG 4:16

Regions Above the Earth | ≠ אֶרֶץ

sky ‎= a reference to the rounded vault placed on top of the surface of the earth when it was created

JOB 26:7

name

Names of Locations

Zaphon = town; ◄ territory of Gad

JOS 13:27 · JDG 12:1

1 PSA 48:3 · ISA 14:13 NIV NJPS "Zaphon" = [1a] | RSV NJB NRSV REB ESV "north" = [1b]

Graham S. Ogden; Anne Garber Kompaore

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

צָפוֹן 153 n.f. north (as the hidden, dark) base

Bible Occurrences (140)

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