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צָפוֹן H6828

H6828 is the Hebrew word צָפוֹן, transliterated tsâphôwn and said tsaw-fone'. The King James Version most often renders it north.

Word: צָפוֹןTransliteration: tsâphôwnSaid: tsaw-fone'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 129 verses

What it means

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

Where it comes from

or צָפֹן; from H6845 (צָפַן).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 134 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

north 72×northward 18×toward the north 17×north side 10×out of the north 10×where thou art northward 1×likewise for the north 1×along by the north 1×toward the north side 1×or toward the north 1×north wind 1×one from the north 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).

Verses using צָפוֹן

The first 40 of 129 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 13:14 · KJV

And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

Genesis 28:14 · KJV

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Exodus 26:20 · KJV

And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards:

Exodus 26:35 · KJV

And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

Exodus 27:11 · KJV

And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

Exodus 36:25 · KJV

And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

Exodus 38:11 · KJV

And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.

Exodus 40:22 · KJV

And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.

Leviticus 1:11 · KJV

And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.

Numbers 2:25 · KJV

The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

Numbers 34:7 · KJV

And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor:

Numbers 34:9 · KJV

And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border.

Numbers 35:5 · KJV

And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities.

Deuteronomy 3:27 · KJV

Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.

Joshua 8:11 · KJV

And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.

Joshua 8:13 · KJV

And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

Joshua 11:2 · KJV

And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,

Joshua 13:3 · KJV

From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:

Joshua 15:5 · KJV

And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:

Joshua 15:6 · KJV

And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben:

Joshua 15:7 · KJV

And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel:

Joshua 15:10 · KJV

And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah:

Joshua 15:11 · KJV

And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea.

Joshua 16:6 · KJV

And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;

Joshua 17:9 · KJV

And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea:

Joshua 17:10 · KJV

Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.

Joshua 18:12 · KJV

And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven.

Joshua 18:16 · KJV

And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel,

Joshua 18:17 · KJV

And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben,

Joshua 18:18 · KJV

And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:

Joshua 18:19 · KJV

And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast.

Joshua 19:14 · KJV

And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:

Joshua 19:27 · KJV

And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,

Joshua 24:30 · KJV

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

Judges 2:9 · KJV

And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.

Judges 7:1 · KJV

Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

Judges 12:1 · KJV

And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.

Judges 21:19 · KJV

Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.

1 Samuel 14:5 · KJV

The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.

1 Kings 7:25 · KJV

It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.

Common questions

What does Strong's H6828 mean?

H6828 is the Hebrew word צָפוֹן (tsâphôwn), meaning properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown).

How is H6828 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it north (72 times), northward (18 times), toward the north (17 times), north side (10 times), out of the north (10 times), among others.

How many times does H6828 appear in the Bible?

צָפוֹן (tsâphôwn) is tagged in 129 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H6828 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or צָפֹן; from H6845 (צָפַן).

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