TBESH · H6828G
צָפוֹן · tsa.phon · north
1) north (of direction), northward 1a) north 1b) northward
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tsa.phon H6828
צָפוֹן (tsa.phon) means “north” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
צָפוֹן Hebrew · H6828 153 tagged occurrences in 141 verses
Pronunciation guide: tsaw-fone' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H6828H
צָפוֹן · tsa.phon · Zaphon
This name means north Also named: tsa.phon (צָפוֹן "Zaphon" H6829)
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
or צָפֹן; from H6845 (צָפַן); properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
KJV glosses: north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).
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How translators render H6828
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of the north | 29 |
| the north | 24 |
| north | 19 |
| from the north | 13 |
| to the north | 13 |
| on the north | 10 |
| the northern | 7 |
| at the northern | 3 |
| northward | 3 |
| on the north side | 3 |
| and north | 2 |
| and the north | 2 |
| from north | 2 |
| in the north | 2 |
| the north side | 2 |
| to north | 2 |
| along the northern | 1 |
| and went north | 1 |
| as the north | 1 |
| as well as on the north | 1 |
| beginning on the north | 1 |
| facing north | 1 |
| for the north gate | 1 |
| northern | 1 |
| o north wind | 1 |
| of zaphon | 1 |
| one from the north | 1 |
| out of the north | 1 |
| this will be the northern | 1 |
| to zaphon | 1 |
| toward the north | 1 |
| was on the north side | 1 |
| were on the north | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| of the north | 24 |
| toward the north | 18 |
| northward | 16 |
| the north | 13 |
| from the north | 12 |
| on the north | 10 |
| on the north side | 8 |
| out of the north | 7 |
| and northward | 4 |
| in the north | 3 |
| to the north | 3 |
| against the north | 1 |
| along by the north | 1 |
| and behold northward | 1 |
| and for the north | 1 |
| and from the north | 1 |
| and likewise for the north | 1 |
| and lo these from the north | 1 |
| and on the north | 1 |
| and out of the north | 1 |
| and so northward | 1 |
| and the north | 1 |
| and this shall be your north | 1 |
| and to the north | 1 |
| for out of the north | 1 |
| he unto me the north | 1 |
| into the north | 1 |
| it on the north | 1 |
| it on the north side | 1 |
| me to the north | 1 |
| north | 1 |
| o north wind | 1 |
| or toward the north | 1 |
| shall be toward the north | 1 |
| the northern | 1 |
| them from the north | 1 |
| thereof the north | 1 |
| this shall be your north | 1 |
| toward the north side | 1 |
| unto her from the north | 1 |
| unto me out of the north | 1 |
| unto the north | 1 |
| were at the north | 1 |
| were on the north side | 1 |
| where thou art northward | 1 |
| you northward | 1 |
Verses containing H6828
Page 2 of 3. 141 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Job 37:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
Read word by word - Psalms 48:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 48.3
- Psalms 89:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 89.13
- Psalms 107:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
Read word by word - Proverbs 25:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 1:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 11:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
Read word by word - Song of Solomon 4:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
Read word by word - Isaiah 14:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
Read word by word - Isaiah 14:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
Read word by word - Isaiah 41:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
Read word by word - Isaiah 43:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
Read word by word - Isaiah 49:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 1:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Again the word of the LORD came to me, asking, “What do you see?” “I see a boiling pot,” I replied, “and it is tilting toward us from the north.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 1:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 1:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For I am about to summon all the clans and kingdoms of the north,” declares the LORD. “Their kings will come and set up their thrones at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all her surrounding walls and all the other cities of Judah.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 3:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 3:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 4:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 6:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“Run for cover, O sons of Benjamin; flee from Jerusalem! Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa; send up a signal over Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms from the north, even great destruction.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 6:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 10:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Listen! The sound of a report is coming—a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a desolation, a haunt for jackals.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 13:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 15:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Can anyone smash iron—iron from the north—or bronze?
Read word by word - Jeremiah 16:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ For I will return them to their land that I gave to their forefathers.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 23:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 25:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 25:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 31:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
Read word by word - Jeremiah 46:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 46:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 46:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 46:24
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 47:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
Read word by word - Jeremiah 50:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 50:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 50:41
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 51:48
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her,” declares the LORD.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 1:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I looked and saw a whirlwind coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing back and forth and brilliant light all around it. In the center of the fire was a gleam like amber,
Read word by word - Ezekiel 8:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the idol that provokes jealousy was seated.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 8:5
· BSB · 3 occurrences
“Son of man,” He said to me, “now lift up your eyes to the north.” So I lifted up my eyes to the north, and in the entrance north of the Altar Gate I saw this idol of jealousy.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 8:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the house of the LORD, and I saw women sitting there, weeping for Tammuz.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 9:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 20:47
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and by it every face from south to north will be scorched.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.3
- Ezekiel 21:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 21.9
- Ezekiel 26:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company of troops.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 32:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 38:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
as well as Gomer with all its troops, and Beth-togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 38:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And you will come from your place out of the far north—you and many peoples with you, all riding horses—a mighty horde, a huge army.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 39:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.
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