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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H6828

צָפוֹן

tsaphontsaw-fone'

north

153 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: tsâphôwn

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6828is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 24 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 64
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H6828

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

The King James renders it: north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

tsaphon is rendered "north". It stands 153 times in the Hebrew text, across twenty-four books.

  • Forty-six of the uses stand in Ezekiel, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 13:14After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
  • The Greek text spells it sixty-four different ways.

The first use

After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

Genesis 13:14צָפֹ֥נָה

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • north -ward41
  • north35
  • from north31
  • the north22
  • and north -ward5
  • to the north3
  • and from north2
  • from north -ward2
  • Zaphon2
  • and north1
  • and the north1
  • at the north1

and 7 more, 153 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

Other numbers on this spelling

Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.

The words it stands beside

All 153, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

64 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • הַצָּפ֔וֹן9
  • צָפ֑וֹן8
  • צָפ֔וֹן8
  • צָפ֑וֹנָה7
  • מִצָּפ֖וֹן6
  • צָפֽוֹן׃6
  • הַצָּפ֑וֹן5
  • מִצָּפוֹן֙5
  • צָפ֔וֹנָה5
  • מִצְּפ֖וֹן4
  • צָפ֙וֹנָה֙4
  • צָפ֖וֹנָה4

and 52 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)42HNcfsa/Sd
  • noun · feminine singular38HNcfsa
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular24HR/Ncfsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular22HTd/Ncfsa
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)8HR/Ncfsc
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)5HC/Ncfsa/Sd
  • preposition with the article + noun · feminine singular4HRd/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular2HC/R/Ncfsa
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)2HTd/Ncfsa/Sd
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Td/Ncfsa
  • proper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)1HNpl/Sd

Genesis

two uses
  • After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

    Genesis 13:14

    • צָפֹ֥נָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

    Genesis 28:14

    • וְצָפֹ֣נָהvetzafonahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and north -ward

Exodus

six uses
  • For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, make twenty frames

    Exodus 26:20

    • צָפ֑וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

    Exodus 26:35

    • צָפֽוֹן׃tzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

    Exodus 27:11

    • צָפוֹן֙tzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames

    Exodus 36:25

    • צָפ֑וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • The north side was also a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

    Exodus 38:11

    • צָפוֹן֙tzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

    Exodus 40:22

    • צָפֹ֑נָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward

Leviticus

one use
  • He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.

    Leviticus 1:11

    • צָפֹ֖נָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward

Numbers

five uses
  • On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard:

    Numbers 2:25

    • צָפֹ֖נָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.

    Numbers 3:35

    • צָפֹֽנָה׃tzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • Your northern border will run from the Great Sea directly to Mount Hor,

    Numbers 34:7

    • צָפ֑וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • continue to Ziphron, and end at Hazar-enan. This will be your boundary on the north.

    Numbers 34:9

    • צָפֽוֹן׃tzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • You are also to measure two thousand cubits outside the city on the east, two thousand on the south, two thousand on the west, and two thousand on the north, with the city in the center. These areas will serve as larger pasturelands for the cities.

    Numbers 35:5

    • צָפ֛וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north

Deuteronomy

two uses
  • “You have been wandering around this hill country long enough; turn to the north

    Deuteronomy 2:3

    • צָפֹֽנָה׃tzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.

    Deuteronomy 3:27

    • וְצָפֹ֛נָהvetzafonahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and north -ward

Joshua

twenty-five uses
  • Then all the troops who were with him marched up and approached the city. They arrived in front of Ai and camped to the north of it, with the valley between them and the city.

    Joshua 8:11

    • מִצְּפ֣וֹןmitzefonpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from north of
  • So the forces were stationed with the main camp to the north of the city and the rear guard to the west of the city. And that night Joshua went into the valley.

    Joshua 8:13

    • מִצְּפ֣וֹןmitzefonpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from north
  • to the kings of the north in the mountains, in the Arabah south of Chinnereth, in the foothills, and in Naphoth-dor to the west;

    Joshua 11:2

    • מִצְּפ֗וֹןmitzefonpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from north
  • All the territory of the Philistines and the Geshurites, from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;

    Joshua 13:3

    • צָפ֔וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • The eastern border was the Salt Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan.

    Joshua 15:5

    • צָפ֙וֹנָה֙tzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • The northern border started from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan, went up to Beth-hoglah, proceeded north of Beth-arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

    Joshua 15:6

    • מִצְּפ֖וֹןmitzefonpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from north
  • Then the border went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning north to Gilgal, which faces the Ascent of Adummim south of the ravine. It continued along the waters of En-shemesh and came out at En-rogel.

    Joshua 15:7

    • וְצָפ֜וֹנָהvetzafonahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and north -ward
  • From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.

    Joshua 15:8

    • צָפֹֽנָה׃tzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • The border curled westward from Baalah to Mount Seir, ran along the northern slope of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), went down to Beth-shemesh, and crossed to Timnah.

    Joshua 15:10

    • מִצָּפ֖וֹנָהmitzafonahpreposition + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: from north -ward
  • Then it went out to the northern slope of Ekron, curved toward Shikkeron, proceeded to Mount Baalah, went on to Jabneel, and ended at the Sea.

    Joshua 15:11

    • צָפוֹנָה֒tzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • and out toward the Sea. From Michmethath on the north it turned eastward toward Taanath-shiloh and passed by it to Janoah on the east.

    Joshua 16:6

    • מִצָּפ֔וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • From there the border continued southward to the Brook of Kanah. There were cities belonging to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and ended at the Sea.

    Joshua 17:9

    • מִצְּפ֣וֹןmitzefonpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from north
  • Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s was to the north, having the Sea as its border and adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.

    Joshua 17:10

    • וְצָפ֙וֹנָה֙vetzafonahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and north -ward
    • מִצָּפ֔וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • and divide the land into seven portions. Judah shall remain in their territory in the south, and the house of Joseph shall remain in their territory in the north.

    Joshua 18:5

    • מִצָּפֽוֹן׃mitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • On the north side their border began at the Jordan, went up past the northern slope of Jericho, headed west through the hill country, and came out at the wilderness of Beth-aven.

    Joshua 18:12

    • צָפ֖וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
    • מִצָּפ֗וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.

    Joshua 18:16

    • צָפ֑וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • From there it curved northward and proceeded to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth facing the Ascent of Adummim, and continued down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben.

    Joshua 18:17

    • מִצָּפ֗וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • Then it went on to the northern slope of Beth-arabah and went down into the valley.

    Joshua 18:18

    • צָפ֑וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • The border continued to the northern slope of Beth-hoglah and came out at the northern bay of the Salt Sea, at the mouth of the Jordan. This was the southern border.

    Joshua 18:19

    • צָפוֹנָה֒tzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
    • צָפ֔וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • Then the border circled around the north side of Neah to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah-el.

    Joshua 19:14

    • מִצְּפ֖וֹןmitzefonpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from north
  • then turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.

    Joshua 19:27

    • צָפ֛וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • And they buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

    Joshua 24:30

    • מִצְּפ֖וֹןmitzefonpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from north

Judges

four uses
  • They buried him in the land of his inheritance, at Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash.

    Judges 2:9

    • מִצְּפ֖וֹןmitzefonpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from north
  • Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.

    Judges 7:1

    • מִצָּפ֔וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”

    Judges 12:1

    • צָפ֑וֹנָהtzafonahproper noun (a name) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: Zaphon towards
  • “But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”

    Judges 21:19

    • מִצְּפ֤וֹנָהmitzefonahpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: from north -ward

1 Samuel

one use
  • One cliff stood to the north toward Michmash, and the other to the south toward Geba.

    1 Samuel 14:5

    • מִצָּפ֖וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north

1 Kings

one use
  • The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.

    1 Kings 7:25

    • צָפ֡וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward

2 Kings

one use
  • He also took the bronze altar that stood before the LORD from the front of the temple (between the new altar and the house of the LORD) and he put it on the north side of the new altar.

    2 Kings 16:14

    • צָפֽוֹנָה׃tzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward

1 Chronicles

three uses
  • The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

    1 Chronicles 9:24

    • צָפ֥וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the North Gate fell to him.

    1 Chronicles 26:14

    • צָפֽוֹנָה׃ סtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.

    1 Chronicles 26:17

    • לַצָּפ֤וֹנָהlatzafonahpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: to the north towards

2 Chronicles

one use
  • The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.

    2 Chronicles 4:4

    • צָפ֡וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward

Job

two uses
  • He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.

    Job 26:7

    • צָפ֣וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.

    Job 37:22

    • מִ֭צָּפוֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north

Psalms

three uses
  • Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

    Psalms 48:2

    • צָפ֑וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: Zaphon
  • North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.

    Psalms 89:12

    • צָפ֣וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.

    Psalms 107:3

    • מִצָּפ֥וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north

Proverbs

one use
  • As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.

    Proverbs 25:23

    • צָ֭פוֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north

Ecclesiastes

two uses
  • The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.

    Ecclesiastes 1:6

    • צָפ֑וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • 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.

    Ecclesiastes 11:3

    • בַּצָּפ֑וֹןbatzafonpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: at the north

Song of Solomon

one use
  • 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.

    Song of Solomon 4:16

    • צָפוֹן֙tzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: O north wind

Isaiah

five uses
  • 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.

    Isaiah 14:13

    • צָפֽוֹן׃tzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: Zaphon
  • 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.

    Isaiah 14:31

    • מִצָּפוֹן֙mitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • 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.

    Isaiah 41:25

    • מִצָּפוֹן֙mitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • 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—

    Isaiah 43:6

    • לַצָּפוֹן֙latzafonpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the north
  • Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”

    Isaiah 49:12

    • מִצָּפ֣וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north

Jeremiah

twenty-five uses
  • 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.”

    Jeremiah 1:13

    • צָפֽוֹנָה׃tzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.

    Jeremiah 1:14

    • מִצָּפוֹן֙mitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • 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.

    Jeremiah 1:15

    • צָפ֖וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • 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.

    Jeremiah 3:12

    • צָפ֗וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • 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.

    Jeremiah 3:18

    • צָפ֔וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.

    Jeremiah 4:6

    • מִצָּפ֖וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • “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.

    Jeremiah 6:1

    • מִצָּפ֖וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • 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.

    Jeremiah 6:22

    • צָפ֑וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

    Jeremiah 10:22

    • צָפ֑וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?

    Jeremiah 13:20

    • מִצָּפ֑וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • Can anyone smash iron—iron from the north—or bronze?

    Jeremiah 15:12

    • מִצָּפ֖וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • 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.

    Jeremiah 16:15

    • צָפ֔וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • 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.”

    Jeremiah 23:8

    • צָפ֔וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • 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.

    Jeremiah 25:9

    • צָפ֜וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • 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.

    Jeremiah 25:26

    • הַצָּפ֗וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • 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!

    Jeremiah 31:8

    • צָפ֗וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • “The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.

    Jeremiah 46:6

    • צָפ֙וֹנָה֙tzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • 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.

    Jeremiah 46:10

    • צָפ֖וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • Egypt is a beautiful heifer, but a gadfly from the north is coming against her.

    Jeremiah 46:20

    • מִצָּפ֖וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • The Daughter of Egypt will be put to shame; she will be delivered into the hands of the people of the north.”

    Jeremiah 46:24

    • צָפֽוֹן׃tzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • 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

    Jeremiah 47:2

    • מִצָּפוֹן֙mitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • 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.”

    Jeremiah 50:3

    • מִצָּפ֗וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • 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.

    Jeremiah 50:9

    • צָפ֔וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • Behold, an army is coming from the north; a great nation and many kings are stirred up from the ends of the earth.

    Jeremiah 50:41

    • מִצָּפ֑וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • 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.

    Jeremiah 51:48

    • מִצָּפ֛וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north

Ezekiel

forty-six uses
  • 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,

    Ezekiel 1:4

    • הַצָּפ֗וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • 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.

    Ezekiel 8:3

    • צָפ֔וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • “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.

    Ezekiel 8:5

    • צָפ֑וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
    • צָפ֔וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
    • מִצָּפוֹן֙mitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • 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.

    Ezekiel 8:14

    • הַצָּפ֑וֹנָהhatzafonahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the north towards
  • 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.

    Ezekiel 9:2

    • צָפ֗וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • 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.

    Ezekiel 20:47

    • צָפֽוֹנָה׃tzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north towards
  • Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.

    Ezekiel 21:4

    • צָפֽוֹן׃tzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • 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.

    Ezekiel 26:7

    • מִצָּפ֖וֹןmitzafonpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: from north
  • 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.

    Ezekiel 32:30

    • צָפ֛וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • as well as Gomer with all its troops, and Beth-togarmah from the far north with all its troops—the many nations with you.

    Ezekiel 38:6

    • צָפ֖וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • 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.

    Ezekiel 38:15

    • צָפ֔וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.

    Ezekiel 39:2

    • צָפ֑וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • Then he measured the distance from the front of the lower gateway to the outside of the inner court; it was a hundred cubits on the east side as well as on the north.

    Ezekiel 40:19

    • וְהַצָּפֽוֹן׃vehatzafonconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and the north
  • He also measured the length and width of the gateway of the outer court facing north.

    Ezekiel 40:20

    • הַצָּפ֔וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • There was a gate to the inner court facing the north gate, just as there was on the east. He measured the distance from gateway to gateway to be a hundred cubits.

    Ezekiel 40:23

    • לַצָּפ֖וֹןlatzafonpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the north
  • Then he brought me to the north gate and measured it. It had the same measurements as the others,

    Ezekiel 40:35

    • הַצָּפ֑וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • Outside, as one goes up to the entrance of the north gateway, there were two tables on one side and two more tables on the other side of the gate’s portico.

    Ezekiel 40:40

    • הַצָּפ֔וֹנָהhatzafonahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: the north -ward
  • Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south gate and facing north.

    Ezekiel 40:44

    • הַצָּפ֔וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
    • הַצָּפֹֽן׃hatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”

    Ezekiel 40:46

    • הַצָּפ֔וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • The side rooms opened into this area, with one entrance on the north and another on the south. The open area was five cubits wide all around.

    Ezekiel 41:11

    • הַצָּפ֔וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.

    Ezekiel 42:1

    • הַצָּפ֑וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
    • הַצָּפֽוֹן׃hatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.

    Ezekiel 42:2

    • הַצָּפ֑וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.

    Ezekiel 42:4

    • לַצָּפֽוֹן׃latzafonpreposition with the article + noun · feminine singulartagged: to the north
  • with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions.

    Ezekiel 42:11

    • הַצָּפ֔וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.

    Ezekiel 42:13

    • הַצָּפ֜וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.

    Ezekiel 42:17

    • הַצָּפ֑וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • Then the man brought me to the front of the temple by way of the north gate. I looked and saw the glory of the LORD filling His temple, and I fell facedown.

    Ezekiel 44:4

    • הַצָּפוֹן֮hatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.

    Ezekiel 46:9

    • צָפ֜וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
    • צָפ֑וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end

    Ezekiel 46:19

    • צָפ֑וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • Next he brought me out through the north gate and led me around the outside to the outer gate facing east, and there I saw the water trickling out from the south side.

    Ezekiel 47:2

    • צָפוֹנָה֒tzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • This shall be the boundary of the land:

    Ezekiel 47:15

    • צָפ֜וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • So the border will run from the Sea to Hazar-enan, along the northern border of Damascus, with the territory of Hamath to the north. This will be the northern boundary.

    Ezekiel 47:17

    • וְצָפ֥וֹן׀vetzafonconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and north
    • צָפ֖וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
    • צָפֽוֹן׃tzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • “Now these are the names of the tribes: At the northern frontier, Dan will have one portion bordering the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath and running on to Hazar-enan on the border of Damascus with Hamath to the north, and extending from the east side to the west side.

    Ezekiel 48:1

    • צָפ֡וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
    • צָפ֙וֹנָה֙tzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • This will be the holy portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side, and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center will be the sanctuary of the LORD.

    Ezekiel 48:10

    • צָפ֜וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • and will have these measurements: 4,500 cubits on the north side, 4,500 cubits on the south side, 4,500 cubits on the east side, and 4,500 cubits on the west side.

    Ezekiel 48:16

    • צָפ֗וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • The pastureland of the city will extend 250 cubits to the north, 250 cubits to the south, 250 cubits to the east, and 250 cubits to the west.

    Ezekiel 48:17

    • צָפ֙וֹנָה֙tzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward
  • “These will be the exits of the city:

    Ezekiel 48:30

    • צָפ֔וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • Beginning on the north side, which will be 4,500 cubits long, the gates of the city will be named after the tribes of Israel. On the north side there will be three gates: the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi.

    Ezekiel 48:31

    • צָפ֑וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward

Daniel

nine uses
  • I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.

    Daniel 8:4

    • וְצָפ֜וֹנָהvetzafonahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and north -ward
  • After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.

    Daniel 11:6

    • הַצָּפ֔וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.

    Daniel 11:7

    • הַצָּפ֔וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,

    Daniel 11:8

    • הַצָּפֽוֹן׃hatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • In a rage, the king of the South will march out to fight the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be delivered into the hand of his enemy.

    Daniel 11:11

    • הַצָּפ֑וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many supplies.

    Daniel 11:13

    • הַצָּפ֔וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.

    Daniel 11:15

    • הַצָּפ֔וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.

    Daniel 11:40

    • הַצָּפ֗וֹןhatzafonthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the north
  • But news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy many and devote them to destruction.

    Daniel 11:44

    • וּמִצָּפ֑וֹןumitzafonconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and from north

Amos

one use
  • People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.

    Amos 8:12

    • וּמִצָּפ֖וֹןumitzafonconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and from north

Zephaniah

one use
  • And He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria; He will make Nineveh a desolation, as dry as a desert.

    Zephaniah 2:13

    • צָפ֔וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north

Zechariah

five uses
  • “Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.

    Zechariah 2:6

    • צָפ֖וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • The one with the black horses is going toward the land of the north, the one with the white horses toward the west, and the one with the dappled horses toward the south.”

    Zechariah 6:6

    • צָפ֔וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”

    Zechariah 6:8

    • צָפ֔וֹןtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
    • צָפֽוֹן׃ סtzafonnoun · feminine singulartagged: north
  • On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.

    Zechariah 14:4

    • צָפ֖וֹנָהtzafonahnoun · feminine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: north -ward

The letters

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