צָפוֹןtsâphôwn

north, (opposite south, east, west) (Isaiah 43:6; Jeremiah 26:26; Genesis 13:14; Jeremiah 3:12; Jeremiah 1:13)

Pronunciation: tsaw-fone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6828

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 153 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 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.
  • Genesis 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.
  • Exodus 26:20 For the north side of the Tabernacle, make another twenty frames,
  • Exodus 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.
  • Exodus 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.
  • Exodus 36:25 For the north side of the Tabernacle, he made another twenty frames,
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).