Strong's Hebrew · H6828

צָפוֹן

tsâphôwn · tsaw-fone'

north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).

Definition

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

Derivation

or צָפֹן; from H6845 (צָפַן);

Appears 153 times in Scripture

Exodus 36:25

For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames

Leviticus 1:11

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

Exodus 40:22

Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

Exodus 38:11

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.

Genesis 13:14

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,

Exodus 26:20

For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, make twenty frames

Numbers 2:25

On the north side, the divisions of Dan are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Danites is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai,

Genesis 28:14

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.

Exodus 27:11

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 26:35

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.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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