צָפוֹן
tsâphôwn · tsaw-fone'
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
Lexicon
Derivation: or צָפֹן; from H6845 (צָפַן);
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
- properly, hidden, i.e. dark
- used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: north(-ern, side, -ward, wind).
Letters
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to pursue the straight path › to speak, the word › to fasten and establish › the seed, life continuing
To pursue the straight path that works to speak, the word that works to fasten and establish of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of צָפוֹן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
153 occurrences · 153 OT · 0 NT · 64 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the north24 · 20%
- northward16 · 13%
- toward the north16 · 13%
- from the north11 · 9%
- the north11 · 9%
- on the north8 · 7%
- out of the north7 · 6%
- on the north side5 · 4%
- and northward4 · 3%
- in the north3 · 2%
- to the north3 · 2%
- and likewise for the north1 · 1%
- and so northward1 · 1%
- which is toward the north1 · 1%
- along by the north1 · 1%
- and to the north1 · 1%
- that was on the north1 · 1%
- you northward1 · 1%
- and on the north1 · 1%
- this shall be your north1 · 1%
- and this shall be your north1 · 1%
- that were on the north1 · 1%
- shall be on the north side1 · 1%
- and for the north1 · 1%
- where thou art northward1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.