צָפוֹן

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

or צָפֹן; from H6845 (צָפַן);

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.north (of direction), northward
• 2.north
• 3.northward

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: tsâphôwn; Pronunciation: tsaw-fone'