Strong H1189בַּ֫עַל צְפוֹן

Baal-zephon

Transliteration: ba‛al tsephôn
Pronunciation: bah'-al tsef-one'
Morphology: Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

From H1168 and H6828 (in the sense of cold) (according to others as Egyptian form of {Typhon} the destroyer);
Baal of winter;
Baal {Tsephon} a place in Egypt: - Baal-zephon.

Meaning of the name

Baal Tsphon or Baal-zephon = "lord of the north"

Detailed definition

Baal-zephon was an Egyptian location where the Israelites camped before crossing the Red Sea. (Exodus 14:2, 9; Numbers 33:7)

In the biblical story

Baal-zephon

Egyptian location where the Israelites camped before crossing the Red Sea.

Baal-zephon was an Egyptian location where the Israelites camped before crossing the Red Sea. (Exodus 14:2, 9; Numbers 33:7)

In the Bible

Strong H1189 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

zephon3

First verses

Exodus 14:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi–hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal–zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
Exodus 14:9
But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pi–hahiroth, before Baal–zephon.
Numbers 33:7
And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pi–hahiroth, which is before Baal–zephon: and they pitched before Migdol.

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