Strong H6829צָפוֹן

Zaphon

Transliteration
tsâphôn
Pronunciation
tsaw-fone'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Location with no gender

Definition

The same as H6828; boreal;
{Tsaphon} a place in Palestine: - Zaphon.

Meaning of the name

Zaphon = "north"

Detailed definition

Zaphon, a city allotted to the tribe of Gad, also used as a term for the north or the heavenly dwelling place of God (Josh. 13:27; Judg. 12:1; Ps. 48:2; Isa. 14:13).

In the biblical story

Zaphon

A city in Gad and a term for the north

Zaphon, a city allotted to the tribe of Gad, also used as a term for the north or the heavenly dwelling place of God (Josh. 13:27; Judg. 12:1; Ps. 48:2; Isa. 14:13).

In the Bible

Strong H6829 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • zaphon1

First verses

  1. Joshua 13:27
    And in the valley, Beth–aram, and Beth–nimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward.
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