King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H6829
Transliteration: Tsaphon
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-fone')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: "north", a place on the E. bank of the Jordan
Meaning: Zaphon -- "north", a place on the eastern bank of the Jordan
Word Summary
Tsaphon: "north", a place on the E. bank of the Jordan
Original Word: צָפוֹןTransliteration: Tsaphon
Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-fone')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Location
Short Definition: "north", a place on the E. bank of the Jordan
Meaning: Zaphon -- "north", a place on the eastern bank of the Jordan
Strong's Concordance
Zaphon The same as tsaphown; boreal; Tsaphon, a place in Palestine -- Zaphon.
see HEBREW tsaphown
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H6829. Tsaphon
II. צָפוֺן proper name, of a location on east bank of Jordan, in tribe of Gad, ׳צ Joshua 13:27 (Σαφαν[ων]), צָפ֫וֺנָה Judges 12:1 (βοῤρἇν, ᵐ5L Σεφηνα); according to Talmud = modern Amateh, north of Jabbok, GFM BuhlGeogr. 259 (who doubts); ‚apuna appears Tel Amarna WklNo. 174.