Definition

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

Etymology

or צָפֹן; from H6845 (צָפַן);

Word family

• צָפַן tsâphan

How the KJV renders it

• north(-ern
• side
• -ward
• wind)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.