Lexical 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. |