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HebrewH1189Noun

בַּ֫עַל צְפוֹן

ba.al tse.phon

3Occurrences
H1189Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Baal-Tsephon, a place in Eqypt

from H1168 (בַּעַל) and H6828 (צָפוֹן) (in the sense of cold) (according to others an Egyptian form of Typhon, the destroyer); Baal of winter;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
§ Baal Tsphon or Baal-zephon = "lord of the north" a place in Egypt near the Red Sea where Pharaoh and his army were destroyed during the Exodus

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

בַּ֫עַל צְפוֹן appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
2
Numbers
1

Key Passages

Exodus 14:2BSB

“Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.

Exodus 14:9BSB

The Egyptians—all Pharaoh’s horses and chariots, horsemen and troops—pursued the Israelites and overtook them as they camped by the sea near Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.

Numbers 33:7BSB

They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon, and they camped near Migdol.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.