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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the north; being in the north, or nearer to that point than to the east or west.

2. (a.) In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming from the north; as, a northern wind.

Greek

1056. Galilaia -- Galilee, the northern region of Palestine, also ...
... Galilee, the northern region of Palestine, also the name of a sea. Part of Speech:
Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Galilaia Phonetic Spelling: (gal-il-ah'-yah ...
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4540. Samareia -- Samaria, the name of both a city and a region in ...
... by Galilee on the north, and by Judaea on the south, and taking its name from the
city of Samaria, the ancient capital of the kingdom of (northern) Israel. ...
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3412. Mitulene -- Mitylene, the chief city of Lesbos
... Mitulene Phonetic Spelling: (mit-oo-lay'-nay) Short Definition: Mitylene Definition:
Mitylene, the capital of the island of Lesbos in the northern Aegean sea. ...
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5403. Phoinike -- Phoenicia, a region North of Galilee
... of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Phoinike Phonetic Spelling:
(foy-nee'-kay) Short Definition: Phoenicia Definition: Phoenicia, a northern coast ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6830. tsephoni -- northern
... 6829, 6830. tsephoni. 6831 . northern. Transliteration: tsephoni Phonetic
Spelling: (tsef-o-nee') Short Definition: northern. Word ...
/hebrew/6830.htm - 6k

1463. Gog -- the name of an Israelite, also leader of a northern ...
... 1462, 1463. Gog. 1464 . the name of an Israelite, also leader of a northern
nation. Transliteration: Gog Phonetic Spelling: (gohg) Short Definition: Gog. ...
/hebrew/1463.htm - 6k

62. Abel Beth-maakah -- a city in Northern Israel
... a city in Northern Israel. Transliteration: Abel Beth-maakah Phonetic Spelling:
(aw-bale' bayth ma-a-kaw') Short Definition: Abel-beth-maacah. ...
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1630. Gerizim -- a mountain in Northern Israel
... 1629b, 1630. Gerizim. 1631 . a mountain in Northern Israel. Transliteration:
Gerizim Phonetic Spelling: (gher-ee-zeem') Short Definition: Gerizim. ...
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3361. Yoqmeam -- "let the people be established," a city in ...
... Yoqmeam. 3362 . "let the people be established," a city in Northern Israel.
Transliteration: Yoqmeam Phonetic Spelling: (yok-meh-awm') Short Definition: Jokmeam ...
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1835. Dan -- "judge," a son of Jacob, also his desc. and their ...
... desc. and their territory, also a place in Northern Israel. Transliteration:
Dan Phonetic Spelling: (dawn) Short Definition: Dan. ...
/hebrew/1835.htm - 6k

2768. Chermon -- "sacred (mountain)," a mountain in S. Aram (Syria ...
... "sacred (mountain)," a mountain in S. Aram (Syria) and Northern Israel. Transliteration:
Chermon Phonetic Spelling: (kher-mone') Short Definition: Hermon. ...
/hebrew/2768.htm - 6k

3157. Yizreel -- "God sows," two Israelites, also two cities in ...
... 3156, 3157. Yizreel. 3158 . "God sows," two Israelites, also two cities
in Isr., also a valley in Northern Israel. Transliteration ...
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4505. Menachem -- "comforter," king of Northern Israel
... 4504, 4505. Menachem. 4506 . "comforter," king of Northern Israel. Transliteration:
Menachem Phonetic Spelling: (men-akh-ame') Short Definition: Menahem. ...
/hebrew/4505.htm - 6k

4789. Meroz -- a place in Northern Palestine
... 4788, 4789. Meroz. 4790 . a place in Northern Palestine. Transliteration:
Meroz Phonetic Spelling: (may-roze') Short Definition: Meroz. ...
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Library

The Northern Iron and the Steel
... The Northern Iron and the Steel. A Sermon ... At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.
"Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?""Jeremiah 15:12. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/the northern iron and the.htm

Prophets of the Northern Kingdom
... Prophets of the Northern Kingdom. "Who is wise, and he shall understand
these things? Prudent, and he shall know them? For the ways ...
/.../white/the story of prophets and kings/prophets of the northern kingdom.htm

The Northern Mountains
... CHAPTER XI: THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. ... Is it owing to this absence of any ice-action
that there are no lakes, not even a tarn, in the northern mountains? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/at last/chapter xi the northern mountains.htm

The Northern Coasts of Galilee. Amanah. The Mountain of Snow.
... A Chorographical Century. Chapters 61-70 Chapter 66 The northern coasts
of Galilee. Amanah. The mountain of snow. This coast is ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 66 the northern coasts.htm

The Northern Coast of Judea. Beth-Horon.
... A Chorographical Century. Chapters 11-20 Chapter 19 The northern coast of
Judea. Beth-horon. This coast is marked out Joshua 18:12 ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 19 the northern coast.htm

A Loving Call to Reunion
... passover followed directly on those events, which took place at the beginning of
the reign, the language employed in the message to the northern tribes (vers.6 ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/a loving call to reunion.htm

The Divided Kingdom.
... The very difference in the northern and southern territories and their products
tended to keep alive a rivalry between the tribes occupying them. ...
/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter xiii the divided kingdom.htm

The Death of Cyrus.
... BC530 Progress of Cyrus's conquests."The northern countries."The Scythians."Their
warlike character."Cyrus's sons."His queen."Selfish views of Cyrus ...
//christianbookshelf.org/abbott/cyrus the great/chapter xii the death of.htm

Later History of Revision.
... the caution with which it was framed, and also the indirectly expressed hope
(unfortunately not realized) of the concurrence of the Northern Convocation. ...
/.../address ii later history of.htm

Of the Situation of Britain and Ireland, and of their Ancient
... doubt whether the evening twilight still continues, or that of the morning has come;
since the sun at night returns to the east in the northern regions without ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap i of the situation.htm

Thesaurus

Northern (18 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) In a direction toward the north; as, to steer a northern course; coming
from the north; as, a northern wind. ...Northern (18 Occurrences). ...
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Omri (16 Occurrences)
... OMRI. om'-ri (`omri; Septuagint Ambri; Assyrian "Chumri" and "Chumria"): (1) The
6th king of Northern Israel, and founder of the IIIrd Dynasty which reigned for ...
/o/omri.htm - 20k

Graecia
... 3. Mountain Structure: The northern boundary of Greece is formed by an irregular
series of mountain chains, beginning on the West with the Acroceraunian range ...
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Amorites (82 Occurrences)
... Lastly (3) we hear of Sihon, "king of the Amorites," who had conquered the
northern half of Moab (Numbers 21:21-31 Deuteronomy 2:26-35). ...
/a/amorites.htm - 50k

Kadesh (30 Occurrences)
... Ewald and others, fixing the northern ideal boundary of Israel at the sources of
the Jordan, would read "Hermon" for chodhshi, but the conjectures of Thenius ...
/k/kadesh.htm - 21k

North (164 Occurrences)
... the south. 2. (n.) Any country or region situated farther to the north than another;
the northern section of a country. 3. (n.) Specifically ...
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Orontes
... Ewald and others, fixing the northern ideal boundary of Israel at the sources of
the Jordan, would read "Hermon" for chodhshi, but the conjectures of Thenius ...
/o/orontes.htm - 7k

Jabin (8 Occurrences)
... (1.) A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan (Joshua
11:1-14), whose overthrow and that of the northern chief with whom he had ...
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Edomites (22 Occurrences)
... accuracy. On the East of the `Arabah the northern border ran from the Dead
Sea, and was marked by Wady el-Kurachi, or Wady el-Chasa. ...
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Cana (4 Occurrences)
... old Hebrew qanah, "place of reeds." This ancient name survives in Khirbet Qana,
a ruined site with rockhewn tombs, cisterns and a pool, on the northern edge of ...
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Bible Concordance

Northern (18 Occurrences)

Numbers 34:7 And this shall be your north border: from the Great Sea ye shall mark out your line unto mount Hor;
(See RSV NIV)

Numbers 34:9 and the border shall go forth to Ziphron, and the goings out thereof shall be at Hazar-enan; this shall be your north border.
(See RSV)

Joshua 11:2 and to the kings that were on the north, in the hill-country and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth, and in the Lowland, and in the regions of Dor on the west,
(See RSV NIV)

Joshua 15:5 And the east border was the Salt Sea, even unto the end of the Jordan. And the border of the north side was from the bay of the sea at the end of the Jordan.
(See NIV)

Joshua 15:8 And the border went up by the Valley of the son of Hinnom unto the side of the Jebusite southward--the same is Jerusalem--and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the uttermost part of the vale of Rephaim northward.
(See RSV NIV)

Joshua 15:10 And the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north--the same is Chesalon--and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah.
(See RSV NIV)

Joshua 17:9 And the border went down unto the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook, by cities which belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh; but the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook; and the goings out thereof were at the sea:
(See NIV)

Joshua 18:12 And their border on the north side was from the Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill-country westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Beth-aven.
(See NIV)

Joshua 18:18 And it passed along to the side over against the Arabah northward, and went down unto the Arabah.
(See NIV)

Joshua 18:19 And the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan; this was the south border.
(See RSV NIV)

Job 26:7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty space, and hangeth the earth over nothing.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 1:15 For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah.
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 3:18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.'
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 15:12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?
(KJV WBS YLT)

Ezekiel 47:17 And the border from the sea hath been Hazar-Enan, the border of Damascus, and Zaphon at the north, and the border of Hamath: and 'this is' the north quarter.
(See RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 48:1 And these 'are' the names of the tribes: From the north end unto the side of the way of Hethlon, at the coming in to Hamath, Hazar-Enan, the border of Damascus northward, unto the side of Hamath, and they have been his -- side east and west, Dan one,
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Ezekiel 48:10 And of these is the holy heave-offering for the priests, northward five and twenty thousand, and westward 'in' breadth ten thousand, and eastward 'in' breadth ten thousand, and southward 'in' length five and twenty thousand: and the sanctuary of Jehovah hath been in its midst.
(See RSV)

Joel 2:20 But I will remove the northern army far away from you, and will drive it into a barren and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its back into the western sea; and its stench will come up, and its bad smell will rise." Surely he has done great things.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Northern

Related Terms

Omri (16 Occurrences)

Graecia

Amorites (82 Occurrences)

Kadesh (30 Occurrences)

North (164 Occurrences)

Orontes

Jabin (8 Occurrences)

Edomites (22 Occurrences)

Cana (4 Occurrences)