South
דָּרוֹםStrong’s H1864darom (da-rom)
Appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Darom is the Hebrew word usually translated “south”, “from south” and “at the south”. It appears in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
“And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south.”
Meaning
- South
How it's translated
- the south 11
- south 2
- and south 1
- from south 1
- at the south 1
- to the south 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 10
- Ecclesiastes 2
- Deuteronomy 1
- Job 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Job 37:17How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
- Ecclesiastes 1:6The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
- Ecclesiastes 11:3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
- Ezekiel 20:46Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;
- Ezekiel 40:24After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures.
- Ezekiel 40:27And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
Hebrew dictionary
דָּרוֹם darom · south
south
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “south” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SOUTH, noun
- The north and south are opposite points in the horizon; each ninety degrees or the quarter of a great circle distant from the east and west.
- In a less exact sense, any point or place on the earth or in the heavens, which is near the meridian towards the right hand as one faces the east.
- A southern region, country or place; as the queen of the south in Scriptures.
- The wind that blows from the north. [Not used.]
All definitions and other forms of “south”
SOUTH, adjective
- In any place north of the tropic of Cancer, pertaining to or lying in the meridian towards the sun; as a south wind.
- Being in a southern direction; as the south sea.
SOUTH, adverb
Towards the south A ship sails south; the wind blows south
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.