דָּרוֹם darom

Hebrew word for “south” · Strong’s H1864 · used 17 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

south

How it is translated

Glosses given for darom in context, with how often each is used:

• south 17

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 40 (5), Ezekiel 42 (3), Deuteronomy 33 (1), Job 37 (1), Ecclesiastes 1 (1), Ecclesiastes 11 (1), Ezekiel 20 (1), Ezekiel 41 (1)

Forms

• הדרום 11
• דרום 2
• ודרום 1
• מדרום 1
• בדרום 1
• לדרום 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with darom more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• צָפוֹן tsaphon “north” 5
• לִשְׁכָּה lishkah “chamber” 4
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 7
• מָדַד madad “to measure” 4
• פְּנִימִי penimi “inner” 3
• מִדָּה middah “measure” 3
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 4
• חָצֵר chatser “court” 3
• מָקוֹם maqom “place” 3
• קָדִים qadim “east” 2
• אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 2
• נוּחַ nuach “to rest” 2

Key verses

The verses using darom that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 33:23 — 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.
• Job 37:17 — How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?
• Ecclesiastes 1:6 — The 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 11:3 — If 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…
• Ezekiel 20:46 — Son 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 40:24 — After 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…
• Ezekiel 40:27 — And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits.
• Ezekiel 40:28 — And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;
• Ezekiel 40:44 — And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the…
• Ezekiel 40:45 — And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.
• Ezekiel 41:11 — And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the…
• Ezekiel 42:13 — Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.