Darom דָּרוֹם
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| דָּרוֹם | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | darom |
| Strong's number | H1864 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | south |
| Occurrences | 17 in 14 verses |
| Most frequent in | Ezekiel (10) |
Darom (Hebrew דָּרוֹם, Strong's H1864) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “south”. It occurs 17 times in 14 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
south
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | south (17) |
|---|---|
| BSB | south (12), under the south wind (1), southward (1), it (1), south side (1), through the south (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Darom, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 33:23And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of the Lord: possess thou the west and the south.Concerning Naphtali he said: “Naphtali is abounding with favor, full of the blessing of the LORD; he shall take possession of the sea and the south.”
Job
- Job 37:17How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
Ecclesiastes
- 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.The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
- 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.If the clouds are full, they will pour out rain upon the earth; whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie.
Ezekiel
- 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;“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
- 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.Then he led me to the south side, and I saw a gateway facing south. He measured its side pillars and portico, and they had the same measurements as the others.
- 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.The inner court also had a gate facing south, and he measured the distance from gateway to gateway toward the south to be a hundred cubits.
- Ezekiel 40:28And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;Next he brought me into the inner court through the south gate, and he measured the south gate; it had the same measurements as the others.
- Ezekiel 40:44And 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 south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.Outside the inner gate, within the inner court, were two chambers, one beside the north gate and facing south, and another beside the south gate and facing north.
- Ezekiel 40:45And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house.Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,
- Ezekiel 41:11And 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 place that was left was five cubits round about.The side rooms opened into this area, with one entrance on the north and another on the south. The open area was five cubits wide all around.
- Ezekiel 42:12And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward.
- Ezekiel 42:13Then 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 unto the Lord shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
- Ezekiel 42:18He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).