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Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. mezarim, literally “the scattering”: regarding the north wind as scattering the clouds and bringing severe cold. Elihu said the cold came out of the north. The word occurs only in Job 37:9⁹Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. (Job 37:9).

2. tsaphon, “hidden, dark.” The ancients regarded the north as the region of gloom and darkness. This is the word commonly translated “north” in the Old Testament (Job 37:9,⁹Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. (Job 37:9) and elsewhere).

3. βορρᾶς, north (Luke 13:29²⁹And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. (Luke 13:29); Rev. 21:13¹³On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. (Revelation 21:13)).