1. mezarim, lit. '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 37:9 .

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 O.T. Job 37:9 , etc.

3. βορρᾶς, north. Luke 13:29; Revelation 21:13 .