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Strong's G1005 βοῤῥᾶς (borrhas)

Borrhas means “north” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1005 — bayith (“house”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1005
Language Greek
Linked Usages 142
Books 30

Strong's G1005 Quick Answer

Strong's G1005 βορῥᾶς (borrhas) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. borrhas (bor-rhas`) n. 1. the north (properly, wind) [of uncertain derivation] It has 142 linked Bible usages across 30 books. Visible English usage signals include north, northward, gate, side, and behold. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
borrhas (bor-rhas`) n. 1. the north (properly, wind) [of uncertain derivation]
Usage
142 linked usages
Books
30 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
north, northward, gate, side, and behold

Meaning and Definition

borrhas (bor-rhas`) n. 1. the north (properly, wind) [of uncertain derivation] KJV: north

Original Word
βορῥᾶς
Transliteration
borrhas
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1005. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

the north

Usage: βορρᾶς, -ᾶ (Attic contr. of Βορέας, the North wind personified), [in LXX for צָפוֹן ;] __1. Boreas, the North wind. __2. the north: Luk.13:29, Rev.21:13. † (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

north northward gate side behold toward lord borders come southward sea out

How Strong's G1005 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, New Testament, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 135 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.
  • 1 Enoch rows are separated from the other corpora rather than being hidden inside a generic apocrypha bucket.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1005 (βορῥᾶς) appears 151 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1005 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1005 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G1005 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

135 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 13:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;

Genesis 28:14 Septuagint / Brenton

And thy seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.

Exodus 26:18 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt make posts to the tabernacle, twenty posts on the north side.

Strong's G1005 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G1005 in 1 Enoch

2 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1005.

Genesis 13:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with thine eyes, and behold from the place where thou now art northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;
Genesis 28:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thy seed shall be as the sand of the earth; and it shall spread abroad to the sea, and the south, and the north, and to the east; and in thee and in thy seed shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
Exodus 26:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make posts to the tabernacle, twenty posts on the north side.
Exodus 26:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt set the table outside the veil, and the candlestick opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle; and thou shalt put the table on the north side of the tabernacle.
Exodus 37:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and on the north side a hundred every way, and on the south side a hundred every way, and their posts twenty and their sockets twenty.
Exodus 40:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put the table in the tabernacle of witness, on the north side without the veil of the tabernacle.
Leviticus 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hand on its head; and they shall kill it by the side of the altar, toward the north before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron the priests shall pour its blood on the altar round about.
Numbers 2:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The order of the camp of Dan shall be northward with their forces; and the prince of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
Numbers 3:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the head of the house of the families of the division of Merari, was Zuriel the son of Abihail: they shall encamp by the side of the tabernacle northward.
Numbers 10:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall sound a second alarm, and the camps pitched southward shall move; and ye shall sound a third alarm, and the camps pitched westward shall move forward; and ye shall sound a fourth alarm, and they that encamp toward the north shall move forward: they shall sound an alarm at their departure.
Numbers 34:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And this shall be your northern border; from the great sea ye shall measure to yourselves, by the side of the mountain.
Numbers 34:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the border shall go out to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan; this shall be your border from the north.
Numbers 35:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and your city shall be in the midst of this, and the suburbs of the cities as described.
Deuteronomy 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye have compassed this mount long enough; turn therefore toward the north.
Deuteronomy 3:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go up to the top of the quarried rock, and look with thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes, for thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
Joshua 15:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their boundaries eastward are all the salt sea as far as Jordan; and their borders from the north, and from the border of the sea, and from part of Jordan—
Joshua 15:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the borders go up to Beth-hoglah, and they go along from the north to Beth-arabah, and the borders go on up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.
Joshua 15:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders go up to the Valley of Hinnom, behind Jebus southward; this is Jerusalem: and the borders terminate at the top of the mountain, which is before the Valley of Hinnom toward the sea, which is by the side of the land of Rephaim northward.
Joshua 15:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the border will go round from Baalah to the sea, and will go on to the mount of Seir behind the city of Jearim northward; this is Chesalon: and it will come down to the city of the Sun, and will go on to the south.
Joshua 15:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the border terminates behind Ekron northward, and the borders will terminate at Shikkeron, and the borders will go on to the south, and will terminate at Jabneel, and the issue of the borders will be at the sea; and their borders shall be toward the sea, the great sea shall be the boundary.
Joshua 16:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders will proceed to the sea to Icasmon north of Therma; they will go round eastward to Taanath, and Shiloh, and will pass on eastward to Janoah,
Joshua 17:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders shall go down to the Valley of Kanah southward by the Valley of Jezreel (there is a turpentine tree belonging to Ephraim between that and the city of Manasseh): and the borders of Manasseh are northward to the brook; and the sea shall be its termination.
Joshua 17:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Southward the land belongs to Ephraim, and northward to Manasseh; and the sea shall be their coast; and northward they shall border upon Asher, and eastward upon Issachar.
Joshua 18:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came to him: and he divided to them seven portions, saying, Judah shall stand to them a border southward, and the sons of Joseph shall stand to them northward.
Joshua 18:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And their borders were northward: the borders shall go up from Jordan behind Jericho northward, and shall go up to the mountain westward, and the issue of it shall be Beth-aven of Mabdara.
Joshua 18:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders shall extend down on one side, this is in front of the forest of Hinnom, which is on the side of Emec Rephaim northward, and it shall come down to Gai-hinnom behind Jebus southward: it shall come down to the fountain of Rogel.
Joshua 18:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and shall proceed to Geliloth, which is in front by the going up of Adummim; and they shall come down to the stone of Bohan of the sons of Reuben; and shall pass over behind Beth-arabah northward, and shall go down to the borders behind the sea northward.
Joshua 18:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the termination of the borders shall be at the creek of the salt sea northward to the side of Jordan southward: these are their southern borders.
Joshua 19:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the borders shall come round northward to Hannathon, and their going out shall be at Iphtahel,
Joshua 19:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it will return westward from Beth-dagon, and will join Zebulun and Ekgai, and Iphtahel northward, and the borders will come to Saphthae-beth-emek, and Neiel, and will go on to Chobamasomel,
Judges 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they buried him in the border of his inheritance, in Timnath-heres, in Mount Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.
Judges 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jerubbaal rose early, the same is Gideon, and all the people with him, and encamped at the fountain of Arad; and the camp of Midian was to the north of him, reaching from Gibeath-moreh, in the valley.
Judges 12:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the men of Ephraim assembled themselves, and passed on to the north, and said to Jephthah, Wherefore didst thou go over to fight with the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thy house over thee with fire.
Judges 21:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, Lo! now there is a feast of the Lord from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, eastward on the way that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and from the south of Lebonah.
1 Kingdoms 14:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The one way was northward to one coming to Michmash, and the other way was southward to one coming to Geba.
3 Kingdoms 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there were twelve oxen under the sea; three looking to the north, and three looking to the west, and three looking to the south, and three looking to the east: and all their hinder parts were inward, and the sea was above upon them.
4 Kingdoms 16:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought forward the one before the house of the Lord from between the altar and the house of the Lord, and he set it openly by the side of the altar northward.
1 Chronicles 9:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The gates were toward the four winds, eastward, westward, northward, southward.
1 Chronicles 26:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the lot of the east gates fell to Shelemiah, and Zechariah: the sons of Soaz cast lots for Melchias, and the lot came out northward.
1 Chronicles 26:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Eastward were six watchmen in the day; northward four by the day; southward four by the day; and two at the Esephim,
2 Chronicles 4:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
wherein they made them twelve calves—three looking northward, and three westward, and three southward, and three eastward: and the sea was upon them above, and their hinder parts were inward.
2 Chronicles 14:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Asa went out to meet him, and set the battle in array in the valley north of Mareshah.
Job 26:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He stretches out the north wind upon nothing, And he upon nothing hangs the earth;
Job 37:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
From the north come the clouds shining like gold: In these great are the glory and honor of the Almighty;
Psalms 47:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The city of the great King Is well planted on the mountains of Zion, With the joy of the whole earth, on the sides of the north.
Psalms 88:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou hast created the north and the west: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
Psalms 106:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And gathered them out of the countries, From the east, and west, and north, and south.
Proverbs 32:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Proverbs 34:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ecclesiastes 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Arising there it proceeds southward, And goes round toward the north. The wind goes round and round, And the wind returns to its circuits.
Ecclesiastes 11:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If the clouds be filled with rain, They pour it out upon the earth: And if a tree fall southward, or if it fall northward, In the place where the tree shall fall, there it shall be.
Song of Solomon 4:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; And blow through my garden, and let my spices flow out.
Isaiah 14:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But thou saidst in thy heart, I will go up to heaven, I will set my throne above the stars of heaven: I will sit on a lofty mount, on the lofty mountains toward the north:
Isaiah 14:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Howl, ye gates of cities; let the cities be troubled and cry, even all the Philistines: for smoke is coming from the north, and there is no possibility of living.
Isaiah 41:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I have raised up him that comes from the north, and him that comes from the rising of the sun: they shall be called by my name: let the princes come, and as potter’s clay, and as a potter treading clay, so shall ye be trodden down.
Isaiah 43:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I will say to the north, Bring; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from the land afar off, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
Isaiah 49:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, these shall come from far: and these from the north and the west, and others from the land of the Persians.
Jeremiah 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, A caldron on the fire; and the face of it is toward the north.
Jeremiah 1:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to me, From the north shall flame forth evils upon all the inhabitants of the land.
Jeremiah 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For, behold, I call together all the kingdoms of the earth from the north, saith the Lord; and they shall come, and shall set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls round about her, and against all the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go and read these words toward the north, and thou shalt say, Return to me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord; and I will not set my face against you: for I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not be angry with you forever.
Jeremiah 3:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In those days the house of Judah shall come together to the house of Israel, and they shall come, together, from the land of the north, and from all the countries, to the land, which I caused their fathers to inherit.
Jeremiah 4:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Gather up your wares and flee to Zion: hasten, stay not: for I will bring evils from the north, and great destruction.
Jeremiah 6:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Strengthen yourselves, ye children of Benjamin, to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and sound an alarm with the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal over Beth-haccherem: for evil threatens from the north, and a great destruction is coming.
Jeremiah 6:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a people comes from the north, and nations shall be stirred up from the end of the earth.
Jeremiah 10:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
Jeremiah 13:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Lift up thine eyes, O Jerusalem, and behold them that come from the north; where is the flock that was given thee, the sheep of thy glory?
Jeremiah 16:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but, The Lord lives, who brought up the house of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries whither they were thrust out: and I will restore them to their own land, which I gave to their fathers.
Jeremiah 23:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.
Jeremiah 25:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
behold, I will send and take a family from the north, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants of it, and against all the nations round about it, and I will make them utterly waste, and make them a desolation, and a hissing, and an everlasting reproach.
Jeremiah 26:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let not the swift flee, and let not the mighty man escape to the north: the forces at Euphrates are become feeble, and they have fallen.
Jeremiah 26:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that day shall be to the Lord our God a day of vengeance, to take vengeance on his enemies: and the sword of the Lord shall devour, and be glutted, and be drunken with their blood: for the Lord has a sacrifice from the land of the north at the river Euphrates.
Jeremiah 26:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Egypt is a fair heifer, but destruction from the north is come upon her.
Jeremiah 26:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The daughter of Egypt is confounded; she is delivered into the hands of a people from the north.
Jeremiah 27:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For a nation has come up against her from the north, he shall utterly ravage her land, and there shall be none to dwell in it, neither man nor beast.
Jeremiah 27:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For, behold, I stir up against Babylon the gatherings of nations out of the land of the north; and they shall set themselves in array against her: thence shall she be taken, as the dart of an expert warrior shall not return empty.
Jeremiah 27:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, a people comes from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be stirred up from the end of the earth; holding bow and dagger:
Jeremiah 29:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, waters come up from the north, and shall become a sweeping torrent, and it shall sweep away the land, and its fullness; the city, and them that dwell in it: and men shall cry and all that dwell in the land shall howl,
Jeremiah 38:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I bring them from the north, and will gather them from the end of the earth to the feast of the Passover: and the people shall beget a great multitude, and they shall return hither.
Ezekiel 1:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I looked, and, behold, a sweeping wind came from the north, and a great cloud on it, and there was brightness round about it, and gleaming fire, and in the midst of it as it were the appearance of amber in the midst of the fire, and brightness in it.
Ezekiel 8:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he stretched forth the likeness of a hand, and took me up by the crown of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and sky, and brought me to Jerusalem in a vision of God, to the porch of the gate that looks to the north, where was the pillar of the Purchaser.
Ezekiel 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes toward the north, and, behold, I looked from the north toward the eastern gate.
Ezekiel 8:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me in to the porch of the house of the Lord that looks to the north; and, behold, there were women sitting there lamenting for Tammuz.
Ezekiel 9:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And, behold, six men came from the way of the high gate that looks toward the north, and each one’s axe was in his hand; and there was one man in the midst of them clothed with a long robe down to the feet, and a sapphire girdle was on his loins: and they came in and stood near the brazen altar.
Ezekiel 21:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and thou shalt say to the forest of Negeb, Hear the word of the Lord; thus saith the Lord, even the Lord; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame that is kindled shall not be quenched, and every face shall be scorched with it from the south to the north.
Ezekiel 21:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because I will destroy out of thee the unrighteous and the transgressor, therefore so shall my sword come forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:
Ezekiel 23:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they all shall come upon thee from the north, chariots and wheels, with a multitude of nations, shields and targets; and the enemy shall set a watch against thee round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall take vengeance on thee with their judgments.
Ezekiel 26:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will bring up against thee, O Tyre, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the north: he is a king of kings, with horses, and chariots, and horsemen, and a concourse of very many nations.
Ezekiel 32:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There are the princes of the north, even all the captains of Assyria, who go down slain to Hades: they lie uncircumcised among the slain with the sword together with their terror and their strength, and they have received their punishment with them that go down to the pit.
Ezekiel 38:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Gomer, and all belonging to him; the house of Togarmah, from the end of the north, and all belonging to him; and many nations with thee.
Ezekiel 38:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and come out of thy place from the farthest north, and many nations with thee? all of them mounted on horses, a great gathering, and a large force?
Ezekiel 39:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and I will assemble thee, and guide thee, and raise thee up on the extremity of the north, and I will bring thee up upon the mountains of Israel.
Ezekiel 40:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he measured the breadth of the court, from the open space of the outer gate inward to the open space of the gate looking outward: a hundred cubits was the distance to the place of the gate looking eastward: and he brought me to the north;
Ezekiel 40:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and behold a gate looking northward belonging to the outer court, and he measured it, both the length of it and the breadth;
Ezekiel 40:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was a gate to the inner court looking toward the north gate, after the manner of the gate looking toward the east; and he measured the court from gate to gate, a hundred cubits.
Ezekiel 40:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me in at the northern gate, and measured it according to these measures;
Ezekiel 40:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And behind the drain for the whole burnt offerings at the north gate, two tables eastward behind the second gate; and behind the porch of the gate two tables eastward.
Ezekiel 40:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me into the inner court, and behold there were two chambers in the inner court, one behind the gate looking to the north, turning southward, and one behind the southern gate, but which looks to the north.
Ezekiel 40:46 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chamber that looks to the north is for the priests that keep the charge of the altar: they are the sons of Zadok, those of the tribe of Levi who draw near to the Lord to serve him.
Ezekiel 41:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the doors of the chambers were toward the space left by the one door that looked northward, and there was one door southward; and the breadth of the remaining open space was five cubits in extent round about.
Ezekiel 42:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me into the inner court eastward, opposite the northern gate: and he brought me in, and behold five chambers near the vacant space, and near the northern partition,
Ezekiel 42:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a hundred cubits in length toward the north, and in breadth fifty,
Ezekiel 42:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in front of the chambers was a walk ten cubits in breadth, the length reaching to a hundred cubits; and their doors were northward.
Ezekiel 42:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there was light without, corresponding to the chambers of the outer court looking toward the front of the northern chambers; the length of them was fifty cubits.
Ezekiel 42:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the walk was in front of them, according to the measures of the chambers toward the north, both according to the length of them, and according to the breadth of them, and according to all their openings, and according to all their turnings, and according to their lights, and according to their doors.
Ezekiel 42:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to me, The chambers toward the north, and the chambers toward the south, in front of the void spaces, these are the chambers of the sanctuary, wherein the priests the sons of Zadok, who draw nigh to the Lord, shall eat the most holy things: and there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offerings, and the trespass offerings; because the place is holy.
Ezekiel 42:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he turned to the north and measured in front of the north side five hundred cubits with the measuring reed.
Ezekiel 44:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me in by the way of the gate that looks northward, in front of the house: and I looked, and, behold, the house was full of the glory of the Lord: and I fell upon my face.
Ezekiel 46:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whenever the people of the land shall go in before the Lord at the feasts, he that goes in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go forth by the way of the south gate; and he that goes in by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the gate by which he entered, but he shall go forth opposite it.
Ezekiel 46:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me into the entrance of the place behind the gate, into the chamber of the sanctuary belonging to the priests, that looks toward the north: and, behold, there was a place set apart.
Ezekiel 47:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought me out by the way of the northern gate, and he led me round by the way outside to the gate of the court that looks eastward; and, behold, water came down from the right side,
Ezekiel 47:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the borders of the land that lies northward, from the great sea that comes down, and divides the entrance of Emaseldam;
Ezekiel 47:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These are the borders from the sea, from the habitations of Enan, the coasts of Damascus, and the northern coasts.
Ezekiel 48:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the names of the tribes from the northern corner, on the side of the descent that draws a line to the entrance of Hamath the palace of Aelam, the border of Damascus northward on the side of Hamath the palace; and they shall have the eastern parts as far as the sea, for Dan, one portion.
Ezekiel 48:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Out of this shall be the firstfruits of the holy things to the priests, northward, five and twenty thousand, and toward the west, ten thousand, and southward, five and twenty thousand: and the mountain of the sanctuary, shall be in the midst of it,
Ezekiel 48:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these shall be its dimensions; from the northern side four thousand and five hundred, and from the southern side four thousand and five hundred, and from the eastern side four thousand and five hundred, and from the western side they shall measure four thousand five hundred.
Ezekiel 48:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there shall be a space to the city northward two hundred and fifty, and southward two hundred and fifty, and eastward two hundred and fifty, and westward two hundred and fifty.
Ezekiel 48:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the goings out of the city northward, four thousand and five hundred by measure.
Ezekiel 48:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; the gate of Reuben, one, and the gate of Judah, one, and the gate of Levi, one.
Daniel 8:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I saw the ram butting westward, and northward, and southward; and no beast could stand before him, and there was none that could deliver out of his hand; and he did according to his will, and became great.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1005, grouped by book.

Genesis 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 15 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 22 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 40 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Luke 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Enoch 2 usages, 1 Enoch

Strong's G1005 FAQ

What does borrhas (βοῤῥᾶς) mean?

Borrhas (Strong's G1005) is a Greek word most simply glossed "north". borrhas (bor-rhas`) n. 1. the north (properly, wind) [of uncertain derivation]

How many times is borrhas (βοῤῥᾶς) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 142 linked usages for Strong's G1005 across 30 books.

Where can I study borrhas (βοῤῥᾶς) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1005 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate borrhas (βοῤῥᾶς)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as north, northward, gate, side, behold, and toward. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1005 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 135 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 2 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G1005, with linked reader references where each row is available.