South

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SOUTH.—See Negeb.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909


south: (1) נגב, neghebh, according BDB from root נגב, nāghabh, meaning ?to be dry,? the word most often used, in the Revised Version (British and American) capitalized (South) in those places where it seems to denote a particular region, i.e. to the South of Judah. (2) ימין, yāmı̄n, ?right hand,? ?right.? The derived meaning, ?south,? seems to imply an eastern posture in prayer in which the right hand is toward the South; compare Arabic yamı̂n, ?right,? and yemen, ?Yemen,? a region in Southwestern Arabia. (3) תּימן, tēmān, from the same root as (2) is often used for the south; also for the south wind (Psa_78:26; Son_4:16). (4) ים, yām, literally, ?sea? (Psa_107:3). (5) דּרום, dārōm, etymology doubtful (Deu_33:23; Eze_40:24). (6) מדבּר, midhbār, literally, ?desert? (Psa_75:6, reading doubtful).
(7) λίψ, lı́ps, ?south west wind? (Act_27:12). (8) μεσημβρία, mesēmbrı́a, literally, ?mid-day?; ?south? (Act_8:26); ?noon? (Act_22:6). (9) νότος, nótos, ?south wind? (Luk_12:55; Act_27:13; Act_28:13); ?south? (1 Macc 3:57; Mat_12:42; Luk_11:31; Luk_13:29; Rev_21:13).
The south wind is often referred to: see Son_4:16; Job_37:9 (compare Job_9:9); Zec_9:14 (of Isa_21:1); Luk_12:55.
Of the passages where South (neghebh) clearly refers to a particular region between Palestine and Sinai see: ?And Abraham journeyed, going on still toward the South? (neghbāh) (Gen_12:9; Gen_13:1; Deu_1:7). We read of ?the South of the Jerahmeelites,? ?the South of the Kenites? (1Sa_27:10); ?the South of the Cherethites,? ?the South of Caleb? (1Sa_30:14); ?the South of Judah? (2Ch_28:18); ?Ramoth of the South? (1Sa_30:27).
In Psa_126:4, ?Turn again our captivity, O Yahweh, as the streams in the South,? we have a figurative reference to the fact that, after a long period of drought, the dry watercourses are finally filled with rushing streams. The reference in Eze_20:46 f to ?the forest of the South? is to a condition of things very different from that which exists today, though the region is not incapable of supporting trees if they are only planted and protected.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.


The country, or quarter of the heavens, which the Shemite, standing with his face to the east, supposes to be on his right hand. An important use of the word is as the name or designation of the desert regions lying at the south of Judea, consisting of the deserts of Shur, Zin, and Paran, the mountainous country of Edom or Idumea, and part of Arabia Petraea (Gen_12:9; Gen_13:1). In this region the Amalekites are said to have dwelt, 'in the land of the south,' when Moses sent the spies to view the land of Canaan (Num_13:29), viz., the locality between Idumea and Egypt, and to the east of the Dead Sea and Mount Seir [AMALEKITES]. The inhabitants of this region were included in the conquests of Joshua (Jos_10:40). To the same region belongs the passage, 'Turn our captivity as the streams in the south' (Psa_126:4); which suddenly fill the wadys or valleys during the season of rain (comp. Eze_6:3; Eze_34:13; Eze_35:8; Eze_36:4; Eze_36:6). These are dry in summer (Job_6:15-18). Through part of this sterile region the Israelites must repass in their vain application to Egypt. It is called the Wilderness of Judea (Mat_3:1; Jos_15:61). Through part of this region lay the road from Jerusalem to Gaza, 'which is desert' (Act_8:26).




The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.


Psa_126:4 (c) We may take this as a type of the soft, warm and blessed influences of GOD which the heart constantly craves. (See also Son_4:16).
Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types
press 1957.





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