East
מִזְרָחStrong’s H4217mizrach (miz-rach)
Appears in 71 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mizrach is the Hebrew word usually translated “east -ward”, “from rising of” and “from east”. It appears in 71 verses of the Old Testament.
“And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.”
Meaning
- This name means place of sunrise, east
- Place of sunrise, eastsunrise, east (with 'sun') · the east (without 'sun')
How it's translated
- east -ward 25
- from rising of 8
- from east 8
- rising of 7
- east 7
- to the east 4
- rising of towards 3
- the east 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Joshua 20
- 1 Chronicles 10
- Isaiah 6
- Numbers 5
- Deuteronomy 5
- 2 Chronicles 4
17 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:44In contextBut tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
- Zechariah 8:7In contextThus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
- Zechariah 14:4In contextAnd his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
- Exodus 27:13And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
- Exodus 38:13And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.
- Numbers 2:3And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
All 71 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מִזְרָח mizrach · East (Gate)
This name means place of sunrise, east
מִזְרָח mizrach · east
1) place of sunrise, east 1a) sunrise, east (with 'sun') 1b) the east (without 'sun') 1b1) to or toward the place of sunrise 1b2) to the east, eastward
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “east” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
EAST, noun
[Latin oriens, this word may belong to the root of hoise, hoist.]
- The point in the heavens, where the sun is seen to rise at the equinox, or when it is in the equinoctial, or the corresponding point on the earth; one of the four cardinal points.
- The eastern parts of the earth; the regions or countries which lie east of Europe, or other country.
All definitions and other forms of “east”
EAST, adjective
Towards the rising sun; or towards the point where the sun rises, when in the equinoctial; as the east gate; the east border; the east side. The east wind is a wind that blows from the east
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.