East
קָדִיםStrong’s H6921qadim (qa-dim)
Appears in 64 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qadim is the Hebrew word usually translated “east -ward”, “east” and “east wind”. It appears in 64 verses of the Old Testament.
“And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.”
Meaning
- East, east windeast (of direction) · east wind
How it's translated
- east -ward 18
- east 17
- the east 16
- an east wind 8
- east wind 3
- and east -ward 2
- the east wind 1
- the east towards 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 48
- Genesis 3
- Job 3
- Exodus 2
- Psalms 2
- Hosea 2
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 41:23And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:
- Genesis 41:27And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.
- Exodus 10:13And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.
- Exodus 14:21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
- Job 15:2Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
- Job 27:21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.
All 64 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
קָדִים qadim · east
1) east, east wind 1a) east (of direction) 1b) east wind
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.