מִזְרָח mizrach

Hebrew word for “east” · Strong’s H4217 · used 74 times in 71 verses

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Meaning

1) place of sunrise, east;

Senses in the lexicon

• east (73)
• East (Gate) (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for mizrach in context, with how often each is used:

• east 27
• east -ward 26
• rising 16
• rising of towards 3
• east -wards 2

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 13 (4), Joshua 19 (4), Deuteronomy 4 (3), Joshua 16 (3), Deuteronomy 3 (2), Joshua 11 (2), Joshua 12 (2), 1 Chronicles 5 (2), 1 Chronicles 9 (2), 1 Chronicles 26 (2)

Forms

• מזרחה 30
• ממזרח 16
• מזרח 15
• למזרח 5
• המזרח 3
• ולמזרח 2
• ומזרחה 1
• למזרחה 1
• וממזרח 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mizrach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh “sun” 20
• יַרְדֵּן yarden “Jordan” 20
• עֵבֶר ever “side” 14
• צָפוֹן tsaphon “north” 15
• עַד ad “till” 21
• יָם yam “sea” 15
• מַעֲרָב maarav “west” 7
• נֶגֶב negev “south” 9
• קֶדֶם qedem “front” 8
• גְּבוּל gevul “border” 8
• יְרִיחוֹ yericho “Jericho” 6
• מָבוֹא mavo “entrance” 5

Key verses

The verses using mizrach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 2:3 — And 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…
• Joshua 11:3 — And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite…
• 2 Chronicles 5:12 — Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having…
• Psalms 50:1 — [A Psalm of Asaph.] The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
• Isaiah 41:2 — Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to…
• Isaiah 43:5 — Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
• Isaiah 46:11 — Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have…
• Isaiah 59:19 — So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the…
• Jeremiah 31:40 — And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east,…
• Daniel 8:9 — 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.
• Zechariah 14:4 — And 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…
• Malachi 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.