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east

Meaning of “east”

The direction of sunrise; lands or regions toward that direction.

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First occurrence: Genesis 2:14

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Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 2:14 · retained source text

And the name of the third riuer is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the East of Assyria: and the fourth riuer is Euphrates.

1611 marginal noteOr, Eastward to Assyria.

Genesis 3:24
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 3:24 · retained source text

So he droue out the man: and he placed at the East of the garden of Eden, Cherubims, and a flaming sword, which turned euery way, to keepe the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 4:16
¶ And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 4:16 · retained source text

¶ And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the East of Eden.

Genesis 10:30
And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 10:30 · retained source text

And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest vnto Sephar, a mount of the East.

Genesis 11:2
And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 11:2 · retained source text

And it came to passe as they iourneyed from the East, that they found a plaine in the land of Shinar, and they dwelt there.

Genesis 12:8
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 12:8 · retained source text

And he remoued from thence vnto a mountaine, on the East of Beth-el, and pitched his tent hauing Beth-el on the West, and Hai on the East: and there hee builded an altar vnto the LORD, and called vpon the Name of the LORD.

Genesis 13:11
Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 13:11 · retained source text

Then Lot chose him all the plaine of Iordane: and Lot iourneyed East; and they separated themselues the one from the other.

Genesis 25:6
But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 25:6 · retained source text

But vnto the sonnes of the concubines which Abraham had, Abraham gaue gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his sonne (while he yet liued) Eastward, vnto the East country.

Genesis 28:14
And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 28:14 · retained source text

And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the West, and to the East, and to the North, and to the South: and in thee, and in thy seed, shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

1611 marginal noteHeb. break forth.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 12.3.

1611 marginal noteCha. 12.3 and 18.18. and 22.18. and 26.4.

Genesis 29:1
THEN Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 29:1 · retained source text

¶ Then Iacob went on his iourney, and came into the land of the people of the East.

1611 marginal noteHeb. lift up his feet.

1611 marginal noteHeb. children.

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