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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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Joshua 4:19
¶ And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 4:19 · retained source text

¶ And the people came vp out of Iordan on the tenth day of the first moneth, and encamped in Gilgal, in the East border of Iericho.

Joshua 7:2
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 7:2 · retained source text

And Ioshua sent men from Iericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-auen, on the East side of Bethel, and spake vnto them, saying, Goe vp and view the countrey. And the men went vp, and viewed Ai.

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 under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 11:3 · retained source text

And to the Canaanite on the East and on the West, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Iebusite in the mountaines, and to the Hiuite vnder Hermon in the land of Mizpeh.

Joshua 12:1
NOW these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 12:1 · retained source text

¶ Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Iordan, toward the rising of the Sunne: from the riuer Arnon, vnto mount Hermon, and all the plaine on the East.

Joshua 12:3
And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdoth-pisgah:
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 12:3 · retained source text

And from the plaine, to the Sea of Cinneroth on the East, and vnto the sea of the plaine, euen the salt sea on the East, the way to Beth-Ieshimoth: and from the South, vnder Ashdoth-Pisgah.

1611 marginal noteOr, Teman

1611 marginal noteOr, the springs of Pisgah, or the hill.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 3.17. & 4.49.

Joshua 15:5
And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 15:5 · retained source text

And the East border was the salt Sea, euen vnto the end of Iordan: and their border in the North quarter, was from the bay of the sea, at the vttermost part of Iordan.

Joshua 16:1
AND the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth-el,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 16:1 · retained source text

¶ And the lot of the children of Ioseph fell from Iordan by Iericho, vnto the water of Iericho on the East, to the wildernesse that goeth vp from Iericho throughout mount Bethel;

1611 marginal noteHebr. went foorth.

Joshua 16:5
¶ And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 16:5 · retained source text

¶ And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families, was thus: euen the border of their inheritance on the East side was Ataroth-Addar, vnto Bethoron the vpper.

Joshua 16:6
And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath-shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 16:6 · retained source text

And the border went out toward the Sea, to Michmethah on the Northside, and the border went about Eastward vnto Taanath Shiloh, and passed by it on the East to Ianohah:

Joshua 17:10
Southward it was Ephraim’s, and northward it was Manasseh’s, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 17:10 · retained source text

Southward it was Ephraims, and Northward it was Manassehs, and the sea is his border, and they met together in Asher on the North, and in Issachar on the East.

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