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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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Ezekiel 11:1
MOREOVER the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the Lord’s house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 11:1 · retained source text

¶ Moreouer the Spirit lift me vp, and brought me vnto the East gate of the LORDs house, which looketh Eastward: and behold at the doore of the gate fiue and twenty men; among whom I saw Iaazaniah the sonne of Azur, and Pelatiah the sonne of Benaiah, Princes of the people.

Ezekiel 11:23
And the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 11:23 · retained source text

And the glory of the LORD went vp from the middest of the citie, and stood vpon the mountaine, which is on the East side of the citie.

Ezekiel 17:10
Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 17:10 · retained source text

Yea behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not vtterly wither, when the East wind toucheth it? it shal wither in the furrowes where it grew.

Ezekiel 19:12
But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 19:12 · retained source text

But she was plucked vp in fury: she was cast downe to the ground, and the East wind dryed vp her fruite: her strong rods were broken and withered, the fire consumed them.

1611 marginal noteOs.13.15.

Ezekiel 25:4
Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 25:4 · retained source text

Behold therefore, I will deliuer thee to the men of the East for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eate thy fruit, and they shall drinke thy milke.

1611 marginal noteHeb. children.

Ezekiel 25:10
Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 25:10 · retained source text

Unto the men of the East with the Ammonites, and will giue them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembred among the nations.

1611 marginal noteOr, against the children of Ammon.

Ezekiel 27:26
¶ Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Ezekiel 27:26 · retained source text

¶ Thy rowers haue brought thee into great waters: the East winde hath broken thee in the middest of the Seas.

1611 marginal noteHeb. heart.

Ezekiel 39:11
¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamon-gog.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 39:11 · retained source text

¶ And it shal come to passe at that day, that I will giue vnto Gog a place there of graues in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the East of the Sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers, and there shall they burie Gog, and all his multitude, and they shal call it, the valley of Hamon-gog.

1611 marginal noteOr, mouthes.

1611 marginal noteThat is, the multitude of Gog.

Ezekiel 40:6
¶ Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 40:6 · retained source text

¶ Then came hee vnto the gate which looketh toward the East, and went vp the staires thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad, and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

1611 marginal noteHeb. whose face was the way toward the East.

Ezekiel 40:22
And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 40:22 · retained source text

And their windowes, and their arches, and their palme trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh towards the East, and they went vp vnto it by seuen steps, and the arches thereof were before them.

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