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west

Meaning of “west”

The direction of sunset; the western region; or toward or from that direction.

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First occurrence: Genesis 12:8

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Joshua 8:9
¶ Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 8:9 · retained source text

¶ Ioshua therefore sent them foorth, and they went to lie in ambush, and abode betweene Bethel and Ai, on the West side of Ai: but Ioshua lodged that night among the people.

Joshua 8:12
And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 8:12 · retained source text

And he tooke about fiue thousand men, and set them to lye in ambush betweene Bethel and Ai, on the West side of the citie.

1611 marginal noteOr, of Ai.

Joshua 8:13
And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 8:13 · retained source text

And when they had set the people, euen all the hoste that was on the North of the city, and their liers in wait on the West of the citie: Ioshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

1611 marginal noteHebr. their lying in wait.

Joshua 11:2
And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 11:2 · retained source text

And to the kings that were on the North of the mountaines, and of the plaines South of Cinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor, on the West;

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 12:7
¶ And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 12:7 · retained source text

¶ And these are the kings of the countrey which Ioshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Iordan on the West, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon, euen vnto the mount Halak, that goeth vp to Seir, which Ioshua gaue vnto the tribes of Israel for a possession, according to their diuisions:

1611 marginal noteChap. 11.17.

Joshua 15:12
And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 15:12 · retained source text

And the West border was to the great sea, and the coast therof: this is the coast of the children of Iudah round about, according to their families.

Joshua 18:14
And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 18:14 · retained source text

And the border was drawen thence, and compassed the corner of the Sea Southward, from the hill that lieth before Beth-horon Southward: and the goings out thereof were at Kiriath-baal (which is Kiriath-iearim) a city of the children of Iudah: This was the West quarter.

Joshua 18:15
And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 18:15 · retained source text

And the South quarter was from the end of Kiriath-iearim, & the border went out on the West, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah.

Joshua 19:34
And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 19:34 · retained source text

And then the coast turneth westward to Aznoth-Tabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the Southside, and reacheth to Asher on the Westside, and to Iudah vpon Iordan toward the Sun rising.

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