מִזְרָחmizrâch
place of sunrise, east
Pronunciation: miz-rawkh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4217
Meanings
1. sunrise, always of quarter of the heavens = east (Numbers 21:11; Deuteronomy 4:41; Deuteronomy 4:47)
2. without שֶׁמֶשׁ
b. from the east (Isaiah 41:2; Isaiah 43:5; Isaiah 46:11)
c. toward the place of sunrise, to the east, eastward (Numbers 32:19; Deuteronomy 3:17; Deuteronomy 3:27)
d. the east side (Joshua 4:19; 1 Chronicles 4:39; 1 Chronicles 6:63)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 74 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 27:13 The east end of the courtyard, the front, will also be 75 feet long.
- Exodus 38:13 The east end, the front, was also 75 feet long.
- Numbers 2:3 -“The divisions of Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun are to camp toward the sunrise on the east side of the Tabernacle, beneath their family banners. These are the names of the tribes, their leaders, and the numbers of their registered troops:TribeLeaderNumberJudah Nahshon son of Amminadab74,600
- Numbers 3:38 The area in front of the Tabernacle, in the east toward the sunrise, was reserved for the tents of Moses and of Aaron and his sons, who had the final responsibility for the sanctuary on behalf of the people of Israel. Anyone other than a priest or Levite who went too near the sanctuary was to be put to death.
- Numbers 21:11 Then they went on to Iye-abarim, in the wilderness on the eastern border of Moab.
- Numbers 32:19 But we do not claim any of the land on the other side of the Jordan. We would rather live here on the east side and accept this as our grant of land.”
See every passage
- Exodus 27:13, 38:13
- Numbers 2:3, 3:38, 21:11, 32:19, 34:15
- Deuteronomy 3:17, 3:27, 4:41, 4:47, 4:49
- Joshua 1:15, 4:19, 11:3, 11:8, 12:1, 12:3, 13:5, 13:8, 13:27, 13:32, 16:1, 16:5, 16:6, 17:10, 18:7, 19:12, 19:13, 19:27, 19:34, 20:8
- Judges 11:18, 20:43, 21:19
- 1 Kings 7:25
- 2 Kings 10:33
- 1 Chronicles 4:39, 5:9, 5:10, 6:78, 7:28, 9:18, 9:24, 12:15, 26:14, 26:17
- 2 Chronicles 4:4, 5:12, 29:4, 31:14
- Nehemiah 3:26, 3:29, 12:37
- Psalms 50:1, 103:12, 107:3, 113:3
- Isaiah 41:2, 41:25, 43:5, 45:6, 46:11, 59:19
- Jeremiah 31:40
- Daniel 8:9, 11:44
- Amos 8:12
- Zechariah 8:7, 14:4
- Malachi 1:11
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).