Strong's Lexicon

H4217

H4217 — מִזרָח

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmizrachnoun mascOccurrences: 74TWOT: 580c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4217
Word:מִזרָח
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H2224
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:74
Transliteration:mizrach
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:miz-rawkh'
Meaning:1. sunrise, i.e. the east
KJV Renderings:east (side, -ward), (sun-)rising (of the sun).

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מִזְרָח noun [masculine] place of sunrise, east — absolute ׳ מ Josh 11:3 + 21 t.; construct מִזְרַח Num 21:10 + 19 t., with ה locative מִזְרָ֫חָה Exod 27:13 + 28 t., construct מִזְרְחָה Deut 4:41; Josh 12:1; Judg 21:19 (not in Genesis Leviticus Samuel Ezekiel etc.); —

1. sunrise always of quarter of the heavens = east (ה)שׁמשׁ ׳ מ Num 21:11 ( P ), Deut 4:41 ; Deut 4:47 ; Josh 1:15 ; Josh 12:1 ; Josh 13:5 (all D ), Josh 19:12; Josh 19:27; Josh 19:34 (all P ), Judg 20:43; Judg 21:19; 2Kgs 10:33; Isa 41:25; Isa 45:6; Isa 59:19, compare שׁמשׁ לארץ ׳ מ Judg 11:18 שׁמשׁ וְעַדמְֿבוֺאוֺ ׳ מִמִּז Ps 50:1; Ps 113:3; Mal 1:11 more often
2. without שֶׁמֶשׁ:
a. the east ׳ כִּרְחֹק מ מִמַּעֲרָב֑ Ps 103:12 .
b. ׳ מִמּ from the east Isa 41:2; Isa 43:5 (opposed to מִמַּעֲרָב), Isa 46:11; Dan 11:44 (+ מִצַּפוֺן); ׳ מִמּ וּמִמַּעֲרָב֑ מִצָּפוֺן וּמִיָּם Ps 107:3.
c. to or toward the place of sunrise, to the east, eastward: (1) מִוְרָ֫חָה Num 32:19 ( P ), Deut 3:17 ; Deut 3:27 ( ׳ יָ֫מָּה וְצָפ֫וֺנָה וְתֵימָ֫נָה וּמ), Deut 4:49; Josh 11:8; Josh 16:1 ( J E ), Josh 12:1 ; Josh 12:3 (twice in verse); Josh 13:8 (all D ), Josh 13:27 Josh 13:32; Josh 16:5; Josh 18:7 ; Josh 20:8 (all P ), 1Chr 9:18 ; 1Chr 26:14 || קֵ֫דְמָה Num 3:38; Josh 19:13 (both P ) Jer 31:40 || צָפ֫וֺנָה, יָ֫מָּה, נֶ֫גְבָּה 1Kgs 7:25, compare Josh 16:6 ( P ) 1Chr 26:17 + קֵ֫דְמָה Exod 27:13; Exod 38:13; Num 2:3; Num 34:15 (all P ); מִקֶּדֶם Zech 14:4 (opposed to יָ֫מָּה); (2) מִזְ רָךְ (without ה locative), יָ֫מָּה צָפ֫וֺנָה וָנֶ֫גְבָּה ׳ מ 1Chr 9:24, compare Neh 12:37 לַמִּזְבֵּחַ ׳ מ 2Chr 5:12 (3) ׳ לַמִּז 1Chr 5:9; 1Chr 7:28 (opposed to לַמַּעֲרָב) 1Chr 12:16 (so Baer; v.1Chr 12:15 van d. H; opposed to id.), 1Chr 26:17 (+ לַצָּפ֫וֺנָה, לַנֶּ֫גְבָּה), Neh 3:26 לַמִּזְרָ֫חָה 2Chr 31:14 (4) ׳ אֶלהַֿמּ Dan 8:9 (+ אֶלהַֿנֶּגֶב, אֶלהַֿצֶּבִ֑י); (5) מִיָּם עָדיָֿם וּמִצָּפוֺן עַדמִֿזְ רָךְ Amos 8:12.
d. (on) the east side of, construct קְצֵה מִזְרַה יְרִיחוֺ Josh 4:19 ( P ); also with לְמִזְרַח הַנָּ֑יְא לְ 1Chr 4:39, הַיַּרְדֵּן ׳ לְמ 1Chr 6:63 with מִן, ׳ מִמִּז Josh 11:3 (opposed to מִיָּם) compare Josh 17:10 (+ מצָּפוֺן; both J E ), also Josh 16:6 ( P ).
e. after a construct לגלעד ׳ עַלכָּֿלפְּֿנֵי מ 1Chr 5:10 ׳ רְחוֺב הַמּ 2Chr 29:4 ׳ שַׁעַר הַמּ Neh 3:29 ׳ אֶרֶץ מ Zech 8:7 (opposed to ארץ מְבוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מזרח (miz-r)

Exodus 27:13

KJV: And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
EHCC: & 38:13. the east side eastward

Numbers 2:3

KJV: And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah.
EHCC: toward the rising of the sun shall

Numbers 3:38

KJV: But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
EHCC: eastward, (shall be) Moses, and Aaron

Numbers 21:11

KJV: And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ije–abarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising.Ije–abarim: or, heaps of Abarim
EHCC: before Moab, foward the sunrising.

Numbers 32:19

KJV: For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward.
EHCC: on this side Jordan eastward.

Numbers 34:35

EHCC: eastward, toward the sunrising.

Numbers 4:41

KJV: These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the Lord.
EHCC: 0n this side Jordan toward the sun rising ;

Numbers 47:0

EHCC: n this side Jordan toward the sun rising ;

Joshua 1:15

KJV: Until the Lord have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the Lord your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the Lord’s servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising.
EHCC: this side Jordan toward the sunrising.

Joshua 4:19

KJV: 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.
EHCC: in the east border of Jericho.

Joshua 12:1

KJV: 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:
EHCC: toward the rising of the sun,

Joshua 33:5

EHCC: all Lebanon, toward the sunrising,

Joshua 16:1

KJV: 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,fell: Heb. went forth
EHCC: Jericho on the east,

Joshua 48:7

EHCC: beyond Jordan on the east,

Joshua 19:12

KJV: And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth–tabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,
EHCC: toward the sunrising

Joshua 20:8

KJV: And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
EHCC: Jordan by Jericho eastward,

Judges 11:18

KJV: Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
EHCC: came by the east side of the land (lit. by

Judges 20:43

KJV: Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.with ease…: or, from Menuchah, etcover…: Heb. unto over against
EHCC: Gibeah toward the sunrising.

Judges 21:19

KJV: Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the Lord in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Beth–el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth–el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.yearly: Heb. from year to yearon the east…: or, toward the sunrisingof the highway: or, on the highway
EHCC: 0m the east side (marg. or, toward the sun-

1 Kings 7:25

KJV: It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
EHCC: three looking toward the east ;

1 Kings 5:9

KJV: My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.appoint: Heb. send
EHCC: And eastward he inhabited

1 Kings 6:73

EHCC: (63). on the east side of Jordan,

1 Kings 7:28

KJV: And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges:
EHCC: and eastward Naaran,

1 Kings 9:18

KJV: And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land,
EHCC: in the king’s gate eastward:

1 Kings 12:15

KJV: Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying, which the Lord spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.
EHCC: toward the exst, and toward the west.

1 Kings 26:14

EHCC: the lot easteurd fell to Shelemish.

2 Chronicles 4:4

KJV: It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
EHCC: three looking toward the east:

2 Chronicles 5:12

KJV: Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
EHCC: stood at pclae end of the altar,

2 Chronicles 29:4

KJV: And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street,
EHCC: -gathered ¢ Lo er eee

2 Chronicles 31:14

KJV: And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the Lord, and the most holy things.
EHCC: the porter tawurd the east,

Nehemiah 3:26

KJV: Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out.dwelt…: or, which dwelt in Ophel, repaired untoOphel: or, tower
EHCC: the water gate fmard the east,

Nehemiah 12:87

EHCC: even unto the water gate eastward.

Psalms 50:1

KJV: A Psalm of Asaph.The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.of…: or, for Asaph
EHCC: from the rising of the sun

Psalms 108:19

EHCC: As far as the east is from the weet,

Psalms 107:3

KJV: And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.south: Heb. sea
EHCC: from the east, and from the west,

Psalms 118:3

KJV: Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever.
EHCC: From the rising of the sun

Isaiah 41:2

KJV: Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.the righteous…: Heb. righteousness
EHCC: the righteous (man) from the enst,

Isaiah 43:5

KJV: Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;
EHCC: 1 will bring ‘hy seed from the curt,

Isaiah 46:1

KJV: Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast.
EHCC: jing a ravenous bird from the east,

Isaiah 59:19

KJV: So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him.lift…: or, put him to flight
EHCC: and his glory from the rising of the sun

Jeremiah 31:40

KJV: And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the Lord; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever.
EHCC: the horse gate toward the east,

Daniel 8:9

KJV: And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
EHCC: toward the south, and toward the eust,

Daniel 11:44

KJV: But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
EHCC: But tidings out of the east

Amos 8:12

KJV: And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
EHCC: from the north even to the east,

Zechariah 8:7

KJV: Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;the west…: Heb. the country of the going down of the sun
EHCC: save my people from the eust country,

Zechariah 14:4

KJV: And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
EHCC: in the midst thereof towerd the eust

Malachi 1:11

KJV: For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
EHCC: For from the rising of the sun
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