Hebrew noun (masculine) · H4217
מִזְרָח
mizrachmiz-rawkh'
East (Gate)
74 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: mizrâch
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4217is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 17 of 39Old Testament books
- 39spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4217
sunrise, i.e. the east
The King James renders it: east (side, -ward), (sun-) rising (of the sun).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
mizrach is rendered "East (Gate)". It stands 74 times in the Hebrew text, across seventeen books.
- Twenty-three of the uses stand in Joshua, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 27:13The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.
- The Greek text spells it thirty-nine different ways.
The first use
The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.
Exodus 27:13מִזְרָ֖חָה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-three of the word's seventy-four uses are in Joshua.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- east -ward25
- from east8
- from rising of8
- east7
- rising of7
- rising of towards3
- the east3
- to the east3
- and to the east2
- east -wards2
- to east of2
- and east -ward1
and 3 more, 74 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 74, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
39 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מִזְרָ֔חָה11
- מִמִּזְרַח־7
- מִזְרַ֣ח4
- מִזְרָ֖חָה4
- מִזְרַ֥ח3
- מִזְרָ֑חָה3
- מִזְרָֽחָה׃3
- לְמִזְרַ֣ח2
- מִזְרָ֥ח2
- מִזְרָ֑ח2
- מִזְרְחָ֣ה2
- מִזְרָֽחָה׃ פ2
and 27 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)27HNcmsa/Sd
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)11HR/Ncmsc
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)8HNcmsc
- noun · masculine singular7HNcmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular7HR/Ncmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + directional ending (“toward”)3HNcmsc/Sd
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular3HRd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular2HC/Rd/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular2HTd/Ncmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)1HC/Ncmsa/Sd
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/R/Ncmsc
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)1HRd/Ncmsa/Sd
Exodus
two uses
The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.
- מִזְרָ֖חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
And the east side, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits long.
- מִזְרָ֖חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Numbers
five uses
On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard:
- מִזְרָ֔חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Moses, Aaron, and Aaron’s sons were to camp to the east of the tabernacle, toward the sunrise, before the Tent of Meeting. They were to perform the duties of the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites; but any outsider who approached the sanctuary was to be put to death.
- מִזְרָ֜חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the wilderness opposite Moab to the east.
- מִמִּזְרַ֖חmimizrachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from rising of
Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”
- מִזְרָֽחָה׃ פmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
These two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan from Jericho, toward the sunrise.”
- מִזְרָֽחָה׃ פmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Deuteronomy
five uses
The Jordan River in the Arabah bordered it from Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) with the slopes of Pisgah to the east.
- מִזְרָֽחָה׃mizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Go to the top of Pisgah and look to the west and north and south and east. See the land with your own eyes, for you will not cross this Jordan.
- וּמִזְרָ֖חָהumizrachahconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: and east -ward
Then Moses set aside three cities across the Jordan to the east
- מִזְרְחָ֖הmizrechahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: rising of towards
They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—
- מִזְרַ֖חmizrachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rising of
including all the Arabah on the east side of the Jordan and as far as the Sea of the Arabah, below the slopes of Pisgah.
- מִזְרָ֔חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -wards
Joshua
twenty-three uses
until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”
- מִזְרַ֥חmizrachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rising of
On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
- מִזְרַ֥חmizrachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: east of
to the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpah.
- מִמִּזְרָ֣חmimizrachpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who struck them down and pursued them all the way to Greater Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpeh. They struck them down, leaving no survivors.
- מִזְרָ֑חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -wards
Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:
- מִזְרְחָ֣הmizrechahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: rising of towards
- מִזְרָֽחָה׃mizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.
- מִזְרָ֗חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
- מִזְרָ֔חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
- מִזְרַ֣חmizrachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rising of
The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:
- מִזְרָ֔חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
and in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, with the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon (the territory on the east side of the Jordan up to the edge of the Sea of Chinnereth).
- מִזְרָֽחָה׃mizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
These were the portions Moses had given them on the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho.
- מִזְרָֽחָה׃ סmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
The allotment for the descendants of Joseph extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east, through the wilderness that goes up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel.
- מִזְרָ֑חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
This was the territory of the descendants of Ephraim by their clans: The border of their inheritance went from Ataroth-addar in the east to Upper Beth-horon
- מִזְרָ֔חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
and out toward the Sea. From Michmethath on the north it turned eastward toward Taanath-shiloh and passed by it to Janoah on the east.
- מִזְרָ֖חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
- מִמִּזְרַ֖חmimizrachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from east
Ephraim’s territory was to the south, and Manasseh’s was to the north, having the Sea as its border and adjoining Asher on the north and Issachar on the east.
- מִמִּזְרָֽח׃mimizrachpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”
- מִזְרָ֔חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.
- מִזְרַ֣חmizrachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rising of
From there it crossed eastward to Gath-hepher and to Eth-kazin; it extended to Rimmon and curved around toward Neah.
- מִזְרָ֔חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
then turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.
- מִזְרַ֣חmizrachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rising of
Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.
- מִזְרַ֥חmizrachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rising of
And beyond the Jordan, east of Jericho, they designated Bezer on the wilderness plateau from the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh.
- מִזְרָ֔חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Judges
three uses
Then Israel traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But they did not enter the territory of Moab, since the Arnon was its border.
- מִמִּזְרַח־mimizrach-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from rising of
They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.
- מִמִּזְרַח־mimizrach-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from rising of
“But look,” they said, “there is a yearly feast to the LORD in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel east of the road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and south of Lebonah.”
- מִזְרְחָ֣הmizrechahnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: rising of towards
1 Kings
one use
The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
- מִזְרָ֔חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
2 Kings
one use
from the Jordan eastward through all the land of Gilead (the region of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh), and from Aroer by the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan.
- מִזְרַ֣חmizrachnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: rising of
1 Chronicles
ten uses
and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.
- לְמִזְרַ֣חlemizrachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to east of
They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.
- וְלַמִּזְרָ֗חvelamizrachconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and to the east
During the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands, and they occupied the homes of the Hagrites throughout the region east of Gilead.
- מִזְרָ֥חmizrachnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
From the tribe of Reuben east of the Jordan opposite Jericho they were given Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah,
- לְמִזְרַ֣חlemizrachpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to east of
Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.
- וְלַמִּזְרָ֣חvelamizrachconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: and to the east
Shallum was their chief; he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.
- מִזְרָ֑חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.
- מִזְרָ֥חmizrachnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks, and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west.
- לַמִּזְרָ֖חlamizrachpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the east
The lot for the East Gate fell to Shelemiah. Then lots were cast for his son Zechariah, a wise counselor, and the lot for the North Gate fell to him.
- מִזְרָ֖חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Each day there were six Levites on the east, four on the north, four on the south, and two pairs at the storehouse.
- לַמִּזְרָח֮lamizrachpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the east
2 Chronicles
four uses
The Sea stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east. The Sea rested on them, with all their hindquarters toward the center.
- מִזְרָ֔חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.
- מִזְרָ֣חmizrachnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.
- הַמִּזְרָֽח׃hamizrachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
Kore son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the East Gate, was in charge of the freewill offerings given to God, distributing the contributions to the LORD and the consecrated gifts.
- לַמִּזְרָ֔חָהlamizrachahpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: to the east towards
Nehemiah
three uses
and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
- לַמִּזְרָ֔חlamizrachpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: to the east
Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house, and next to him, Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, the guard of the East Gate, made repairs.
- הַמִּזְרָֽח׃ סhamizrachthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: the east
At the Fountain Gate they climbed the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.
- מִזְרָֽח׃mizrachnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
Psalms
four uses
The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
- מִמִּזְרַח־mimizracho-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from rising of
As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
- מִ֭זְרָחmizrochnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
- מִמִּזְרָ֥חmimizrachpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.
- מִמִּזְרַח־mimizrach-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from rising of
Isaiah
six uses
Who has aroused one from the east and called him to his feet in righteousness? He hands nations over to him and subdues kings before him. He turns them to dust with his sword, to windblown chaff with his bow.
- מִמִּזְרָ֔חmimizrachpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
I have raised up one from the north, and he has come—one from the east who calls on My name. He will march over rulers as if they were mortar, like a potter who treads the clay.
- מִמִּזְרַח־mimizrach-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from rising of
Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
- מִמִּזְרָח֙mimizrachpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
so that all may know, from where the sun rises to where it sets, that there is none but Me; I am the LORD, and there is no other.
- מִמִּזְרַח־mimizrach-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from rising of
I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.
- מִמִּזְרָח֙mimizrachpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD.
- וּמִמִּזְרַח־umimizrach-conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and from rising of
Jeremiah
one use
The whole valley of the dead bodies and ashes, and all the fields as far as the Kidron Valley, to the corner of the Horse Gate to the east, will be holy to the LORD. It will never again be uprooted or demolished.”
- מִזְרָ֔חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Daniel
two uses
From one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.
- הַמִּזְרָ֖חhamizrachthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the east
But news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy many and devote them to destruction.
- מִמִּזְרָ֖חmimizrachpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: from east
Amos
one use
People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
- מִזְרָ֑חmizrachnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
Zechariah
two uses
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.
- מִזְרָ֑חmizrachnoun · masculine singulartagged: east
On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.
- מִזְרָ֣חָהmizrachahnoun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)tagged: east -ward
Malachi
one use
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.
- מִמִּזְרַח־mimizrach-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from rising of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
