Quick Definition
East (Gate)
Biblical Persons & Places
East_Gate
East Gate= in Jerusalem (Jerusalem@Gen.14.18-Rev=H3389)
A location in Jerusalem only mentioned at Neh.3.29;
only referred to as East Gate (מִזְרָח).
Strong's Definition
sunrise, i.e. the east
Derivation: from H2224 (זָרַח);
KJV Usage: east (side, -ward), (sun-) rising (of the sun).
TWOT Reference: 580c
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) place of sunrise, east
1a) sunrise, east (with 'sun')
1b) the east (without 'sun')
1b1) to or toward the place of sunrise
1b2) to the east, eastward
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
This name means place of sunrise, east
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מִזְרָח
mizrâch
BDB Definition:
1) place of sunrise, east
1a) sunrise, east (with sun)
1b) the east (without sun)
1b1) to or toward the place of sunrise
1b2) to the east, eastward
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H2224
Same Word by TWOT Number: 580c
Total KJV Occurrences: 75