מִזְרָח
east
‘east’ is one of 4 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
2 verses where H4217 appears in the Construct state in the Book of 1 Chronicles. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 4:39 לְ/מִזְרַ֣ח prep + n c ms cs They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
- 1 Chronicles 6:78 לְ/מִזְרַ֣ח prep + n c ms cs and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, [were given them], out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its suburbs, and Jahzah with its suburbs,
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
מזרח (mizrâch) is a Hebrew noun most often rendered “east.” It is not a single-sense word — see its full sense range. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 71 verses — moderately common. Joshua dominates its distribution — 20 of 71 verses. Debuting at Exodus 27:13, it then recurs through the corpus. For the data behind this summary, explore the sense tree and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H4217 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 71
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 71 distinct verses.
- 17 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 17 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #536
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 536 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 71 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Joshua 20 verses 28%
- 1 Chronicles 10 verses 14%
- Isaiah 6 verses 8%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 71 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 36 verses · 51%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 23 verses · 32%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 12 verses · 17%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: East 19×, Eastward 19×, Toward the sunrising 9×
- American Standard Version: Eastward 24×, East 13×, Toward the sunrising 11×
- Berean Standard Bible: East 44×, Eastward 6×, Toward the sunrise 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: East 20×, Sunrise 16×, Rising of 12×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4217 across 73 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4217 across 70 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4217 across 70 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4217 across 78 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
7 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 7 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. sunrise, always of quarter of the heavens = east מ׳ (ה)שׁמשׁ Nu 21:11 (P), Dt 4:41, 47 Jos 1:15; 12:1; 13:5 (all D), 19:12, 27, 34 (all P), Ju 20:43; 21:19 2 K 10:33 Is 41:25; 45:6; 59:19, cf. מ׳ שׁמשׁ לארץ Ju 11:18; מִמִּז׳ שׁמשׁ וְעַד־מְבוֹאוֹ ψ 50:1; 113:3 Mal 1:11; more often e.g. Numbers 21:11
- 2. without שֶׁמֶשׁ:
- a. the east בִּרְחֹק מ׳ מִמַּעֲרָ֑ב ψ 103:12. e.g. Psalms 103:12
- b. מִמּ׳ from the east Is 41:2; 43:5 (opp. מִמַּעֲרָב), 46:11 Dn 11:44 (+ מִצָּפוֹן); מִמּ׳ וּמִמַּעֲרָ֑ב מִצָּפוֹן וּמִיָּם ψ 107:3. e.g. Isaiah 41:2
- c. to or toward the place of sunrise, to the east, eastward: (1) מִזְרָ֫חָה Nu 32:19 (P), Dt 3:17, 27 (יָ֫מָּה וְצָפ֫וֹנָה וְתֵימָ֫נָה וּמ׳), 4:49 Jos 11:8; 16:1 (JE), 12:1, 3(×2); 13:8 (all D), v 27, 32; 16:5; 18:7; 20:8 (all P), 1 Ch 9:18; 26:14; ‖ קֵ֫דְמָה Nu 3:38 Jos 19:13 (both P) Je 31:40; ‖ צָפ֫וֹנָה, יָ֫מָּה, נֶ֫גְבָּה 1 K 7:25, cf. Jos 16:6 (P) 1 Ch 26:17; + קֵ֫דְמָה Ex 27:13; 38:13 Nu 2:3; 34:15 (all P); מִקֶּדֶם Zc 14:4 (opp. יָ֫מָּה); (2) מִזְרָח (without ה loc.), מ׳ יָ֫מָּה צָפ֫וֹנָה וָנֶ֫גְבָּה 1 Ch 9:24, cf. Ne 12:37; מ׳ לַמִּזְבֵּחַ 2 Ch 5:12; (3) לַמִּז׳ 1 Ch 5:9; 7:28 (opp. לַמַּעֲרָב) 12:16 (so Baer; v 15 van d. H.; opp. id.), 26:17 (+ לַצָּפ֫וֹנָה, לַנֶּ֫גְבָּה), Ne 3:26; לַמִּזְרָ֫חָה 2 Ch 31:14; (4) אֶל־הַמּ׳ Dn 8:9 (+ אֶל־הַנֶּגֶב, אֶל־הַצֶּ֑בִי); (5) מִיָּם עָד־יָם וּמִצָּפוֹן עַד־מִזְרָח Am 8:12. e.g. Numbers 32:19
- d. (on) the east side of, cstr. קְצֵה מִזְרַח יְרִיחוֹ Jos 4:19 (P); also c. לְמִזְרַח הַגָּ֑יְא לְ 1 Ch 4:39, לְמ׳ הַיַּרְדֵּן 6:63; c. מִן, מִמִּז׳ Jos 11:3 (opp. מִיָּם) cf. 17:10 (+ מִצָּפוֹן; both JE), also 16:6 (P). e.g. Joshua 4:19
- e. after a cstr. עַל־כָּל־פְּנֵי מ׳ לגלעד 1 Ch 5:10; רְחוֹב הַמּ׳ 2 Ch 29:4; שַׁעַר הַמּ׳ Ne 3:29; אֶרֶץ מ׳ Zc 8:7 (opp. ארץ מְבוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ). e.g. 1 Chronicles 5:10
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.[m.] place of sunrise, east—abs. מ׳ Jos 11:3 + 21 times; cstr. מִזְרַח Nu 21:10 + 19 times, c. ה loc. מִזְרָ֫חָה Ex 27:13 + 28 times, cstr. מִזְרְחָה Dt 4:41 Jos 12:1 Ju 21:19 (not in Gn Lv Sa Ez etc.);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from זרח (zârach) (H2224) — to rise.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מִזְרָח
- sunrise, East. Men. 110ᵃ מקרטיגני כלפי מ׳ from Carthagene eastward. Tam. I, 3 דרך המ׳ in an eastern direction. Ib. 4 למִזְרָחוֹ של כבש east of the bridge. Ib. II, 4 מִזְרָחָה facing east. Ib. III, 2; Yoma III, 1 פני כל המ׳, v. אוֹר I.—Sabb. 156ᵇ (Chald. dict.) ומוקמינא ליה במ׳ and I will place it in the eastern horizon; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 36 distinct written forms H4217 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4217, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 5 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 66 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 71 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Exodus 27:13
- Numbers 2:3
- Deuteronomy 3:17
- Joshua 1:15
- Judges 11:18
- 1 Kings 7:25
- 2 Kings 10:33
- 1 Chronicles 4:39
- 2 Chronicles 4:4
- Psalms 50:1
- Isaiah 41:2
- Jeremiah 31:40
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
