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East

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(1.) The orient (mizrah); the rising of the sun. Thus "the east country" is the country lying to the east of Syria, the Elymais (Zech 8:7). (2). Properly what is in front of one, or a country that...

East gate

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Jer 19:2), properly the Potter's gate, the gate which led to the potter's field, in the valley of Hinnom.

East wind

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The wind coming from the east (Job 27:21; Isa 27:8, etc.). Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears" (Gen 41:6); the withered "gourd" (Jonah 4: 8). It was the cause and also the emblem of evil (Ezek...

East sea

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Joel 2:20; Ezek 47:18), the Dead Sea, which lay on the east side of the Holy Land. The Mediterranean, which lay on the west, was hence called the "great sea for the west border" (Num 34:6).

East, Children of the

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The Arabs as a whole, known as the Nabateans or Kedarenes, nomad tribes (Judg 6:3, 33; 7:12; 8:10).