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Strong's #4217 - מִזְרָח

Transliteration

mizrâch

Phonetics

miz-rawkh'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H2224)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

580c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 395 ‑ ἀνατολή (an‑at‑ol‑ay'); 2246 ‑ ἥλιος (hay'‑lee‑os);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (74)

Exodus 2

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 23

Judges 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 10

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 3

Psalms 4

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 1

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 1

NAS (62)

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 17

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 12

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 3

Psalms 4

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 1

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 1

HCS (74)

Exodus 2

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 23

Judges 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 10

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 3

Psalms 4

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 1

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 1

BSB (74)

Exodus 2

Numbers 5

Deuteronomy 5

Joshua 23

Judges 3

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 10

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 3

Psalms 4

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 1

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 1

ESV (58)

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 3

Joshua 18

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 10

2 Chronicles 3

Nehemiah 3

Psalms 4

Isaiah 5

Jeremiah 1

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 1

WEB (70)

Exodus 2

Numbers 4

Deuteronomy 4

Joshua 23

Judges 2

1 Kings 1

2 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 9

2 Chronicles 4

Nehemiah 3

Psalms 4

Isaiah 6

Jeremiah 1

Daniel 2

Amos 1

Zechariah 2

Malachi 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2135) h r z (זרהה ZRHh) AC: Rise CO: Dawn AB: ?: The rising of the sun in the eastern horizon. [from: hr- The perscribed path of the sun]

V) h r z (זרהה ZRHh) - Rise: KJV (18): (vf: Paal) arise, rise, shine, up - Strongs: H2224 (זָרַח)

N^m) h r z (זרהה ZRHh) - Dawn: The early morning rising of the sun. KJV (1): rising - Strongs: H2225 (זֶרַח)

h^m) h r z m (מזרהה MZRHh) - East: The place of the rising sun. KJV (74): east, eastward, sunrising - Strongs: H4217 (מִזְרָח)

n^m) h r z a (אזרהה AZRHh) - Native: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (18): born, country, land, homeborn, nation, bay - Strongs: H249 (אֶזְרָח)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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

1 sunrise always of quarter of the heavens = east (ה)שׁמשׁ׳מ Numbers 21:11 (P), Deuteronomy 4:41,47; Joshua 1:15; Joshua 12:1; Joshua 13:5 (all D), Joshua 19:12,27,34 (all P), Judges 20:43; Judges 21:19; 2 Kings 10:33; Isaiah 41:25; Isaiah 45:6; Isaiah 59:19, compare שׁמשׁ לארץ׳מ Judges 11:18; שׁמשׁ וְעַדמְֿבוֺאוֺ׳מִמִּז Psalm 50:1; Psalm 113:3; Malachi 1:11; more often

2 without שֶׁמֶשׁ:

a. the east׳כִּרְחֹק מ מִמַּעֲרָב֑ Psalm 103:12.

b.׳מִמּ from the east Isaiah 41:2; Isaiah 43:5 (opposed to מִמַּעֲרָב), Isaiah 46:11; Daniel 11:44 (+ מִצַּפוֺן); ׳מִמּוּמִמַּעֲרָב֑ מִצָּפוֺן וּמִיָּם Psalm 107:3.

c. to or toward the place of sunrise, to the east, eastward:-1מִוְרָ֫חָה Numbers 32:19 (P), Deuteronomy 3:17,27 (1 Chronicles 26:17 (+ לַצָּפ֫וֺנָה, לַנֶּ֫גְבָּה), Nehemiah 3:26; לַמִּזְרָ֫חָה 2 Chronicles 31:14; (4) ׳אֶלהַֿמּ Daniel 8:9 (+ אֶלהַֿנֶּגֶב, אֶלהַֿצֶּבִ֑י); (5) מִיָּם עָדיָֿם וּמִצָּפוֺן עַדמִֿזְ רָךְ Amos 8:12.

d. (on) the east side of, construct קְצֵה מִזְרַה יְרִיחוֺ Joshua 4:19 (P); also with לְמִזְרַח הַנָּ֑יְא לְ 1 Chronicles 4:39, הַיַּרְדֵּן׳לְמ 1 Chronicles 6:63; with מִן, ׳מִמִּז Joshua 11:3 (opposed to מִיָּם) compare Joshua 17:10 (+ מצָּפוֺן; both J E), also Joshua 16:6 (P).

e. after a construct לגלעד׳עַלכָּֿלמְּֿנֵי מ 1 Chronicles 5:10; ׳רְחוֺב הַמּ 2 Chronicles 29:4; ׳שַׁעַר הַמּ Nehemiah 3:29; ׳אֶרֶץ מ Zechariah 8:7 (opposed to ארץ מְבוֺאהַשֶּׁמֶשׁ).

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מִזְרָח (from the root זָרַח), the rising of the sun; always however used of the east, Psalms 103:12 מִזְרַח יְרִיחוֹ to the east of Jericho, Joshua 4:19. Towards the east is מִזְרָח (acc.) Nehemiah 12:37 מִזְרַח שֶׁמֶשׁ Deuteronomy 4:47 מִזְרָחָה Exodus 27:13, and מִזְרְחָה שֶׁמֶשׁ Deuteronomy 4:41.

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List of Word Forms

הַמִּזְרָ֖ח הַמִּזְרָֽח׃ המזרח המזרח׃ וְלַמִּזְרָ֗ח וְלַמִּזְרָ֣ח וּמִזְרָ֖חָה וּמִמִּזְרַח־ ולמזרח ומזרחה וממזרח־ לְמִזְרַ֣ח לַמִּזְרָ֔ח לַמִּזְרָ֔חָה לַמִּזְרָ֖ח לַמִּזְרָח֮ למזרח למזרחה מִ֭זְרָח מִזְרְחָ֖ה מִזְרְחָ֣ה מִזְרַ֖ח מִזְרַ֣ח מִזְרַ֥ח מִזְרָ֑ח מִזְרָ֑חָה מִזְרָ֔חָה מִזְרָ֖חָה מִזְרָ֗חָה מִזְרָ֜חָה מִזְרָ֣ח מִזְרָ֣חָה מִזְרָ֥ח מִזְרָֽחָה׃ מִזְרָֽח׃ מִמִּזְרַ֖ח מִמִּזְרַח־ מִמִּזְרָ֔ח מִמִּזְרָ֖ח מִמִּזְרָ֣ח מִמִּזְרָ֥ח מִמִּזְרָֽח׃ מִמִּזְרָח֙ מזרח מזרח׃ מזרחה מזרחה׃ ממזרח ממזרח־ ממזרח׃ ham·miz·rāḥ hammizRach hammizrāḥ lam·miz·rā·ḥāh lam·miz·rāḥ lammizRach lammizRachah lammizrāḥ lammizrāḥāh lə·miz·raḥ lemizRach ləmizraḥ mim·miz·raḥ mim·miz·rāḥ mim·miz·raḥ- mimizRach mimizrachoShe mimmizraḥ mimmizrāḥ mimmizraḥ- miz·rā·ḥāh miz·raḥ miz·rāḥ miz·rə·ḥāh mizRach mizRachah mizraḥ mizrāḥ mizrāḥāh mizreChah mizrəḥāh Mizroch ū·mim·miz·raḥ- ū·miz·rā·ḥāh umimizrach ūmimmizraḥ- umizRachah ūmizrāḥāh velammizRach wə·lam·miz·rāḥ wəlammizrāḥ