Lexicon :: Strong's H6924 - qeḏem

The LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he placed the man he had formed.

He drove the man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.

Their settlements extended from Mesha to Sephar, the eastern hill country.

As people migrated from the east,[fn] they found a valley in the land of Shinar and settled there.

From there he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. He built an altar to the LORD there, and he called on the name of the LORD.

So Lot chose the entire plain of the Jordan for himself. Then Lot journeyed eastward, and they separated from each other.

After Lot had separated from him, the LORD said to Abram, “Look from the place where you are. Look north and south, east and west,

But Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines, and while he was still alive he sent them eastward, away from his son Isaac, to the land of the East.

“Your offspring will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out toward the west, the east, the north, and the south. All the peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Jacob resumed his journey[fn] and went to the eastern country.[fn]

“And for the width of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise, 75 feet,

And for the east side toward the sunrise, 75 feet long,

“He will remove its digestive tract,[fn] cutting off the tail feathers, and throw it on the east side of the altar at the place for ashes.

“He is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger against the east side of the mercy seat; then he will sprinkle some of the blood with his finger before the mercy seat seven times.

“Judah’s military divisions will camp on the east side toward the sunrise under their banner. The leader of the descendants of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab.

Moses, Aaron, and his sons, who performed the duties of[fn] the sanctuary as a service on behalf of the Israelites, camped in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting toward the sunrise. Any unauthorized person who came near it was to be put to death.

“When you sound short blasts, the camps pitched on the east are to set out.

Balaam proclaimed his poem:

Balak brought me from Aram;

the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains:

“Come, put a curse on Jacob for me;

come, denounce Israel! ”

“Your southern side will be from the Wilderness of Zin along the boundary of Edom. Your southern border on the east will begin at the east end of the Dead Sea.

“For your eastern border, draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham.

“The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance across the Jordan east of Jericho, toward the sunrise.”

“Measure a thousand yards[fn] outside the city for the east side, a thousand yards for the south side, a thousand yards for the west side, and a thousand yards for the north side, with the city in the center. This will belong to them as pasturelands for the cities.

with the best products of the ancient mountains

and the bounty of the eternal hills;

The God of old is your dwelling place,

and underneath are the everlasting arms.

He drives out the enemy before you

and commands, “Destroy! ”

Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and told them, “Go up and scout the land.” So the men went up and scouted Ai.

Now the eastern border was along the Dead Sea to the mouth of the Jordan.

The border on the north side was from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan.

The Jordan formed the border on the east side.

This was the inheritance of Benjamin’s descendants, by their clans, according to its surrounding borders.

From Sarid, it turned due east along the border of Chisloth-tabor, went to Daberath, and went up to Japhia.

Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people of the east came and attacked them.

All the Midianites, Amalekites, and people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Jezreel Valley.

Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the people of the east had settled down in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and with them was their army of about fifteen thousand men, who were all those left of the entire army of the people of the east. Those who had been killed were one hundred twenty thousand armed men.

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

He set five water carts on the right side of the temple and five on the left side. He put the basin near the right side of the temple toward the southeast.

“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide at the Wadi Cherith where it enters the Jordan.

Elisha said, “Open the east window.” So he opened it. Elisha said, “Shoot! ” So he shot. Then Elisha said, “The LORD’s arrow of victory, yes, the arrow of victory over Aram. You are to strike down the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

“Have you not heard?

I designed it long ago;

I planned it in days gone by.

I have now brought it to pass,

and you have crushed fortified cities

into piles of rubble.

He put the basin on the right side, toward the southeast.

For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there were heads[fn] of the singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.

His estate included seven thousand sheep and goats, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.

If I go east, he is not there,

and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.

If only I could be as in months gone by,

in the days when God watched over me,

God, we have heard with our ears —

our ancestors have told us —

the work you accomplished in their days,

in days long ago:

God, the one enthroned from long ago,

will hear and will humiliate themSelah

because they do not change

and do not fear God.

to him who rides in the ancient, highest heavens.

Look, he thunders with his powerful voice!

Remember your congregation,

which you purchased long ago

and redeemed as the tribe for your own possession.

Remember Mount Zion where you dwell.

God my King is from ancient times,

performing saving acts on the earth.