East

The geographical direction often identified by the position of the rising sun. Many of Israel's invaders came from the east, often giving the term a negative association in OT writings.

East as a point of the compass

Genesis 2:8; Matthew 2:1–2 See also Genesis 4:16, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 13:14; Deuteronomy 3:27; Psalm 107:3; Luke 13:29; Revelation 21:13

And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”

East and west used to demonstrate vast extent

Genesis 28:14; Isaiah 43:5 See also 1 Chronicles 12:15; Job 23:8; Psalm 75:6, Psalm 103:12; Zechariah 8:7; Matthew 8:11, Matthew 24:27; Luke 13:29

Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.

Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.

East identified by the rising sun

Numbers 2:3 See also Joshua 1:15, Joshua 19:12; Psalm 50:1, Psalm 113:3; Isaiah 41:25, Isaiah 45:6

On the east side, toward the sunrise, the divisions of Judah are to camp under their standard: The leader of the Judahites is Nahshon son of Amminadab,

The east wind

Job 15:2 The east wind blows straight out of the desert; Psalm 48:7 See also Genesis 41:6; Exodus 10:13; Isaiah 27:8; Jeremiah 4:11, Jeremiah 18:17; Ezekiel 17:10, Ezekiel 27:26; Hosea 13:15; Jonah 4:8

“Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

With a wind from the east You wrecked the ships of Tarshish.

Military threat from the east

Judges 6:33 See also Judges 10:8; 1 Chronicles 5:10; Isaiah 9:12, Isaiah 46:11

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