West

The geographical direction often identified by the position of the setting sun.

West as a point of the compass

Exodus 10:19; Luke 12:54 See also Genesis 13:14; Exodus 27:12; Numbers 34:6; Deuteronomy 3:27; Joshua 5:1; 2 Samuel 13:34; 1 Kings 4:24, 1 Kings 7:25; Job 18:20; Isaiah 24:14, Isaiah 49:12, Isaiah 59:19; Hosea 11:10; Revelation 21:13

And the LORD changed the wind to a very strong west wind that carried off the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not a single locust remained anywhere in Egypt.

Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.

West and east used to demonstrate vast extent

Psalm 103:12; Matthew 24:27 See also Job 23:8; Psalm 75:6; Isaiah 43:5; Zechariah 8:7, Zechariah 14:4; Matthew 8:11

As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

West identified by the setting sun

Deuteronomy 11:30; Psalm 113:3 See also Psalm 50:1; Isaiah 45:6; Malachi 1:11

Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?

From where the sun rises to where it sets, the name of the LORD is praised.