The Definition of the word East

East

(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 is before or in front of another; the rendering of the word kedem. "In pointing out the quarters, a Hebrew always looked with his" face toward the east. The word kedem is used when the four quarters of the world are described (Gen. 13:14; 28:14); and mizrah when the east only is distinguished from the west (Josh. "11:3; Ps. 50:1; 103:12, etc.). In Gen. 25:6 "eastward" is" "literally "unto the land of kedem;" i.e., the lands lying east" "of Palestine, namely, Arabia, Mesopotamia, etc."