east(-ward, wind)

“East” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(dawn). The Hebrew idea was “before” “in front of,” “to the East” (Gen. 29:1¹Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. (Genesis 29:1); Num. 23:7⁷And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. (Numbers 23:7); Job 1:3³His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. (Job 1:3); Ezek. 47:8⁸Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. (Ezekiel 47:8); Matt. 2:1¹Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, (Matthew 2:1)).

“Wind” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(blow). Hebrews recognized the cardinal winds in their “four winds,” north, south, east, west (Ezek. 37:9⁹Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. (Ezekiel 37:9); Dan. 8:8⁸Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. (Daniel 8:8); Zech. 2:6⁶Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord. (Zechariah 2:6); Matt. 24:31³¹And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. (Matthew 24:31)). The east wind injured vegetation (Gen. 41:6⁶And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. (Genesis 41:6); Job 1:19¹⁹And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (Job 1:19); Isa. 27:8⁸In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. (Isaiah 27:8)). The south wind brought heat (Luke 12:55⁵⁵And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. (Luke 12:55)). The southwest and north winds brought clear cool weather (Job 37:9,22⁹Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. (Job 37:9)
²²Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty. (Job 37:22); Prov. 25:23²³The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. (Proverbs 25:23)). The west wind, coming from the Mediterranean, brought rain.

“East” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

Several words are used to express the East, which imply “going forth,” “rising,” “that which is before,” having reference to the sun and its rising. Nearly all the references in scripture to the East or to other quarters are of course reckoned from Palestine; so that “children of the East,” “men of the East,” point out Assyria, Babylon, etc.

THE EAST WIND was distressing and destructive to vegetation (Gen. 41:6,23,27⁶And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. (Genesis 41:6)
²³And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: (Genesis 41:23)
²⁷And the seven thin and ill favored kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. (Genesis 41:27)); dangerous to vessels at sea (Psa. 48:7⁷Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. (Psalm 48:7); Ezek. 27:26²⁶Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. (Ezekiel 27:26)); and is symbolical of the withering power of God’s judgments (Hos. 13:15¹⁵Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. (Hosea 13:15)).

“Wind” From Concise Bible Dictionary:

The wind, as all else, is used by God to work out His purposes with man (Ex. 10:13¹³And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. (Exodus 10:13); Psa. 135:7⁷He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. (Psalm 135:7); Ezek. 13:13¹³Therefore thus saith the Lord God; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. (Ezekiel 13:13)). As the unseen wind comes and goes we know not whither, “so is every one that is born of the Spirit” (John 3:8⁸The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. (John 3:8)). Its power is felt, and the result abides. The wind is also used as a symbol of the unseen influence of Satan (Jude 12¹²These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; (Jude 12)); and where permitted he carries out his evil designs by the wind (Job 1:19¹⁹And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. (Job 1:19)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

6921 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

qadiym

Phonic:

kaw-deem’

Meaning:

or qadim {kaw-deem'}; from 6923; the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)

KJV Usage:

east(-ward, wind)