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West (110 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) A country, or region of country, which, with regard to some other country
or region, is situated in the direction toward the west. ...
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North-west (1 Occurrence)
North-west. << Northwest, North-west. Nose >>. Multi-Version Concordance
North-west (1 Occurrence). Acts 27:12 And because ...
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South-west (1 Occurrence)
South-west. << Southward, South-west. Sovereign >>. Multi-Version Concordance
South-west (1 Occurrence). Acts 27:12 And because ...
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Western (19 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to the west; situated in the west, or in the region nearly
in the direction Of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the ...
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Adjoining (16 Occurrences)
... chambers. (See NIV). Ezekiel 48:2 By the border of Dan, from the east side
to the west side, Asher, one portion. (See RSV). Ezekiel ...
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Ramah (38 Occurrences)
... It is probably identical with the modern er-Rameh, a large Christian village on
the highway from Cafed to the coast, about 8 miles West-Southwest of that city. ...
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Ramothgilead (19 Occurrences)
... It has with probability been identified with Reimun, on the northern slope of the
Jabbok, about 5 miles west of Jerash or Gerasa, one of the cities of Decapolis ...
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Ramoth-gilead (20 Occurrences)
... It has with probability been identified with Reimun, on the northern slope of the
Jabbok, about 5 miles west of Jerash or Gerasa, one of the cities of Decapolis ...
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Ending (22 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Joshua 16:3 And it goes down to the west to the limit of the Japhletites,
to the limit of Beth-horon the lower, as far as Gezer; ending at the sea. ...
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Southeast (2 Occurrences)
... Phoenix, and winter there; which is a haven of Crete, looking north-east and
south-east." the Revised Version margin has, "Greek, down the south-west wind and ...
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Desert (322 Occurrences)
... The "backside of the desert" (Exodus 3:1) is the west of the desert, the
region behind a man, as the east is the region in front. ...
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25000 (11 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 48:8 By the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall
be the offering which you shall offer, twenty-five thousand reeds in breadth ...
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Merom (2 Occurrences)
... el-Huleh, the centre of which the lake occupies, is a nearly level plain of 16 miles
in length from north to south, and its breadth from east to west is from 7 ...
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Paran (11 Occurrences)
... 21), a desert tract forming the north-eastern division of the peninsula of Sinai,
lying between the `Arabah on the east and the wilderness of Shur on the west. ...
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Beth-shemesh (19 Occurrences)
... It is the modern ruined Arabic village `Ain-shems, on the north-west slopes
of the mountains of Judah, 14 miles west of Jerusalem. ...
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Bethshemesh (19 Occurrences)
... It is the modern ruined Arabic village `Ain-shems, on the north-west slopes
of the mountains of Judah, 14 miles west of Jerusalem. ...
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Center (30 Occurrences)
... Numbers 35:5 You shall measure outside of the city for the east side two thousand
cubits, and for the south side two thousand cubits, and for the west side two ...
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Anem (1 Occurrence)
... Anem is identified by Eusebius with Aner, but Conder suggests the village of "Anim,"
on the hills West of the plain of Esdraelon which represents the Anea of ...
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Reeds (27 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS). Ezekiel 42:19 He turned about to the west
side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. ...
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Stretching (84 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Joshua 19:11 And their limit goes up to the west to Maralah, stretching
to Dabbesheth, and to the stream in front of Jokneam; (BBE). ...
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Kiriath-jearim (17 Occurrences)
... 1. Scripture References: Judges 18:12 records that the men of Dan set forth out
of Zorah and Eshtaol and encamped in Mahaneh-dan behind (West of) Kiriath-jearim ...
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Allotment (24 Occurrences)
... side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy
offering and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward ...
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Country
... of Jerusalem. The low country, shephelah (see SHEPHELAH), consisted of
the foothills to the west of the hill country. The south ...
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Semites
... East of the Tigris, between Media and Persia; Asshur as the Assyrians; Lud as the
Lydians of Asia Minor; and Aram as the Syrians both East and West of the ...
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Extend (35 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Isaiah 11:14 They will fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines on
the west. Together they will plunder the children of the east. ...
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Semitic
... East of the Tigris, between Media and Persia; Asshur as the Assyrians; Lud as the
Lydians of Asia Minor; and Aram as the Syrians both East and West of the ...
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Benjamin (167 Occurrences)
... During the march its place was along with Manasseh and Ephraim on the west of the
tabernacle. At the entrance into Canaan it counted 45,600 warriors. ...
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Manasseh (140 Occurrences)
... They encamped on the west side of the tabernacle. According to the census taken
at Sinai, this tribe then numbered 32,200 (Numbers 1:10, 35; 2:20, 21). ...
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Kir'iath-je'arim (18 Occurrences)
... Joshua 18:14 And the border was drawn and turned about on the west side southward,
from the mountain that lieth before Beth-horon southward; and the goings out ...
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Kedesh (12 Occurrences)
... It was situated near the "plain" (rather "the oak") of Zaanaim, and has been identified
with the modern Kedes, on the hills fully four miles north-west of Lake ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kedesh.htm - 14k

Kirjath-jearim (17 Occurrences)
... Joshua 18:14 And the border reached along and turned on the west side, southward
from the hill that is before Beth-horon southward; and ended at Kirjath-Baal ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kirjath-jearim.htm - 13k

Kiriathjearim
... 1. Scripture References: Judges 18:12 records that the men of Dan set forth out
of Zorah and Eshtaol and encamped in Mahaneh-dan behind (West of) Kiriath-jearim ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kiriathjearim.htm - 13k

Features (3 Occurrences)
... the Arabs. It is bounded on the East by Mt. Seir or Edom, and on the West
by the mountains of the Sinaitic peninsula. Its highest ...
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Timnah (12 Occurrences)
... It was about 20 miles west of Jerusalem. ... Tibna proposed by Conder, a ruin 8 miles
West of Bethlehem, seems too far N. (PEF, III, 53, Sh XVII). ...
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Tiphsah (2 Occurrences)
... All the land traffic between the east and the west passed through it. ... Conder, however,
identifies this place with Khurbet Tafsah, some 6 miles west of Shechem. ...
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Refuge (111 Occurrences)
... Refuge, Cities of. Were six in number (Numbers 35). 1. On the west of Jordan were
(1) Kadesh, in Naphtali; (2) Shechem, in Mount Ephraim; (3) Hebron, in Judah. ...
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Rama (2 Occurrences)
... (3.) One of the "fenced cities" of Naphtali (Joshua 19:36), on a mountain slope,
about seven and a half miles west-south-west of Safed, and 15 miles west of ...
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Extending (15 Occurrences)
... side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy
offering and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward ...
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Esarhaddon (3 Occurrences)
... He built many temples and palaces, the most magnificent of which was the south-west
palace at Nimrud, which is said to have been in its general design almost ...
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El-paran (1 Occurrence)
... It is identified with the high limestone plateau of Ettih, stretching from the
Southwest of the Dead Sea to Sinai along the west side of the Arabah. ...
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Elparan (1 Occurrence)
... It is identified with the high limestone plateau of Ettih, stretching from the
Southwest of the Dead Sea to Sinai along the west side of the Arabah. ...
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Mediterranean
... sea" (ha-yam ha-gadhol, eg Numbers 34:6, 7 Joshua 9:1; Joshua 15:12, 47 Ezekiel
47:10, 15, 19, 20; Ezekiel 48:28); or, because it lay to the West of Palestine ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/mediterranean.htm - 11k

Modin
... Various identifications have been proposed. Coba, about 6 miles West of Jerusalem,
was for a time generally accepted. Robinson (BR, III, 151) suggested LaTrun. ...
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Phenice (3 Occurrences)
... Properly Phoenix a palm-tree (as in the RV), a town with a harbour on the southern
side of Crete (Acts 27:12), west of the Fair Havens. It is now called Lutro. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/phenice.htm - 8k

Perizzites (23 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Villagers; dwellers in the open country, the Canaanitish
nation inhabiting the fertile regions south and south-west of Carmel. ...
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Pamphylia (6 Occurrences)
... Paul and his company, loosing from Paphos, sailed north-west and came to Perga,
the capital of Pamphylia (Acts 13:13, 14), a province about the middle of the ...
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Bashan (54 Occurrences)
... routed (Numbers 21:33-35; Deuteronomy 3:1-7). This country extended from Gilead
in the south to Hermon in the north, and from the Jordan on the west to Salcah ...
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Beth-el (65 Occurrences)
... Genesis 12:8 And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el,
and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and ...
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Canaan (102 Occurrences)
... But in the time of Moses and Joshua it denoted the whole country to the west of
the Jordan and the Dead Sea (Deuteronomy 11:30). In Joshua 5:12 the LXX. ...
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Cherith (2 Occurrences)
... It has by some been identified as the Wady el-Kelt behind Jericho, which is formed
by the junction of many streams flowing from the mountains west of Jericho. ...
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Carmel (33 Occurrences)
... At the east end, in its highest part, it is 1,728 feet high, and at the west end
it forms a promontory to the bay of Acre about 600 feet above the sea. ...
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Abijam (4 Occurrences)
... see ABIJAH.). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ABIJAM. a-bi'-jam ('abhiyam,
"father of sea," or, "father of west"). The name given ...
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Answerable (7 Occurrences)
... side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy
offering and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward ...
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Ataroth (7 Occurrences)
... The city is doubtless represented by Khirbet `Attarus, about 4 miles West
of the mountain. (2) A place on the boundary between Ephraim ...
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Ambush (39 Occurrences)
... Joshua 8:9 Joshua sent them out; and they went to set up the ambush, and stayed
between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua stayed among the ...
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Alongside (10 Occurrences)
... side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy
offering and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward ...
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Abiezer (7 Occurrences)
... is Abiezer with the letter beth omitted): (1) A descendant of Joseph the son of
Jacob, and head of one of the families of Manasseh that settled West of the ...
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Shimron (6 Occurrences)
... with its villages, allotted to Zebulun (Joshua 19:15); now probably Semunieh, on
the northern edge of the plain of Esdraelon, 5 miles west of Nazareth. Int. ...
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Shibboleth (1 Occurrence)
... The tribes living on the east of Jordan, separated from their brethren on the west
by the deep ravines and the rapid river, gradually came to adopt peculiar ...
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Capernaum (16 Occurrences)
... Acco and Tyre. It has been identified with Tell Hum, about two miles
south-west of where the Jordan flows into the lake. Here are ...
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Tabor (12 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A height. (1.) Now Jebel et-Tur, a cone-like prominent
mountain, 11 miles west of the Sea of Galilee. It is about 1,843 feet high. ...
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Philippi (8 Occurrences)
... (1.) Formerly Crenides, "the fountain," the capital of the province of Macedonia.
It stood near the head of the Sea, about 8 miles north-west of Kavalla. ...
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Bethsaida (7 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary House of fish. (1.) A town in Galilee, on the west side
of the sea of Tiberias, in the "land of Gennesaret." It was the native place ...
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Pithom (1 Occurrence)
... It has now been satisfactorily identified with Tell-el-Maskhuta, about 12 miles
west of Ismailia, and 20 east of Tel-el-Kebir, on the southern bank of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pithom.htm - 12k

Cush (31 Occurrences)
... 38:5), and with the Sabeans (Isaiah 45:14). From these facts it has been inferred
that Cush included Arabia and the country on the west coast of the Red Sea. ...
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Edomites (22 Occurrences)
... The southern border ran by Elath and Ezion-geber (Deuteronomy 2:8). On the West
of the `Arabah the north boundary of Edom is determined by the south border of ...
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Territory (140 Occurrences)
... 1. The Natural Boundaries: The southernmost of these regions possesses on 3 sides
very definite natural boundaries: to the West the Mediterranean, to the East ...
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Samaria (123 Occurrences)
... In the heart of the mountains of Israel, a few miles north-west of Shechem, stands
the "hill of Shomeron," a solitary mountain, a great "mamelon." It is an ...
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Sennacherib (13 Occurrences)
... In order to fortify himself against Assyria the latter sent an embassy to Hezekiah,
apparently for the purpose of inspiring the West to rebel against Assyria ...
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Crete (7 Occurrences)
... The ordinary course from Cnidus in good weather was to steer straight for Cythera,
but on this occasion the West or Northwest winds made this route ...
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Eastern (22 Occurrences)
... the possession of the city, at the front of the heave-offering of the holy place,
and at the front of the possession of the city, from the west corner westward ...
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Westward (35 Occurrences)
... 1. (adv.) Alt. of Westwards. 2. (a.) Lying toward the west. 3. (n.) The western
region or countries; the west. Multi-Version Concordance ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/westward.htm - 19k

Boundary (83 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Numbers 34:6 "'For the western border, you shall have the great sea and
the border of it : this shall be your west border. (See RSV NIV). ...
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Quarter (33 Occurrences)
... measured from the outside of the city, the east quarter, two thousand by the cubit,
and the south quarter, two thousand by the cubit, and the west quarter, two ...
biblethesaurus.org/q/quarter.htm - 21k

Portions (49 Occurrences)
... side of the holy offering and of the possession of the city, in front of the holy
offering and in front of the possession of the city, on the west side westward ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/portions.htm - 22k

Shiloah (1 Occurrence)
... most famous work, was made (2 Kings 20:20): "Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring
of the waters of Gihon, and brought them, straight down on the west side of ...
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Siloah (1 Occurrence)
... most famous work, was made (2 Kings 20:20): "Hezekiah also stopped the upper spring
of the waters of Gihon, and brought them, straight down on the west side of ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/siloah.htm - 17k

Shephelah (2 Occurrences)
... That is, the low hills west of Samaria are (to use the Hebrew phrase) 'ashedhoth,
or slopes of the central range, and not a separate group. ...
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Siloam (4 Occurrences)
... and to the north-east of the pool. It stands on the west slope of the
Mount of Olives. As illustrative of the movement of small ...
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