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East WIND
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897) · International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915)
THE DICTIONARY — Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
the wind coming from the east (Job 27:21; Isaiah 27:8, etc.). Blight caused by this wind, “thin ears” (Genesis 41:6); the withered “gourd” (Jonah 4: 8). It was the cause and also the emblem of evil (Ezekiel 17:10; 19:12; Hos. 13:15). In Palestine this wind blows from a burning desert, and hence is destitute of moisture necessary for vegetation.
THE FULL ARTICLE — from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.
See WIND.