Strong G395ἀνατολή
east
- Transliteration
- anatolē
- Pronunciation
- an-at-ol-ay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G393; a rising of light that is dawn (figuratively); by implication the east (also in plural): - dayspring east rising.
Detailed definition
ἀνατολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ἀνατέλλω), [in LXX chiefly for מִזְרָח קָדִים;]
1. a rising: of light, Luk.1:78.
2. the sun-rising, the east (MM, VGT, see word): Mat.2:2, 9, Rev.21:13; ἀ. ἡλίου, Rev.7:2 16:12 (WΗ, p1.); pl., Mat.2:1 8:11 24:27, Luk.13:29.†
(AS)
(ἀνατέλλω), [in LXX chiefly for מִזְרָח קָדִים;]
1. a rising: of light, Luk.1:78.
2. the sun-rising, the east (MM, VGT, see word): Mat.2:2, 9, Rev.21:13; ἀ. ἡλίου, Rev.7:2 16:12 (WΗ, p1.); pl., Mat.2:1 8:11 24:27, Luk.13:29.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G395 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- east9
- dayspring1
First verses
- Matthew 2:1Now 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 2:2Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
- Matthew 2:9When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
- Matthew 8:11And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 24:27For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
- Luke 1:78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
- Luke 13:29And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
- Revelation 7:2And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
- Revelation 16:12And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
- Revelation 21:13On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνατολή,
poetry ἀντ-, (ἀνατέλλω) rising above the horizon, of any heavenly body, e.g. the sun, frequently in plural, ἀντολαὶ ἠελίοιο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.4, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 504:—also in _sing._, ἀπ᾽ ἀνατολᾶς ἁλίου ἄχρι δύσεως “IG” 4.606; δύσεώς τε καὶ ἀνατολῆς ἡλίου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἄστρων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 269a, compare “Lg.” 807e)]; distinct from ἐπιτολή (which see), [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 13.3.)]
2 ={ἐπιτολή}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 457, “Ag.” 7; περὶ Ὠρίωνος ἀνατολήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 361b23; ἀπὸ Πλειάδος ἀ. [prev. author] “HA” 599b11.)]
3 the quarter of sunrise, east, opposed to δύσις, frequently in plural, ἀπὸ ἡλίου ἀνατολέων[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.8; ἡλίου πρὸς ἀντολάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 707; without ἡλίου, πρὸς ἀνατολάς 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.15.2, “Mon.Anc.Gr.” 14.12; πρὸς τὰς ἀ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.14.4; ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν LXX.Num.23.7, NT.Matt.2.1, etc.)]
3.b the ascendant, i.e. the point where the eastern horizon cuts the zodiac, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 20.)]
3.c phase of new moon when [Refs 4th c.AD+ (150 distant from sun, “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).204, 4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “G.” 3.)]
4 in plural, sources of a river, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.17.4.)]
II growing, of the teeth, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 501b28)]; of the white at the root of the nails, [LXX+1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.146: _plural_, ἀγρὸς ἀνατολὰς καὶ βλάστας ἔχει 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.68, cf. LXX.Jer.23.5, +others)]
poetry ἀντ-, (ἀνατέλλω) rising above the horizon, of any heavenly body, e.g. the sun, frequently in plural, ἀντολαὶ ἠελίοιο[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.4, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 504:—also in _sing._, ἀπ᾽ ἀνατολᾶς ἁλίου ἄχρι δύσεως “IG” 4.606; δύσεώς τε καὶ ἀνατολῆς ἡλίου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἄστρων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 269a, compare “Lg.” 807e)]; distinct from ἐπιτολή (which see), [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 13.3.)]
2 ={ἐπιτολή}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 457, “Ag.” 7; περὶ Ὠρίωνος ἀνατολήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 361b23; ἀπὸ Πλειάδος ἀ. [prev. author] “HA” 599b11.)]
3 the quarter of sunrise, east, opposed to δύσις, frequently in plural, ἀπὸ ἡλίου ἀνατολέων[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.8; ἡλίου πρὸς ἀντολάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 707; without ἡλίου, πρὸς ἀνατολάς 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.15.2, “Mon.Anc.Gr.” 14.12; πρὸς τὰς ἀ. 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.14.4; ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν LXX.Num.23.7, NT.Matt.2.1, etc.)]
3.b the ascendant, i.e. the point where the eastern horizon cuts the zodiac, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 20.)]
3.c phase of new moon when [Refs 4th c.AD+ (150 distant from sun, “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 8(4).204, 4th c.AD: Paulus Alexandrinus Astrologus “G.” 3.)]
4 in plural, sources of a river, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.17.4.)]
II growing, of the teeth, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 501b28)]; of the white at the root of the nails, [LXX+1st c.AD+ (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.146: _plural_, ἀγρὸς ἀνατολὰς καὶ βλάστας ἔχει 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.68, cf. LXX.Jer.23.5, +others)]