Strong G1424δυσμή
west
- Transliteration
- dusmē
- Pronunciation
- doos-may'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1416; the sun set that is (by implication) the western region: - west.
Detailed definition
δυσμή, -ῆς, ἡ
(= δύσις, δύνω), [in LXX for בּוֹא, עֲרָבָה, etc.;]
mostly in pl., opposite to ἀνατολαί;
1. a setting, as of the sun (accusative to Thayer, see word, so perhaps in Luk.12:54).
2. the quarter of sunset, the west: anarth., Mat.8:11 24:27, Luk.12:54 13:29, Rev.21:13.†
(AS)
(= δύσις, δύνω), [in LXX for בּוֹא, עֲרָבָה, etc.;]
mostly in pl., opposite to ἀνατολαί;
1. a setting, as of the sun (accusative to Thayer, see word, so perhaps in Luk.12:54).
2. the quarter of sunset, the west: anarth., Mat.8:11 24:27, Luk.12:54 13:29, Rev.21:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1424 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- west5
First verses
- 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 12:54And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
- 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 21:13On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
δυσμή, ἡ,
(δύω) ={δύσις}, setting, mostly in plural, ἀελίου δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1245, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 69, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61e)]; ἐπὶ δυσμῇσιν ἐών at the point of setting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.104; περὶ ἡλίου δυσμάς 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.39; ἥλιος ἦν ἤδη περὶ δυσμάς “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 15.5: _metaphorically_, τὸ γῆρας δυσμαὶ βίου 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1457b25, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.79, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.678, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 9.90, 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 2, etc.)]
II the quarter of sunset, west, ἀπὸ ἑσπέρης τε καὶ [ἡλίου] δυσμέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.31; πρὸς ἡλίου δυσμέων [prev. author] 7.115, compare 2.33; πρὸς δυσμαῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 232)]; opposed to ἀνατολαί, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“BGU” 1049.8 (4th c.AD))]:—also δυθμή, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 10 (_plural_), “fragment” 539 (_sing._).)]
(δύω) ={δύσις}, setting, mostly in plural, ἀελίου δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1245, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 69, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 7.5, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 61e)]; ἐπὶ δυσμῇσιν ἐών at the point of setting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.104; περὶ ἡλίου δυσμάς 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.39; ἥλιος ἦν ἤδη περὶ δυσμάς “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 15.5: _metaphorically_, τὸ γῆρας δυσμαὶ βίου 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1457b25, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 4.79, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.678, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 9.90, 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 2, etc.)]
II the quarter of sunset, west, ἀπὸ ἑσπέρης τε καὶ [ἡλίου] δυσμέων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.31; πρὸς ἡλίου δυσμέων [prev. author] 7.115, compare 2.33; πρὸς δυσμαῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 232)]; opposed to ἀνατολαί, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (“BGU” 1049.8 (4th c.AD))]:—also δυθμή, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Cererem” 10 (_plural_), “fragment” 539 (_sing._).)]