Greek Word Study · Strong’s G395
ἀνατολή
anatolē · “east”
Used 11 times across 4 books
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.†
(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.†
Where it appears
Matthew5
Mark1
Luke2
Revelation3
In the text
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.Mark 16:8And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.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.
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