Anatolḗ — G395

Definition

feminine noun

a rising of light, i.e. dawn (figuratively); by implication, the east (also in plural)

1. a rising (of the sun and stars)
2. the east (the quarter of the sun's rising)

Usually translated as

east, dayspring, rising

Origin

from G393

• anatéllō (G393)

Occurrences

Anatolḗ occurs 10 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (5), Luke (2), Revelation (3)

• Matthew 2:1 — Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east (ἀνατολῶν) to Jerusalem,
• Matthew 2:2 — Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east (ἀνατολῆ), and are come to worship him.
• Matthew 2:9 — When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east (ἀνατολῆ), went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
• Matthew 8:11 — And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east (ἀνατολῶν) and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
• Matthew 24:27 — For as the lightning cometh out of the east (ἀνατολῶν), and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
• Luke 1:78 — Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring (ἀνατολῆ) from on high hath visited us,
• Luke 13:29 — And they shall come from the east (ἀνατολῶν), and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
• Revelation 7:2 — And I saw another angel ascending from the east (ἀνατολῆς), 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 16:12 — And 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 (ἀνατολῆς) might be prepared.
• Revelation 21:13 — On the east (ἀνατολῆς) three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.