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Lexicon :: Strong's G395 - anatolē

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ἀνατολή
Transliteration
anatolē (Key)
Pronunciation
an-at-ol-ay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:352,57

Strong’s Definitions

ἀνατολή anatolḗ, an-at-ol-ay'; from G393; a rising of light, i.e. dawn (figuratively); by implication, the east (also in plural):—dayspring, east, rising.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G395 in the following manner: east (9x), dayspring (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G395 in the following manner: east (9x), dayspring (1x).

  1. a rising (of the sun and stars)

  2. the east (the direction of the sun's rising)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀνατολή anatolḗ, an-at-ol-ay'; from G393; a rising of light, i.e. dawn (figuratively); by implication, the east (also in plural):—dayspring, east, rising.
STRONGS G395:
ἀνατολή, -ῆς, ἡ, (from ἀνατέλλω, which see), as in Greek writings;
1. a rising (of the sun and stars); light rising ἐξ ὕψους, Luke 1:78.
2. the east (the quarter of the sun's rising): Matthew 2:2, 9; Revelation 21:13 (Griesbach ἀνατολῶν); Herodian, 2, 8, 18 (10); 3, 5, 1; Josephus, contra Apion 1, 14, 3 [6; 1, 26, 6; Mark 16 WH (rejected) 'Shorter Conclusion']; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 5, 6; Ignatius ad Rom. 2, 2; Melito quoted in Eusebius, h. e. 4, 26, 14; with ἡλίου added, Revelation 7:2 [R G T Tr WH text]; plural, eastern regions, the east [Winer's Grammar, 176 (166)]: Matthew 2:1; Matthew 8:11; Matthew 24:27; Luke 13:29 (Sept., Herodotus, Plato, Polybius, Plutarch, others; Philo in Flacc. § 7); with the addition of ἡλίου, Revelation 16:12 [-λῆς T Tr text WH text; Revelation 7:2 L WH marginal reading].
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
2:1; 2:2; 2:9; 8:11; 24:27
Mark
16
Luke
1:78; 13:29
Revelation
7:2; 7:2; 16:12; 21:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G395 matches the Greek ἀνατολή (anatolē),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:1 - Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men[fn] from the east came to Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:2 - saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose[fn] and have come to worship him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:9 - After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:11 - I tell you, many will come from east and west and recline at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:27 - For as the lightning comes from the east and shines as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:78

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:78 - because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us[fn] from on high

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:29 - And people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and recline at table in the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:2 - Then I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, with the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:12 - The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:13 - on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates.
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