ἀνατολή
anatolē
“east”
Definition
a rising of light, i.e. dawn (figuratively); by implication, the east (also in plural)
from G393 (ἀνατέλλω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
G:N-F
Greek Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
ἀνατολή appears 11 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
because of the tender mercy of our God,by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,
After they had heard the king, they went on their way, and the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the Child was.
I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
And 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 of the East.
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