ἀνατολή anatolē

Greek word for “east” · Strong’s G395 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

ἀνατολή, -ῆς, ἡ; (ἀνατέλλω);

How it is translated

Glosses given for anatolē in context, with how often each is used:

• east 7
• rising 2
• sunrise 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 2 (3), Matthew 8 (1), Matthew 24 (1), Luke 1 (1), Luke 13 (1), Revelation 7 (1), Revelation 16 (1), Revelation 21 (1)

Forms

• ἀνατολῶν 4
• ἀνατολῆς 3
• ἀνατολῇ 2
• ἀνατολὴ 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with anatolē more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• δυσμή dusmē “west” 4
• βασιλεύς basileus “king” 4
• βορρᾶς borras “the north” 2
• ἀνακλίνω anaklinō “to recline” 2
• νότος notos “south” 2
• ἀστήρ astēr “star” 2
• ἥκω hēkō “to come/be present” 2
• ἥλιος hēlios “sun” 2
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 3
• ἕως heōs “until” 2
• βασιλεία basileia “kingdom” 2
• ἰδού idou “look!” 2

Key verses

The verses using anatolē that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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 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, 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, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child…
• Matthew 8:11 — And 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 24:27 — For 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 1:78 — Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
• Luke 13:29 — And 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 7:2 — And 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…
• 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 might be…
• Revelation 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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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.