ἀνατολήanatolḗ
GreekG39510 occurrences (KJV)
a rising of light, i.e. dawn (figuratively); by implication, the east (also in plural)
KJV renders it: dayspring, east, rising
Where it appears
- Matt 2:1Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying,
- Matt 2:2“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”
- Matt 2:9They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was.
- Matt 8:11I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,
- Matt 24:27For as the lightning flashes from the east, and is seen even to the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.
- Luke 1:78because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,
- Luke 13:29They will come from the east, west, north, and south, and will sit down in God’s Kingdom.
- Rev 7:2I saw another angel ascend from the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea,
- Rev 16:12The sixth poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might be prepared for the kings that come from the sunrise.
- Rev 21:13On the east were three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.