Word Study · Strong's G395 · Greek
ἀνατολή
anatole
an-at-ol-ay'
Strong's 1890 spelling: anatolḗ
“a rising of light, i.e. dawn (figuratively)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a rising of light, i.e. dawn (figuratively); by implication, the east (also in plural)
Rendered in the KJV as
dayspring, east, rising.
- 10occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- ἀνατολῶν4
- ἀνατολῆς3
- ἀνατολῇ2
- ἀνατολὴ1
How it is rendered · 5
- east6
- [the] east1
- [the] rising1
- [the] Sunrise1
- rising1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural4
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular3
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-GPF · 4
- N-GSF · 3
- N-DSF · 2
- N-NSF · 1
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Matthew carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew5 occurrences
- Matthew 2:1ἀνατολῶνanatolōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluralAfter Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem,here: east
- Matthew 2:2ἀνατολῇanatolēanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularasking, “Where is the One who has been born King of the Jews? We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.”here: east
- Matthew 2:9ἀνατολῇanatolēanoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singularAfter 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.here: east
- Matthew 8:11ἀνατολῶνanatolōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluralI 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.here: east
- Matthew 24:27ἀνατολῶνanatolōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluralFor just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes as far as the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.here: east
Luke2 occurrences
- Luke 1:78ἀνατολὴanatolēnoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singularbecause of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,here: [the] Sunrise
- Luke 13:29ἀνατολῶνanatolōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluralPeople will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.here: east
Revelation3 occurrences
- Revelation 7:2ἀνατολῆςanatolēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAnd I saw another angel ascending from the east, with the seal of the living God. And he called out in a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm the land and the sea:here: [the] rising
- Revelation 16:12ἀνατολῆςanatolēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularAnd 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.here: rising
- Revelation 21:13ἀνατολῆςanatolēsnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singularThere were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.here: [the] east