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Greek verb · G393

ἀνατέλλω

anatelloan-at-el'-lo

trans., to cause to rise; Intrans., to rise

9 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: anatéllō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G393is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 6 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 6
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G393

to (cause to) arise

The King James renders it: (a-, make to) rise, at the rising of, spring (up), be up.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

anatello is rendered "trans., to cause to rise; Intrans., to rise". It stands 9 times in the Greek text, across six books.

  • Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "trans., to cause to rise".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:16the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”
  • The Greek text spells it six different ways.

The first use

the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”

Matthew 4:16ἀνέτειλεν

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Three of the word's nine uses are in Matthew.

The other 21 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: trans., to cause to rise, and Intrans., to rise.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
trans., to cause to riseMat.5:45.Tagged as
  • has sprung1
  • He makes rise1
  • may have arisen1
  • when was arising1
WhereMatthew 5:45that you may be sons of your Father in heaven…
Intrans., to riseφῶς, Mat.4:16 (= Isa.9:1); ὁ ἥλιος, Mat.13:6, Mrk.4:6 16:2, Jas.1:11; νεφέλη, Luk.12:54; φωσφόρος, 2Pe.1:19; ὁ Κύριος, prob. with ref....Tagged as
  • has dawned1
  • Has risen1
  • having risen1
  • rising up1
  • rose1
WhereIsaiah 9:1Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those in distress…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

ἀνατολήanatoleeastUses10
ἀνατρέπωanatrepoto overturnUses3
ἀνατρέφωanatrephoto bring upUses3
ἀνατίθεμαιanatithemaito set beforeUses2
ἀνατάσσομαιanatassomaito compileUses1

All 9, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

6 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ἀνέτειλεν3
  • ἀνατείλαντος2
  • ἀνατείλῃ1
  • ἀνατέλλει1
  • ἀνατέλλουσαν1
  • ἀνατέταλκεν1

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2V-AAP-GSM
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-PAI-3S
  • verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singular1V-PAP-ASF
  • verb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RAI-3S

Matthew

three uses
  • the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.”

    Matthew 4:16

    • ἀνέτειλενaneteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has dawned
  • that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

    Matthew 5:45

    • ἀνατέλλειanatelleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He makes rise
  • But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

    Matthew 13:6

    • ἀνατείλαντοςanateilantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having risen

Mark

two uses
  • But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

    Mark 4:6

    • ἀνέτειλενaneteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: rose
  • Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb.

    Mark 16:2

    • ἀνατείλαντοςanateilantosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: when was arising

Luke

one use
  • Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.

    Luke 12:54

    • ἀνατέλλουσανanatellousanverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: rising up

Hebrews

one use
  • For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.

    Hebrews 7:14

    • ἀνατέταλκενanatetalkenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has sprung

James

one use
  • For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its flower falls and its beauty is lost. So too, the rich man will fade away in the midst of his pursuits.

    James 1:11

    • ἀνέτειλενaneteilenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Has risen

2 Peter

one use
  • We also have the word of the prophets as confirmed beyond doubt. And you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

    2 Peter 1:19

    • ἀνατείλῃanateileverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may have arisen

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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