What does ἀνατολή (anatolḗ) mean in the Bible?
ἀνατολή (anatolḗ): Rising of the sun; the direction where light appears, not merely geographic location.
Greek · G395
ἀνατολή
East
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ἀνατολή G395
Pronunciation anatolḗ
What does ἀνατολή (anatolḗ) mean in the Bible?
ἀνατολή (anatolḗ): Rising of the sun; the direction where light appears, not merely geographic location.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G395?
The BSB source-word alignment has 10 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include east (5), [the] east (4), [the] Dawn (1).
Where does ἀνατολή (anatolḗ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 2:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (5), Revelation (3), Luke (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It east 5× Matthew 2:1, Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:9, Luke 13:29
[the] east 4× Matthew 8:11, Matthew 24:27, Revelation 7:2, Revelation 21:13
[the] Dawn 1× Luke 1:78
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 2:1 ἀνατολῶν to east Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Matthew 2:2 ἀνατολῇ to east Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Matthew 2:9 ἀνατολῇ to east Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Matthew 8:11 ἀνατολῶν to [the] east Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Matthew 24:27 ἀνατολῶν to [the] east Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Luke 1:78 ἀνατολὴ to [the] Dawn Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular Luke 13:29 ἀνατολῶν to east Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural Revelation 7:2 ἀνατολῆς to [the] east Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 16:12 ἀνατολῆς to East Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular Revelation 21:13 ἀνατολῆς to [the] east Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 2:1
Aligned rows 10
Books represented 3
Matthew 5 Luke 2 Revelation 3
Source forms
ἀνατολῶν 4x anatolōn Matthew 2:1, Matthew 8:11, Matthew 24:27, Luke 13:29
ἀνατολῆς 3x anatolēs Revelation 7:2, Revelation 16:12, Revelation 21:13
ἀνατολῇ 2x anatolē Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:9
ἀνατολὴ 1x anatolē Luke 1:78
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Plural 4x Matthew 2:1, Matthew 8:11, Matthew 24:27, Luke 13:29
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 3x Revelation 7:2, Revelation 16:12, Revelation 21:13
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 2x Matthew 2:2, Matthew 2:9
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 1:78
Evidence Summary
CovenantMessiah
Greek word. Rising of the sun; the direction where light appears, not merely geographic location.
Strong's G395
Lexical occurrences 11 verses Greek text appearances 10 times Word forms 4 forms 11 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 1:57–80 Source Gloss
east
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Rising of the sun; the direction where light appears, not merely geographic location.
(ἀνατέλλω), [in LXX chiefly for מִזְרָח קָדִים ;]
1a rising: of light, Luk.1:78.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
10 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 2:1 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
ἀνατολῶν anatolwn
rising of the sun, the East
Read verse Matthew 2:2 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀνατολῇ, anatolh
rising of the sun, the East
Read verse Matthew 2:9 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀνατολῇ, anatolh
rising of the sun, the East
Read verse Matthew 8:11 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
ἀνατολῶν anatolwn
rising of the sun, the East
Read verse Matthew 24:27 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
ἀνατολῶν anatolwn
rising of the sun, the East
Read verse Luke 1:78 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἀνατολὴ anatolh
rising of the sun, the East
Read verse Luke 13:29 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
ἀνατολῶν anatolwn
rising of the sun, the East
Read verse Revelation 7:2 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀνατολῆς anatolhv
rising of the sun, the East
Read verse Revelation 16:12 Noun Genitive Plural Feminine
ἀνατολῶν anatolwn
rising of the sun, the East
Read verse Revelation 21:13 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀνατολῆς, anatolhv
rising of the sun, the East
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 11 Case pattern Genitive (8) Number pattern Singular (7)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 1:78 1×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 2:1 · Matt 8:11 · Matt 24:27 · Luke 13:29 4×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Mark 16:8 · Rev 7:2 · Rev 16:12 · Rev 21:13 4×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 2:2 · Matt 2:9 2×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
rising, sunrise
Additional Occurrences
Luke 1:67–79 ἀνατολή anatolḗ
Rising, sunrise
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 11 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀνατολή is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Depicts the Messiah as dawning light fulfilling prophetic promise. Luke 1:57–80
Canonical Themes
Covenant Messiah
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain