Quick Definition
ἀνατολή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. rising of the sun, the East
Strong's Definition
a rising of light, i.e. dawn (figuratively); by implication, the east (also in plural)
Derivation: from G393 (ἀνατέλλω);
KJV Usage: dayspring, east, rising
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | ἀνατέλλω
15.104 · Linear Movement · Come/Go Up, Ascend
to come up, to move upward, to rise to move up, especially of the upward movement of the sun, stars, or clouds It is also possible to understand ἀνατολή in MAT 2:2 as meaning ‘the east’ (see ἀνατολή[b], 82.1).
82.1 · Spacial Orientations · North, South, East, West
east east (as the direction of the rising sun) In most languages east and west are related to the rising or setting sun, although in some languages there may be some local geographical feature which serves as a marker of direction, for example, the location of a particular mountain, the ocean, or a river. For north, some languages employ ‘to the left of the rising sun,’ that is to say, the direction is oriented in terms of the left hand of a person facing toward the rising sun. Similarly, south would be ‘to the right of the rising sun.’
MAT 2:1 · MAT 2:2 · MAT 2:9 · MAT 8:11 · MAT 24:27 · MRK 16:8 · LUK 13:29 · REV 7:2 · REV 16:12 · REV 21:13
14.42 · Physical Events and States · Light
Collocation: ἀνατολὴ ἐξ ὕψους
the dawn from on high (an idiom, literally: dawning from on high) the bright dawn of salvation (or possibly to be understood as a title for the Messiah) The expression ἀνατολὴ ἐξ ὕψους occurs in a highly poetic liturgical passage in Luke 1, and many translators have preferred to retain the more or less literal rendering. Others, however, have interpreted this as the dawning of salvation and have therefore translated ἐπισκέψεται ἡμᾶς ἀνατολὴ ἐξ ὕψους as ‘salvation will dawn upon us from heaven’ or ‘from heaven salvation will come to us as the dawn does.’ If one wishes to employ ἀνατολὴ ἐξ ὕψους as simply a title for the Messiah, one can translate ‘the Messiah will come to us,’ but it is normally better to preserve the figurative expression and relate it to the coming of the Messiah as ‘the Messiah will come to us even as the dawn does from on high.’ One may also treat the problem of interpretation in a footnote.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνατολή, -ῆς, 7, (fr. ἀνατέλλω, 4. V-), as in Grk. writ. ; 1. a rising (of the sun and stars); light rising ἐξ ὕψους, LK. i. 78. 2. the east (the quarter of the sun’s rising): Mt. ii. 2,9; Rev. xxi. 13 (Grsb. ἀνατολῶν) ; Hdian. 2, 8, 18 (10); 3, 5,1; Joseph. c. Ap. 1, 14, 3,[6; 1, 26, 6; Mk. xvi. WH (rejected) ‘Shorter Conclusion’]; Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 5,6; Ignat. ad Ro. 2, 2; Melito ap. Euseb. h. e. 4, 26, 14; with ἡλίου added, Rev. vii. 2[RGT Tr WHtst.]; Plur. eastern regions, the east, [W. 176 (166) ]: Mt. ii. 1; viii. 11; xxiv. 27; LK. xiii. 29, (Sept., Hdt., Plat., Polyb., Plut., al.; Philo in Flace. § 7); with the addition of ἡλίου, Rev. xvi. 12 [-Ajs T Tr txt. WH txt.; vii. 2L WH org. }.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνατολή anatolē 11x
pr. a rising of the sun, etc.; the place of rising, the east, as also pl. ἀνατολαί, Mt. 2:1, 2; met. the dawn or day-spring, Lk. 1:78
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀνατολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ἀνατέλλω), [in LXX chiefly for מִזְרָח, קָדִים;]
a rising: of light, Lk 1:78.
the sun-rising, the east (MM, VGT, s.v.): Mt 2:2, 9, Re 21:13; ἀ. ἡλίου, Re 7:2 16:12 (WΗ, pl.); pl., Mt 2:1 8:11 24:27, Lk 13:29.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνατολή (anatolē) — east. ἀνατολή, poetry ἀντ-, (ἀνατέλλω) rising above the horizon, of any heavenly body, e.g. the sun, frequently in plural, ἀντολαὶ ἠελίοιο[Refs 8th c.BC+]; distinct from ἐπιτολή (which see), [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. ={ἐπιτολή}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. the quarter of sunrise, east, opposed to δύσις, frequently in plural, ἀπὸ ἡλίου ἀνατολέων[NT+5th c.BC+]
3. b the ascendant, i.e. the point where the eastern horizon cuts the zodiac, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. c phase of new moon when [Refs 4th c.AD+]
4. in plural, sources of a river, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II. growing, of the teeth, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the white at the root of the nails, [LXX+1st c.AD+]