- ἀνατολή
- ἀνατολή, ῆς, ἡ (s. ἀνατέλλω; poetic form ἀντ-, some mss. Pre-Socratics, Hdt.; ins, pap, LXX, En, TestSol 9:7 P; TestAbr A 11 p. 88, 28 [Stone p. 24]; TestJob, Test12Patr, JosAs; ApcEsdr 5:12 p. 30, 22 Tdf.; ApcMos, Philo, Joseph.; Mel., HE 4, 26, 14 [Fgm. 8b 43 = Goodsp., Apol. p. 309]).① upward movement of celestial bodies, rising, of stars (Aeschyl. et al.; PHib 27, 45 πρὸς τ. δύσεις καὶ ἀνατολὰς τ. ἄστρων; PTebt 276, 38; Neugebauer-Hoesen index; PGM 13, 1027; 1037; Philo, Spec. Leg. 3, 187) ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ at its rising, when it rose Mt 2:2, because of the sg. and the article in contrast to ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν, vs. 1, prob. not a geograph. expr. like the latter, but rather astronomical (B-D-R §235, 5; cp. B-D-F); likew. vs. 9; GJs 21:1, 3 (cp. Petosiris, Fgm. 6, ln. 31 of the moon ἅμα τῇ ἀνατολῇ=simultaneously with its rising; 12, ln. 133 ἐν τῇ τοῦ ἄστρου ἀνατολῇ; FBoll, ZNW 18, 1918, 44f; a distinction is also made by PGM 36, 239 ἐξ ἀνατολῆς τ. χωρίου πλησίον ἀνατολῶν ἡλίου. Cp. EHodous, CBQ 6, ’44, 81f [‘near the horizon’], and L-S-J-M s.v. 2).② the position of the rising sun, east, orient (Hdt. et al.; LXX).ⓐ sg. ἀπὸ ἀ. ἡλίου (cp. Aeschyl., Pr. 707 ἐνθένδʼ ἡλίου πρὸς ἀντολάς) from the east Rv 7:2; 16:12 (Just., D. 28, 5 [Mal 1:11 ἀνατολῶν]); simply ἀπὸ ἀ. (SIG 1112, 25) 21:13; (opp. δύσις; cp. Appian, Mithrid. 68 §288 ἀπό τε δύσεως καὶ ἐξ ἀνατολῆς; OGI 199, 32; Jos., Bell. 6, 301) short ending of Mk; πρὸς τὴν ἀ. toward the east (Jos., Ant. 1, 37, C. Ap. 1, 77) Hv 1, 4, 1; 3 (cp. Mel., HE 4, 26, 14). Gener. of the orient (opp. δύσις) 1 Cl 5:6; IRo 2:2.ⓑ pl. (Hdt. et al.; Diod S 5, 42, 3; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 65; B-D-F §141, 2; Rob. 408) 1 Cl 10:4 (Gen 13:14). ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν from the east (pap, s. Preis.; Gk. Parchments fr. Avroman IIa, 8: JHS 35, 1915, p. 30 ἀπὸ τ. ἀνατολῶν; Num 23:7) μάγοι ἀπὸ ἀ. Mt 2:1. ἐξέρχεσθαι ἀπὸ ἀ. come from the east (of lightning) Mt 24:27. ἀπὸ ἀ. καὶ δυσμῶν (this contrast Apollon. Rhod. 1, 85; Epict. 3, 13, 9; Sb 385, 2; Mal 1:11; Zech 8:7; Is 59:19; Philo, In Flacc. 45) from east and west=fr. the whole world Mt 8:11. The four points of the compass (Ps 106:3) Lk 13:29 (cp. En 18:6f εἰς ἀ. … πρὸς ἀ. Mel., P. 47, 335 κατὰ ἀνατολὰς ἐν Ἐδέμ to the east, in Eden [on Gen. 2:8]).[b]③ a change from darkness to light in the early morning, the dawn, fig., of the coming of the Messiah (cp. Damasc., Vi. Isidori 244 φέρειν τ. θείαν ἀνατολήν [s. ἀνατέλλω 2]; of Augustus: Kaibel 978, 4 ὸ̔ς (ς)ωτ[ὴ]ρ Ζεὺ[ς ἀ]ν[έ]τ[ειλε] μέγας; [s. ἀνατέλλω 2]; Mel. Fgm. 8b, 45 περὶ λουτροῦ 4, Perler p. 232 = Goodsp., Apol. p. 311: ἥλιος ἀνατολῆς) ἀ. ἐξ ὕψους the dawn from heaven Lk 1:78, interpr. by AJacoby, ZNW 20, 1921, 205ff as sprout or scion of God, and sim. by Billerb. II, 1924, 113 as Messiah of Yahweh.—FDölger, Sol Salutis2, 1925, 149ff.—B. 871. DDD s.v.‘Helel’ (הילל). DELG s.v. τέλλω. M-M. TW. Sv.
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