Strong’s G393 · Greek

ἀνατέλλω
anatéllō

Definition

to (cause to) arise

Etymology

from G303 (ἀνά) and the base of G5056 (τέλος);

Where the KJV renders it

  • (a-
  • make to) rise
  • at the rising of
  • spring (up)
  • be up

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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