Definition

a rising of light, i.e. dawn (figuratively); by implication, the east (also in plural)

Etymology

from G393 (ἀνατέλλω);

Where the KJV renders it

• dayspring
• east
• rising

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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