Greek · G395, G1424, G1005, G3558 · unreviewed

ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν καὶ δυσμῶν καὶ ἀπὸ βορρᾶ καὶ νότου

East · west · the north (properly, wind) · the south(-west) wind; by extension, the southern quarter itself

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ἀνατολή G395 east
Pronunciation anatolḗ
Rising of the sun; the direction where light appears, not merely geographic location.
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δυσμή G1424 west
Pronunciation dysmḗ
West as the direction of sunset; often paired with east (sunrise) to denote geographical extremes.
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βοῤῥᾶς G1005 the north (properly, wind)
Pronunciation borrhâs
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νότος G3558 the south(-west) wind; by extension, the southern quarter itself
Pronunciation nótos
South wind or south region, directionally located between east and west winds in Mediterranean maritime contexts.
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What does ἀπὸ ἀνατολῶν καὶ δυσμῶν καὶ ἀπὸ βορρᾶ καὶ νότου (apo anatolōn kai dysmōn kai apo borra kai notou) mean in the Bible?

ἀνατολή · δυσμή · βοῤῥᾶς · νότος is a Greek word meaning "from east and west and from north and south".

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Meaning

from east and west and from north and south
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Feminine Luke 1:78
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Matt 2:1 · Matt 8:11 · Matt 24:27 · Luke 13:29
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Mark 16:8 · Rev 7:2 · Rev 16:12 · Rev 21:13
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 2:2 · Matt 2:9
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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