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To rise

ἀνατέλλωStrong’s G0393

anatellō

Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament

In short

Anatellō is the Greek word usually translated “has dawned”, “makes rise” and “having risen”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.

“We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:”
2 Peter 1:19 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “has dawned”, “makes rise” and “having risen”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • has dawned 1
  • he makes rise 1
  • having risen 1
  • rose 1
  • when was arising 1
  • rising up 1
  • has sprung 1
  • has risen 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Matthew 3
  • Mark 2
  • Luke 1
  • Hebrews 1
  • James 1
  • 2 Peter 1

6 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 9 verses, by book
Matthew 3
4:165:4513:6
Mark 2
4:616:2
Luke 1
12:54
Hebrews 1
7:14
James 1
1:11
2 Peter 1
1:19
Greek dictionary

ἀνατέλλω anatellō · to rise

ἀνα-τέλλω [in LXX for צָמַח, פָּרַח, זָרַח, etc. ;] 1. trans., to cause to rise: Mat.5:45. 2. Intrans., to rise: φῶς, Mat.4:16 (= Isa.9:1); ὁ ἥλιος, Mat.13:6, Mrk.4:6 16:2, Jas.1:11; νεφέλη, Luk.12:54; φωσφόρος, 2Pe.1:19; ὁ Κύριος, prob. with ref. to metaphorically of sun or star, Heb.7:14 (cf. ἐξ-ανατέλλω).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “rise” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

RISE, verb intransitive

rize. preterit tense rose; participle passive risen; pronoun rose, rizn. [See Raise.]

  1. To move to pass upward in any manner; to ascend; as, a fog rises from a river or from low ground; a fish rises in water; fowls rise in the air; clouds rise from the horizon towards the meridian; a balloon rises above the clouds.
  2. To get up; to leave the place of sleep or rest; as, to rise from bed.
  3. To get up or move from any recumbent to an erect posture; as, to rise after a fall.
  4. To get up from a seat; to leave a sitting posture; as, to rise from a sofa or chair.
All definitions and other forms of “rise”
  1. To spring; to grow; as a plant; hence, to be high or tall.
  2. To swell in quantity or extent; to be more elevated; as, a river rises after a rain.
  3. To break forth; to appear; as, a boil rises on the skin.
  4. To appear above the horizon; to shine; as, the sun or a star rises.“He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good” Matthew 5:45
  5. To begin to exist; to originate; to come into being or notice.
  6. To be excited; to begin to move or act; as, the wind rose at 12 o'clock.
  7. To increase in violence.
  8. To appear in view; as, to rise up to the reader's view.
  9. To appear in sight; also, to appear more elevated; as in sailing towards a shore, the land rises.
  10. To change a station; to leave a place; as, to rise from a siege.
  11. To spring; to be excited or produced.
  12. To gain elevation in rank, fortune or public estimation; to be promoted.“When the wicked rise men hide themselves” Proverbs 28:28
  13. To break forth into public commotions; to make open opposition to government; or to assemble and oppose government; or to assemble in arms for attacking another nation.
  14. To be excited or roused into action.“RISE up to the battle” Jeremiah 49:14
  15. To make a hostile attack; as when a man riseth against his neighbor.
  16. To increase; to swell; to grow more or greater.
  17. To be improved; to recover from depression; as, a family may rise after misfortune to opulence and splendor.
  18. To elevate the style or manner; as, to rise in force of expression; to rise in eloquence.
  19. To be revived from death.“The dead in Christ shall rise first” 1 Thessalonians 4:16
  20. To come by chance.
  21. To ascend; to be elevated above the level or surface; as, the ground rises gradually one hundred yards.
  22. To proceed from.“A scepter shall rise out of Israel” Numbers 24:17
  23. To have its sources in.
  24. To be moved, roused, excited, kindled or inflamed, as passion.
  25. To ascend in the diatonic scale; as, to rise a tone or semitone.
  26. To amount.
  27. To close a session.

RISE, noun

rise

  1. The act of rising, either in a literal or figurative sense; ascent; as the rise of vapor in the air; the rise of mercury in the barometer; the rise of water in a river.
  2. The act of springing or mounting from the ground; as the rise of the feet in leaping.
  3. Ascent; elevation, or degree of ascent; as the rise of a hill or mountain.
  4. Spring; source; origin; as the rise of a stream in a mountain.
  5. Any place elevated above the common level; as a rise of land.
  6. Appearance above the horizon; as the rise of the sun or a star.
  7. Increase; advance; as a rise in the price of wheat.
  8. Advance in rank, honor, property or fame.
  9. Increase of sound on the same key; a swelling of the voice.
  10. Elevation or ascent of the voice in the diatonic scale; as a rise of a tone or semitone.
  11. Increase; augmentation.
  12. A bough or branch. [Not in use.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.