dayspring, east, rising

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(dawn). The Hebrew idea was “before” “in front of,” “to the East” (Gen. 29:1¹Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. (Genesis 29:1); Num. 23:7⁷And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. (Numbers 23:7); Job 1:3³His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. (Job 1:3); Ezek. 47:8⁸Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. (Ezekiel 47:8); Matt. 2:1¹Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, (Matthew 2:1)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Several words are used to express the East, which imply “going forth,” “rising,” “that which is before,” having reference to the sun and its rising. Nearly all the references in scripture to the East or to other quarters are of course reckoned from Palestine; so that “children of the East,” “men of the East,” point out Assyria, Babylon, etc.

THE EAST WIND was distressing and destructive to vegetation (Gen. 41:6,23,27⁶And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. (Genesis 41:6)
²³And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: (Genesis 41:23)
²⁷And the seven thin and ill favored kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. (Genesis 41:27)); dangerous to vessels at sea (Psa. 48:7⁷Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. (Psalm 48:7); Ezek. 27:26²⁶Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. (Ezekiel 27:26)); and is symbolical of the withering power of God’s judgments (Hos. 13:15¹⁵Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. (Hosea 13:15)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

395 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

ἀνατολή

Transliteration:

anatole

Phonic:

an-at-ol-ay’

Meaning:

from 393; a rising of light, i.e. dawn (figuratively); by implication, the east (also in plural)

KJV Usage:

dayspring, east, rising