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the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Dayspring
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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lit., "a rising up" (cp. anatello, "to cause to rise"), is used of the rising of the sun and stars; it chiefly means the east, as in Matthew 2:1 , etc.; rendered "dayspring" in Luke 1:78 . Its other meaning, "a shoot," is found in the Sept. in Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 6:12 . See also the margin of Luke 1:78 , "branch." See EAST.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Dayspring'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/dayspring.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Dayspring'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/dayspring.html. 1940.
