The Greek noun dysmē (δυσμή, plural dysmai) means 'the west' — literally 'the place of setting' (from dyō, 'to sink/set'). It appears in Matthew 8:11, 24:27; Luke 12:54, 13:29; and Revelation 21:13, consistently describing the western direction in geographic or eschatological contexts.
The dysmē (west) carries significant eschatological weight in Jesus' teaching. In Matthew 8:11, Jesus declares that 'many will come from the east and the west' to sit at the feast in the kingdom of God — signaling the universal scope of the Gospel and the inclusion of Gentiles. In Matthew 24:27, Jesus uses the lightning 'from east to west' as a metaphor for the unmistakable visibility of His Second Coming — there will be no secret return, no hidden corner. The compass points in Scripture consistently point toward the global reach of God's redemptive purposes: His kingdom has no geographic boundaries.