ἀνακύπτω
anakuptō
“to straighten up”
Definition
to unbend, i.e. rise; figuratively, be elated
from G303 (ἀνά) (in the sense of reversal) and G2955 (κύπτω);
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logos (G3056)
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Occurrences
ἀνακύπτω appears 4 times in the New Testament.
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Key Passages
When they continued to question Him, He straightened up and said to them, “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to cast a stone at her.”
Then Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are your accusers? Has no one condemned you?”
and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.
When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”
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