ἐγείρω
egeirō
“to arise”
Definition
to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e. rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence)
probably akin to the base of G58 (ἀγορά) (through the idea of collecting one's faculties);
- to awaken, arouse from sleep: metaphorically, of spiritual awakening, (pass.); pass., to be aroused, wake up: ἀπὸ ὕπνου. 2. Freq. in NT, to raise from the dead: νεκρούς,; ἐκ νεκρῶν, pass., rise from death: , ἀπὸ νεκρῶν, 3. In late Gk., (a) to raise, from sitting, lying, sickness; mid. and pass., to rise: redundant, like Heb. קוּם, (see Dalman, 23f.); (b) to raise up, cause to appear: τέκνα; pass., to appear: 4. to rouse, stir up; pass., to rise against. 5. Of buildings, to raise: ναόν, (cf ., ); (cf. δι-, ἐξ-, συν-εγείρω, and
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
ἐγείρω appears 137 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
He has raised up a horn of salvation for usin the house of His servant David,
As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, “Do not tell anyone about this vision until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead.”
So He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to serve them.
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