Word

διεγείρω

diegeírō · G1326 · Greek · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

to cause to wake up, to awaken someone, to wake up someone

To cause someone to awaken

Examples
Luke 8:24 They came up to Jesus and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm.
to cause

A marker of a causative relation, with the implication of a significant change in state

Examples
2 Peter 1:13 I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,
2 Peter 3:1 Beloved, this is now the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of a reminder,
to wake up, to become awake

To become awake after sleeping

Examples
Mark 4:39 And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Hush, be still.” And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm.
to become rough, to become stormy

(A figurative extension of meaning of διεγείρομαι ‘to become awake from sleep,’) To become rough, in reference to a surface of water

Examples
John 6:18 In addition, the sea began getting rough, because a strong wind was blowing.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

6 occurrences in 6 groups

θάλασσαsea, lake 1
ὁthe (definite article) 1
Not stated: I 1
Not stated: they 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1
Not stated (participle) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

5 occurrences in 5 groups

ἄνεμοςwind 2
διάνοιαmind 1
κλύδωνwave 1
σύyou 1
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐνin+ ὑπόμνησιςreminder, remembrance 2
ἐνin+ ὅςwho, which, that 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἡγέομαιto consider, to lead 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 4 entries

To become rough, to become stormy14.20: Used of the sea's surface being whipped into agitation by wind, as of the sea beginning to grow rough because of a strong wind blowing in John 6:18.
To wake up, to become awake23.74: Used of rousing from sleep, as of the disciples coming to Jesus and waking Him during the storm in Luke 8:24.
To cause to wake up, to awaken someone, to wake up someone23.77: Used of the act of rousing another from sleep or complacency, as of Jesus being awakened by His disciples in Mark 4:39, and Peter's stated purpose of stirring up his readers by way of reminder in 2 Peter 1:13 and 3:1.
To cause90.52: Used of prompting an inward response in another, drawn from the same broad range of meaning as the stirring-up entries above.

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἐγείρω egeírō · G1453 · to get up, to cause to stand up, to stand up · 143×γρηγορεύω grēgoreúō · G1127 · to stay awake, to be watchful, to be alert · 22×διεγείρωdiegeírō · G1326συνεγείρω synegeírō · G4891 · to raise to life together with · 3×ἐξεγείρω exegeírō · G1825 · to raise to life, to make live again, to cause to exist · 2×ἐπεγείρω epegeírō · G1892 · to stir up, to commence · 2×διαγρηγορέω diagrēgoréō · G1235 · to become fully awake · 1×ἔγερσις égersis · G1454 · to come back to life, to live again, to be resurrected · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 aorist διηγειρα; passive, imperfect διηγειρομην (but Tr WH (T editions 2, 7) διεγείρετο…

1 aorist διηγειρα; passive, imperfect διηγειρομην (but Tr WH (T editions 2, 7) διεγείρετο in Jn 6:18, cf. Buttmann, 34 (30); WH's Appendix, p. 161); 1 aorist preposition διεγερθείς; to wake up, awaken, arouse (from repose; differing from the simple ἐγείρω, which has a wider meaning); from sleep: τινα, Mk 4:38 (here T Tr WH ἐγείρουσιν); Lk 8:24; passive, Lk 8:24 T Tr text WH; Mk 4:39; with the addition ἀπό τοῦ ὕπνου, Mt 1:24 (L T Tr WH ἐγερθείς); from repose, quiet: in passage of the sea, which begins to be agitated, to rise, Jn 6:18. Metaphorically, to arouse the mind; stir up, render active: 2 Pet 1:13; 2 Pet 3:1, as in 2 Macc. 15:10, τινα τοῖς θυμοῖς. (Several times in the O. T. Apocrypha (cf. Winers Grammar, 102 (97)); Hipper. (Aristotle), Herodian; occasionally in Anthol.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Events Involving Liquids and Dry Masses1 occurrence Sleep, Waking3 occurrences Agent in a Causative Role Marked by Verbs2 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0