ἐγείρω
egeírō · G1453 · Greek · 144 occurrences
Meanings
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to get up, to cause to stand up
To cause to stand up, with a possible implication of some previous incapacity
ExamplesMatthew 12:11 But He said to them, “What man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
Mark 1:31 And He came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand, and the fever left her, and she served them.
Mark 9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him, and he got up.
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to get up, to stand up
To get up, normally from a lying or reclining position but possibly from a seated position (in some contexts with the implication of some degree of previous incapacity)
ExamplesMatthew 8:15 And He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and waited on Him.
Matthew 8:26 He said to them, “Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?” Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm.
Matthew 9:5 “For which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?
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to cause to wake up, to awaken someone, to wake up someone
To cause someone to awaken
ExamplesMatthew 8:25 And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, “Save us, Lord; we are perishing!”
Mark 4:38 And yet Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”
Acts 12:7 And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly stood near Peter, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter’s side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And his chains fell off his hands.
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to cause to exist, to provide, to raise up
To cause to come into existence
ExamplesMatthew 3:9 and do not assume that you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’; for I tell you that God is able, from these stones, to raise up children for Abraham.
Matthew 11:11 “Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 24:11 “And many false prophets will rise up and mislead many people.
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to raise to life, to make live again
To cause someone to live again after having once died
ExamplesMatthew 9:25 But when the crowd had been sent out, He entered and took her by the hand, and the girl got up.
Matthew 10:8 “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with leprosy, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
Matthew 11:5 those who are BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT and those who limp walk, those with leprosy are cleansed and those who are deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.
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to restore, to cause again to be, restoration
To change to a previous good state
ExamplesMatthew 12:42 “The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here.
John 2:19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
John 2:20 The Jews then said, “It took forty-six years to build this temple, and yet You will raise it up in three days?”
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to restore to health, to heal
(A figurative extension of meaning of ἐγείρω ‘to cause to stand up,’) To restore a person to health and vigor (somewhat equivalent to the English idiom to get him on his feet again)
ExamplesJames 5:15 and the prayer of faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him.
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to wake up, to become awake
To become awake after sleeping
ExamplesMatthew 1:24 And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife,
Matthew 2:13 Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to kill Him.”
Matthew 2:14 So Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and left for Egypt.
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to rise up in arms against, to make war against
To go to war against
ExamplesMatthew 24:7 “For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places.
Mark 13:8 “For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are only the beginning of birth pains.
Luke 21:10 Then He continued by saying to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,
How it’s used In 12 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
143 occurrences in 34 groups
- Not stated: he, she or it 30
- Not stated (participle) 22
- Not stated: you (one person) 14
- θεόςGod 9
- νεκρόςdead, the dead 9
- ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 6
- Other words · 22 groups that occur once or twice (33) 33
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
50 occurrences in 18 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 18
- ὅςwho, which, that 7
- ἸησοῦςJesus 4
- μήτηρmother 4
- νεκρόςdead, the dead 4
- παιδίονchild 4
- Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14
To or for whomIndirect object
7 occurrences in 4 groups
- ἈβραάμAbraham 2
- σύyou 2
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
- ἐγώI, we 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
58 occurrences in 29 groups
- ἐκfrom+ νεκρόςdead, the dead 26
- ἐπίon+ ἔθνοςnation, Gentiles 3
- ἀπόfrom+ νεκρόςdead, the dead 3
- Other words · 26 groups that occur once or twice (29) 29
With adverbsAdverbs
18 occurrences in 9 groups
- οὐnot 9
- Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
Named alongside itApposition
12 occurrences in 7 groups
- θεόςGod 4
- ἸησοῦςJesus 2
- ΛάζαροςLazarus 2
- ἕτεροςother, another, different 1
- νεκρόςdead, the dead 1
- υἱόςson 1
What it doesIt is the subject
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- δέωto bind, to tie 2
- ἐγείρωto raise, to get up 1
- εἴδωto know 1
- ζωοποιέωto give life to 1
What is done to itIt is the object
38 occurrences in 12 groups
- ἔπωto say 13
- λέγωto say 13
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (12) 12
Second object ofSecond object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- λέγωto say 2
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὥραhour, time 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 4 groups
- μετάwith, after 4
- ἐπίon 2
- ἕωςuntil, to, as far as 2
- ἀπόfrom 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πνεῦμαspirit 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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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀνίστημι anístēmi · G450 · to cause to stand, to raise up, to raise to life
- ἀνίστημι (“to stand up, to raise”) and the target term ἐγείρω both denote causing something or someone to rise or stand, whether from a physical position, from sleep, or from death, converging specifically in resurrection contexts; the target's sense leans more toward waking or rousing, ἀνίστημι toward the act of standing up.
Contrasting words 1 word
- νεκρός nekrós · G3498 · lifeless, dead, the dead
- The term ἐγείρω denotes raising or awakening, standing in direct opposition to νεκρός (dead) particularly in contexts of resurrection and restoration to life. This opposition is most prominently attested in Pauline theological discourse concerning the raising of the dead.
In the other Testament 3 words
- קוּם qûwm · H6965 · to arise, to rise up, to stand up
- Hebrew קוּם (qûwm, H6965) and Greek ἐγείρω (egeírō, G1453) share the core semantic domain of 'rising up' or 'causing to rise' — both denote physical rising from a prone/seated position, awakening from sleep, and metaphorical rising (including resurrection from death); ἐγείρω (egeírō, G1453) occurs as the standard LXX rendering of קוּם (qûwm, H6965) in contexts where the Hebrew verb denotes rising, standing up, or being raised, making this a direct cross-linguistic translation equivalent.
- עוּר ʻûwr · H5782 · to wake up, to awaken
- Hebrew עוּר emphasizes the physical act of waking/rousing from sleep or stirring to action, while Greek ἐγείρω extends more broadly to encompass raising from death and figurative resurrection, making ἐγείρω the semantically wider term that includes but transcends the wake/rouse sense of עוּר.
- יָקַץ yâqats · H3364 · to wake up, to arise
- יָקַץ (yâqats, H3364) יָקַץ specifically denotes waking from sleep (intransitive state-change), whereas ἐγείρω (egeírō, G1453) ἐγείρω encompasses a broader semantic range including transitive causative waking, raising from various postures (sitting, lying), healing from disease, and resurrection from death; the two overlap only in the literal sleep-waking domain.
Semantic domains 9 entries
- To restore, to cause again to be, restoration13.65
- In Matthew 11:5 and Luke 7:22, Jesus points to the sick being healed and the dead being raised as signs of His ministry reported to John the Baptist, this domain covering the restoration of a person's condition, here paired with healing and cleansing rather than narrowly with resurrection.
- To cause to exist, to provide, to raise up13.83
- In Acts 13:37, Paul preaches that the One whom God raised did not undergo decay, and in Acts 5:30 and 10:40, that God raised up Jesus whom the people had put to death, this sense covering God's act of bringing a person into a new state of life by His own power.
- To get up, to cause to stand up17.10
- In Mark 2:9 and 2:11, Jesus tells the paralyzed man, "Get up, pick up your pallet, and go home," this domain covering the causative act of bringing someone from a lying or sitting position to standing, as also in the parallel accounts at Matthew 9:5-6 and Luke 5:23.
- To get up, to stand up17.9
- In Mark 2:12 and Matthew 9:7, the healed man himself got up and went home, this closely related domain covering the intransitive act of a person rising to a standing position, as also in Luke 5:24-25's account of the same healing.
- To restore to health, to heal23.140
- In Matthew 11:5 and Luke 7:22, the are raised language for the dead sits alongside reports that the lame walk and the sick are healed, this sense covering the specific restoration of physical health and strength, distinguishing bodily healing from the more general restoration of 13.65.
- To wake up, to become awake23.74
- In Matthew 8:25-26, the disciples woke Jesus during the storm on the lake, crying out that they were perishing, this domain covering the intransitive act of coming out of sleep, as also in Mark 4:38's parallel account of Jesus asleep in the boat's stern.
- To cause to wake up, to awaken someone, to wake up someone23.77
- In Matthew 8:25, the disciples came to Jesus and woke Him during the storm, this closely related domain covering the transitive act of rousing another person from sleep, the same event viewed from the disciples' action upon Jesus rather than His own waking.
- To raise to life, to make live again23.94
- In 1 Corinthians 15:16-17, Paul argues that if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either, and faith is worthless, this domain covering the specific act of restoring a dead person to life, developed at length across 1 Corinthians 15 and echoed in Romans 8:11, 2 Corinthians 4:14, and 1 Peter 1:21's statements that God raised Jesus from the dead.
- To rise up in arms against, to make war against55.2
- In Matthew 24:7, Mark 13:8, and Luke 21:10, Jesus foretells that nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, this domain covering the specific sense of a people or group rising up in hostile military action against another.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon future ἐγερῶ 1 aorist ἤγειρα; passive, present ἐγείρομαι, imperative 2 person singular…
1. as in Greek writings from Homer down, to arouse from sleep, to awake: Acts 12:7; (Mk 4:38 T Tr WH); passive to be awaked, wake up, (A. V. arise, often including thus the subsequent action (cf. 3 below)): Mt 25:7; Mk 4:27; (ἀπό τοῦ ὕπνου, Mt 1:24 L T Tr WH); ἐγερθείς with the imperative Mt 2:13, Mt 2:20; with a finite verb, Mt 2:14, Mt 2:21; Mt 8:26; (Lk 8:24 R G L Tr marginal reading); ἐγείρεσθε, Mt 26:46; Mk 14:42. Metaphorically, ἐξ ὕπνου ἐγερθῆναι, to arise from a state of moral sloth to an active life devoted to God, Rom 13:11; likewise ἔγειρε (Rec. ἐγεῖραι) arise, ὁ καθεύδων, Eph 5:14.
2. to arouse from the sleep of death, to recall the dead to life: with νεκρούς added, Jn 5:21; Acts 26:8; 2 Cor 1:9. ἔγειρε [Rec. ἐγεῖραι) arise, Mk 5:41; passive ἐγείρου, Lk 8:54 (R GT); ἐγέρθητι, arise from death, Lk 7:14; ἐγείρονται οἱ νεκροί, Mt 11:5; Lk 7:22; Lk 20:37; 1 Cor 15:15, 1 Cor 15:16, 1 Cor 15:29, 1 Cor 15:32 (Isa 26:19); ἐγείρειν ἐκ νεκρῶν, from the company of the dead (cf. Winers Grammar, 123 (117); Buttmann, 89 (78)), Jn 12:1, Jn 12:9; Acts 3:15; Acts 4:10; Acts 13:30; Rom 4:24; Rom 8:11; Rom 10:9; Gal 1:1; Eph 1:20; Col 2:12; 1 Thess 1:10; Heb 11:19; 1 Pet 1:21; passive, Rom 6:4, Rom 6:9; Rom 7:4; 1 Cor 15:12, 1 Cor 15:20; Jn 2:22; Jn 21:14; Mk 6:16 (T WH omits; Tr brackets ἐκ νεκρῶν); Lk 9:7; (Mt 17:9 L T Tr WH text); ἀπό τῶν νεκρῶν, Mt 14:2; Mt 27:64; Mt 28:7 (νεκρόν ἐκ θανάτου καί ἐξ ᾅδου, Sir. 48:5; for הֵקִיץ, 2 Kgs 4:31); ἐγείρειν simply: Acts 5:30; Acts 10:40; Acts 13:37; 1 Cor 6:14; 2 Cor 4:14; passive, Mt 16:21; Mt 17:23 (L WH marginal reading ἀναστήσεται); (Mt 20:19 T Tr text WH text); Mt 26:32; ; Mark ( T WH (see above)); ; Lk 24:6 (WH reject the clause), ; Rom 4:25; 1 Cor 15:4, etc.
3. in later usage generally to cause to rise, raise, from a seat, bed, etc.; passive and middle to rise, arise; used a. of one sitting: ἐγείρεται (L Tr WH ἠγέρθη) ταχύ, Jn 11:29, cf. Jn 11:20; present active imperative ἔγειρε (see above), Mk 10:49 (not Rec.), cf. Mk 10:46; hence (like the Hebrew קוּם, Gen 22:3; 1 Chr 22:19), in the redundant manner spoken of under the word ἀνίστημι, II. 1 c. it is used before verbs of going, etc.: ἐγερθείς ἠκολούθει (ἠκολούθησεν R G) αὐτῷ, Mt 9:19; ἔγειρε (R G ἐγεῖραι) καί μέτρησον, Rev 11:1.
b. of one reclining: ἐγείρεται ἐκ τοῦ δείπνου, Jn 13:4; ἐγείρεσθε, Jn 14:31.
c. of one lying, to raise up: ἤγειρεν αὐτόν, Acts 10:26; ἐγέρθητε arise, Mt 17:7; ἔγειρε (see above) Acts 3:6 (L Tr text brackets); ἠγέρθη ἀπό τῆς γῆς, he rose from the earth, Acts 9:8; to (raise up, i. e.) draw out an animal from a pit, Mt 12:11.
d. of one 'down' with disease, lying sick: active, Mk 9:27; Acts 3:7; ἐγερεῖ αὐτόν ὁ κύριος, will cause him to recover, Jas 5:15; passive Mt 8:15; ἔγειρε ((Rec. ἐγεῖραι, so Griesbach (doubtfully in Matt.)), see above) arise: Mt 9:5; Jn 5:8; Acts 3:6 (T WH omit; Tr brackets).
4. To raise up, produce, cause to appear;
a. to cause to appear, bring before the public (anyone who is to attract the attention of men): ἤγειρε τῷ Ἰσραήλ σωτῆρα, Acts 13:23 Rec.; ἤγειρεν αὐτοῖς τόν Δαυειδ εἰς βασιλέα, Acts 13:22 (so הֵקִים, Judg 2:18; Judg 3:9, Judg 3:15); passive ἐγείρομαι, to come before the public, to appear, arise": Mt 11:11; Mt 24:11, Mt 24:24; Mk 13:22; Lk 7:16; Jn 7:52 (cf. Winers Grammar, 266 (250); Buttmann, 204 (177)); contextually, to appear before a judge: Mt 12:42; Lk 11:31.
b. ἐπί τινα to raise up, incite, stir up, against one; passive to rise against: Mt 24:7; Mk 13:8; Lk 21:10.
c. to raise up i. e. cause to be born: τέκνα τίνι, Mt 3:9; Lk 3:8; κέρας σωτηρίας, Lk 1:69 (see ἀνίστημι, I c. ἐξανίστημι, 1); θλῖψιν τοῖς δεσμοῖς μου, to cause affliction to arise to my bonds, i. e. tire misery of my imprisonment to be increased by tribulation, Phm 1:16-17L T Tr WH.
d. of buildings, to raise, construct, erect: τόν ναόν, Jn 2:19f (so הֵקִים, Deut 16:22; 1 Kgs 16:32. Aelian de nat. an. 11, 10; Josephus, Antiquities 4, 6, 5; Herodian, 3, 15, 6 (3rd edition, Bekker); 8, 2, 12 (5th edition, Bekker); Lucian, Pseudomant. § 19; Anthol. 9, 696. 1 Esdr. 5:43; Sir. 49:13; Latinexcito turrem, Caesar b. g. 5, 40;sepulcrum, Cicero, legg. 2, 27, 68). (Ammonius: ἀναστῆναι καί ἐγερθῆναι διαφέρει. ἀναστῆναι μέν γάρ ἐπί ἔργον, ἐγερθῆναι δέ ἐξ ὕπνου; cf. also Thomas Magister, Ritschl edition, p. 14, 10f. But see examples above. Compare: διεγείρω, ἐξεγείρω, ἐπεγείρω, συνεγείρω.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
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