Word

ἐπεγείρω

epegeírō · G1892 · Greek · 2 occurrences

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Meanings

to stir up, to commence

To cause to begin and to intensify an activity

Examples
Acts 13:50 But the Jews incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.
Acts 14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against the brothers.

How it’s used In 3 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

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἀπειθέωto disobey 1
Not stated: they 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

διωγμόςpersecution 1
ψυχήlife, soul 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 3 groups

ἐπίon+ ΠαῦλοςPaul 1
ἐπίon+ ΒαρνάβαςBarnabas 1
κατάaccording to, against, down+ ἀδελφόςbrother 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 1 entry

To stir up, to commence68.9: This verb describes inciting people to a course of hostile action, used of the Jews at Pisidian Antioch stirring up the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city against Paul and Barnabas — "the Jews incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas" (Acts 13:50), and of unbelieving Jews at Iconium stirring up the minds of the Gentiles against the brothers — "the unbelieving Jews stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against the brothers" (Acts 14:2).

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×διεγείρω diegeírō · G1326 · to cause to wake up, to awaken someone, to wake up someone · 6×συνεγείρω 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×ἐπεγείρωepegeírō · G1892διαγρηγορέω 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 ἐπηγειρα; to raise or excite against: τί ἐπί τινα, Acts 13:50 (διωγμόν); κατά…

: 1 aorist ἐπηγειρα; to raise or excite against: τί ἐπί τινα, Acts 13:50 (διωγμόν); κατά τίνος, to stir up against one: τάς ψυχάς... κατά τῶν ἀδελφῶν, Acts 14:2.

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

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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