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ἀναθάλλω

anathállō · G330 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. to be again in a position to, to be as one was formerly

    (A figurative extension of meaning of ἀναθάλλω ‘to bloom again,’ not occurring in the NT) To be in a state identical with a previous state

    Examples

    Philippians 4:10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked an opportunity to act.

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

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 2 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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 2 words
ἀνακαινόω anakainóō · G341 · to make new, renewal, to renew
ἀνακαινόω means 'to renew, make new again' and shares with ἀναθάλλω the core sense of restoration to a former or better state, though ἀνακαινόω focuses more on qualitative renewal while ἀναθάλλω emphasizes reactivation or revival.
ἀναζάω anazáō · G326 · to come back to life, to live again, to be resurrected
ἀναζάω means 'to come to life again, revive' and directly parallels ἀναθάλλω's sense of revival or restoration to a previous state of vitality, though ἀναζάω is more explicitly about life restoration.
Contrasting words 2 words
μαραίνω maraínō · G3133 · to fade away
μαραίνω means 'to fade, wither' and stands as the botanical/metaphorical opposite of ἀναθάλλω ('to bloom again, revive'), representing decline and death versus renewal and revival. The core semantic contrast—extinguishing/passing away versus reviving/blooming again—establishes a genuine antonymous relationship.
ξηραίνω xēraínō · G3583 · to dry out, to dry up, to wither
ξηραίνω means 'to dry up, wither' and functions as the natural opposite of ἀναθάλλω in its botanical sense of blooming/flourishing again, representing the cessation of life/vitality versus its renewal.
In the other Testament 2 words
חָיָה châyâh · H2421 · to be alive, to become alive, to live
חָיָה in the Hiphil stem means 'to revive, restore to life' and is the standard Hebrew equivalent for the concept of revival/restoration to a former state, matching ἀναθάλλω's sense of 'to revive, flourish again.'
פָּרַח pârach · H6524 · to break out, to sprout, to bud
פָּרַח carries the metaphorical sense of 'to flourish, bloom again' particularly in contexts of restoration, closely matching ἀναθάλλω's botanical metaphor of revival (used in Phil 4:10 where Paul's context involves care 'blossoming again').
Semantic domains 1 entry
To be again in a position to, to be as one was formerly13.23
In Philippians 4:10, Paul rejoices “that now at last you have revived (anethálete) your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked an opportunity to act,” describing a renewed expression of a concern that had existed before.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 2 aorist ἀνέθαλον; (Ps 27:7; Wis. 4:4; very rare in Greek writings and only in the…
: 2 aorist ἀνέθαλον; (Ps 27:7; Wis. 4:4; very rare in Greek writings and only in the poets, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Spr. ii., p. 195; (Veitch, under the word θάλλω; Winers Grammar, 87 (83); Buttmann, 59 (52))); to shoot up, sprout again, grow green again, flourish again (Homer, Iliad 1, 236; Aelian v. h. 5, 4); tropically, of those whose condition and affairs are becoming more prosperous: Phm 4:10 ἀνεθάλετε τό ὑπέρ ἐμοῦ φρονεῖν ye have revived so as to take thought for me (the infinitive being the Greek accusative, or accusative of specification, Winers Grammar, 317 (298); cf. Ellicott at the passage). Others, according to a transitive use of the verb found only in the Sept. (Ezek 17:24; Sir. 1:18, etc.), render ye have revived (allowed to revive) your thought for me (the infinitive being taken as an object-accusative, Winers Grammar, 323 (303); Buttmann, 263 (226); cf. Lightfoot at the passage); against whom see Meyer at the passage.

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

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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

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