Greek Word Study
ἐγείρω
egeírō
G1453
Quick Facts
Strong's Number
G1453
KJV Translations
awakelift (up)raise (againup)rear up(a-)rise (againup)standtake up
Derivation / Root
probably akin to the base of G58 (ἀγορά) (through the idea of collecting one's faculties);
Definition of egeírō
ἐγείρω (egeírō) — 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)
Word Origin
This word comes probably akin to the base of G58 (ἀγορά) (through the idea of collecting one's faculties); See the root word: G58 (ἀγορά).
KJV Translation Variants
The Greek word ἐγείρω (egeírō) is translated into the following English words in the King James Version:
| English Translation | Strong's Ref |
|---|---|
| awake | G1453 |
| lift (up) | G1453 |
| raise (again | G1453 |
| up) | G1453 |
| rear up | G1453 |
| (a-)rise (again | G1453 |
| up) | G1453 |
| stand | G1453 |
| take up | G1453 |
Translation data from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.
Related Greek Words
Words sharing the same root or derived from ἐγείρω.
ἀγορά
agorá
G58
probably akin to G1453 (ἐγείρω)); properly, the town-square (as a place of public resort); by implication, a market or thoroughfare
γρηγορεύω
grēgoreúō
G1127
to keep awake, i.e. watch (literally or figuratively)
διεγείρω
diegeírō
G1326
to wake fully; i.e. arouse (literally or figuratively)
ἔγερσις
égersis
G1454
a resurgence (from death)
ἐξεγείρω
exegeírō
G1825
to rouse fully, i.e. (figuratively) to resuscitate (from death), release (from infliction)
ἐπεγείρω
epegeírō
G1892
to rouse upon, i.e. (figuratively) to excite against
συνεγείρω
synegeírō
G4891
to rouse (from death) in company with, i.e. (figuratively) to revivify (spirtually) in resemblance to
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