ἀνίστημι

ἀνίστημι — anístēmi

ἀνίστημι: future ἀναστήσω; 1 aorist ἀνέστησα; 2 aorist ἀνέστην, imperative ἀνάστηθι and (Act 12:7; Eph 5:14 and L WH text in Act 9:11) ἀνάστα (Winers Grammar, § 14, 1 h.; (Buttmann, 47 (40))); middle, present ἀνισταμαι; future ἀναστήσομαι; (from Homer down);

I. Transitively, in the present 1 aorist and future active, to cause to rise, raise up (הֵקִים):

a. properly, of one lying down: Act 9:41.

b. to raise up from death: John 6:39f, 44, 54; Act 2:32; Act 13:34 (so in Greek writings).

c. to raise up, cause to be born: σπέρμα offspring (Gen 38:8), Mat 22:24 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 33 (32)); τόν Χριστόν, Act 2:30 Rec. to cause to appear, bring forward, τινα τίνι one for anyone's succor: προφήτην, Act 3:22; Act 7:37; τόν παῖδα αὐτοῦ, Act 3:26.

II. Intransitively, in the perfect pluperfect and 2 aorist active, and in the middle;

1. to rise, stand up; used a. of persons lying down (on a couch or bed): Mar 1:35; Mar 5:42; Luk 8:55; Luk 11:7; Act 9:34; Act 9:40. of persons lying on tht ground: Mar 9:27; Luk 17:19; Luk 22:46; Act 9:6.

b. of persons seated: Luk 4:16 (ἀνέστη ἀναγνῶναι); Mat 26:62; Mar 14:60; Act 23:9.

c. of those who leave a place to go elsewhere: Mat 9:9; Mar 2:14; ( R G); Luk 4:38; Luk 23:1; Act 9:30. Hence, of those who prepare themselves for a journey (German sichaufmachen): Mar 7:24; Mar 10:1; Luk 1:39; Luk 15:18; Luk 15:20; Act 10:20; Act 22:10. In the same way the Hebrew קוּם (especially וַיָּקָם) is put before verbs of going, departing, etc., according to the well known oriental custom to omit nothing contributing to the full pictorial delineation of an action or event; hence, formerly וַיָקָם and ἀναστάς were sometimes incorrectly said to be redundant; cf. Winer's Grammar, 608 (565). ἀναστῆναι ἀπό to rise up from something, i. e. from what one has been doing while either sitting or prostrate on the ground: Luk 22:45.

d. of the dead; 2 aorist, with ἐκ νεκρῶν added: Mat 17:9 R G WH marginal reading; Mar 9:9; Mar 12:25; Luk 16:31; Luk 24:46; Joh 20:9; Eph 5:14 (here figuratively); with ἐκ νεκρῶν omitted: Mar 8:31; Mar 16:9; Luk 9:8; Luk 9:19 (22 L T Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading); Luk 24:7; Rom 14:9 Rec.; so (without ἐκ νεκρῶν) in the future middle also: Mat 12:41; (, L WH marginal reading); Mat 20:19 (R G L Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading); Mar 10:34; Luk 11:32; Luk 18:33; Joh 11:23; 1Th 4:16.

2. to arise, appear, stand forth; of kings, prophets, priests, leaders of insurgents: Act 5:36; Act 7:18. middle, Rom 15:12; Heb 7:11; Heb 7:15. of those about to enter into conversation or dispute with anyone, Luk 10:25; Act 6:9; or to undertake some business, Act 5:6; or to attempt something against others, Act 5:17. Hence, ἀναστῆναι ἐπί τινα to rise up against anyone: Mar 3:26 (עַל קוּם). (Synonym: see ἐγείρω, at the end Compare: ἐπανίστημι, ἐξανίστημι.)