ἐγείρω

ἐγείρω — egeírō

ἐγείρω; future ἐγερῶ 1 aorist ἤγειρα; passive, present ἐγείρομαι, imperative 2 person singular ἐγείρου (Mar 2:9 Tr WH), Luk 8:54 (where L Tr WH ἔγειρε), 2 person plural ἐγείρεσθε; perfect ἐγήγερμαι; 1 aorist ἠγέρθην (cf. Buttmann, 52 (45); Winer's Grammar, § 38, 1); 1 future ἐγερθήσομαι; middle, 1 aorist imperative ἐγεῖραι Rec.; but, after good manuscripts, Griesbach has in many passages and lately L T Tr WH have everywhere in the N. T. restored ἔγειρε, present active imperative used intransitively and employed as a formula for arousing; properly, rise, i. e. "Up! Come!" cf. ἄγε; so in Euripides, Iph. A. 624; Aristophanes ran. 340; cf. Fritzsche on Mark, p. 55; (Buttmann, 56 (49), 144f (126f); Kühner, § 373, 2); the Sept. generally for הֵעִיר and הֵקִים; to arouse, cause to rise;

1. as in Greek writings from Homer down, to arouse from sleep, to awake: Act 12:7; (Mar 4:38 T Tr WH); passive to be awaked, wake up, (A. V. arise, often including thus the subsequent action (cf. 3 below)): Mat 25:7; Mar 4:27; (ἀπό τοῦ ὕπνου, Mat 1:24 L T Tr WH); ἐγερθείς with the imperative Mat 2:13; Mat 2:20; with a finite verb, Mat 2:14; Mat 2:21; Mat 8:26; (Luk 8:24 R G L Tr marginal reading); ἐγείρεσθε, Mat 26:46; Mar 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, Joh 5:21; Act 26:8; 2Co 1:9. ἔγειρε [Rec. ἐγεῖραι) arise, Mar 5:41; passive ἐγείρου, Luk 8:54 (R GT); ἐγέρθητι, arise from death, Luk 7:14; ἐγείρονται οἱ νεκροί, Mat 11:5; Luk 7:22; Luk 20:37; 1Co 15:15-16; 1Co 15:29; 1Co 15:32 (Isa 26:19); ἐγείρειν ἐκ νεκρῶν, from the company of the dead (cf. Winers Grammar, 123 (117); Buttmann, 89 (78)), Joh 12:1; Joh 12:9; Act 3:15; Act 4:10; Act 13:30; Rom 4:24; Rom 8:11; Rom 10:9; Gal 1:1; Eph 1:20; Col 2:12; 1Th 1:10; Heb 11:19; 1Pe 1:21; passive, Rom 6:4; Rom 6:9; Rom 7:4; 1Co 15:12; 1Co 15:20; Joh 2:22; Joh 21:14; Mar 6:16 (T WH omits; Tr brackets ἐκ νεκρῶν); Luk 9:7; (Mat 17:9 L T Tr WH text); ἀπό τῶν νεκρῶν, Mat 14:2; Mat 27:64; Mat 28:7 (νεκρόν ἐκ θανάτου καί ἐξ ᾅδου, Sir 48:5; for הֵקִיץ, 2Ki 4:31); ἐγείρειν simply: Act 5:30; Act 10:40; Act 13:37; 1Co 6:14; 2Co 4:14; passive, Mat 16:21; Mat 17:23 (L WH marginal reading ἀναστήσεται); (Mat 20:19 T Tr text WH text);; Mark ( T WH (see above));; Luk 24:6 (WH reject the clause),; Rom 4:25; 1Co 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, Joh 11:29, cf. Joh 11:20; present active imperative ἔγειρε (see above), Mar 10:49 (not Rec.), cf. Mar 10:46; hence (like the Hebrew קוּם, Gen 22:3; 1Ch 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, Mat 9:19; ἔγειρε (R G ἐγεῖραι) καί μέτρησον, Rev 11:1.

b. of one reclining: ἐγείρεται ἐκ τοῦ δείπνου, Joh 13:4; ἐγείρεσθε, Joh 14:31.

c. of one lying, to raise up: ἤγειρεν αὐτόν, Act 10:26; ἐγέρθητε arise, Mat 17:7; ἔγειρε (see above) Act 3:6 (L Tr text brackets); ἠγέρθη ἀπό τῆς γῆς, he rose from the earth, Act 9:8; to (raise up, i. e.) draw out an animal from a pit, Mat 12:11.

d. of one 'down' with disease, lying sick: active, Mar 9:27; Act 3:7; ἐγερεῖ αὐτόν ὁ κύριος, will cause him to recover, Jas 5:15; passive Mat 8:15; ἔγειρε ((Rec. ἐγεῖραι, so Griesbach (doubtfully in Matt.)), see above) arise: Mat 9:5; Joh 5:8; Act 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, Act 13:23 Rec.; ἤγειρεν αὐτοῖς τόν Δαυειδ εἰς βασιλέα, Act 13:22 (so הֵקִים, Jdg 2:18; Jdg 3:9; Jdg 3:15); passive ἐγείρομαι, to come before the public, to appear, arise": Mat 11:11; Mat 24:11; Mat 24:24; Mar 13:22; Luk 7:16; Joh 7:52 (cf. Winers Grammar, 266 (250); Buttmann, 204 (177)); contextually, to appear before a judge: Mat 12:42; Luk 11:31.

b. ἐπί τινα to raise up, incite, stir up, against one; passive to rise against: Mat 24:7; Mar 13:8; Luk 21:10.

c. to raise up i. e. cause to be born: τέκνα τίνι, Mat 3:9; Luk 3:8; κέρας σωτηρίας, Luk 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, Php 1:16-17 L T Tr WH.

d. of buildings, to raise, construct, erect: τόν ναόν, Joh 2:19 f (so הֵקִים, Deu 16:22; 1Ki 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. 1Es 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.)