ἘΓΕΙΡΕΣΘΑΙ, ἐγειρεσθαι
EGEIRESTHAI, egeiresthai
Sounds Like: eh-GEY-res-thai
Translations: to raise, to awaken, to arise, to stand up, to stir up, to build, to restore
From the root: ἘΓΕΙΡΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the present middle/passive infinitive form of the verb 'egeirō'. It means 'to be raised', 'to be awakened', 'to be stirred up', or 'to rise'. It can be used in contexts of physical rising (from sleep, from a seat, from death), or metaphorically for stirring up emotions, building structures, or restoring something.
Inflection: Present, Middle or Passive Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1453 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 1:33
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms — 126:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΓΕΙΡΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΓΕΙΡΟΝ — raise, wake, awaken, arouse, stir up, lift up, stand up, appear
- ἘΓΕΙΡΩ — raise, awaken, stir up, arouse, erect, build, restore
- ἨΓΕΙΡΑ — I raised, I awoke, I aroused, I stood up, I restored
- ἨΓΕΙΡΕΤΟ — was being raised, was being awakened, was being stirred up, was rising, was awakening, was stirring up
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