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To revive

ἀναζάωStrong’s G0326

anazaō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Anazaō is the Greek word usually translated “is alive again” and “revived”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.”
Luke 15:24 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “is alive again” and “revived”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • is alive again 1
  • revived 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Luke 1
  • Romans 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἀναζάω anazaō · to revive

ἀνα-ζάω, -ῶ [in Al.: Gen.45:27 * ;] to live again, regain life (cf. cl. ἀναβιόω; Cremer, 722; and for other exx., v MM, VGT, see word): metaphorically of moral revival, Luk.15:24 (WH, mg., ἔζησεν); of sin, Rom.7:9.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “revive” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

REVI'VE, verb intransitive

[Latin revivisco; re and vivo, to live.]

  1. To return to life; to recover life.“The soul of the child came into him again, and he revived” 1 Kings 17:22
  2. To recover new life or vigor; to be reanimated after depression.“When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived” Genesis 45:27
  3. To recover from a state of neglect, oblivion, obscurity or depression.
  4. In chimistry, to recover its natural state, as a metal.
All definitions and other forms of “revive”

    REVI'VE, verb transitive

    1. To bring again to life; to reanimate.
    2. To raise from languor, depression or discouragement; to rouse; as, to revive the spirits or courage.
    3. To renew; to bring into action after a suspension; as, to revive a project or scheme that had been laid aside.
    4. To renew in the mind or memory; to recall.
    5. To recover from a state of neglect or depression; as, to revive letters or learning.
    6. To recomfort; to quicken; to refresh with joy or hope.“Wilt thou not revive us again?” Psalms 85:6
    7. To bring again into notice.
    8. In chimistry, to restore or reduce to its natural state or to its metallic state; as, to revive a metal after calcination.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.