Resurrection
ἀνάστασιςStrong’s G0386anastasis
Appears in 40 verses of the New Testament
In short
Anastasis is the Greek word usually translated “resurrection”, “rising up” and “about resurrection”. It appears in 40 verses of the New Testament.
“The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,”
Meaning
Usually translated “resurrection”, “rising up” and “about resurrection”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- resurrection 33
- a resurrection 7
- rising up 1
- about resurrection 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 11
- Luke 6
- Matthew 4
- 1 Corinthians 4
- John 3
- Mark 2
12 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 22:28Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
- Matthew 22:30For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
- Matthew 22:31But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
- Mark 12:18Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
- Mark 12:23In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
- Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
All 40 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ἀνάστασις anastasis · resurrection
ἀνά-στασις, -εως, ή (ἀνίστημι), [in LXX: Zep.3:8 (קוּם), La 3:63 (קִימָה), קִימָה), Psa.66:1-20 title., Dan LXX 11:20, 2Ma.7:14 2Mac 12:43 * ;] 1. a raising up, awakening, rising (in Inscr. of the erection of a monument, see MM, VGT, see word): Luk.2:34. 2. a rising from the dead (see DCG, ii, 605b); (a) of Christ: Act.1:22 2:31 4:33 Rom.6:5, Php.3:10, 1Pe.3:21; ἐξ ἀ. νεκρῶν, Rom.1:4 (ICC, in l); ἐκ νεκρῶν, 1Pe.1:3; (b) of persons in OT hist. (e.g. 3Ki.17:17 ff.): Heb.11:35; …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “resurrection” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RESURREC'TION, noun
s as z. [Latin resurrectus, resurgo; re and surgo, to rise.]
- “In the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage” Matthew 22:30
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.