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To arise

ἀνίστημιStrong’s G0450

anistēmi

Appears in 108 verses of the New Testament

In short

Anistēmi is the Greek word usually translated “having risen up”, “do rise up” and “having arisen”. It appears in 108 verses of the New Testament.

“And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.”
Matthew 9:9 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “having risen up”, “do rise up” and “having arisen”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • having risen up 32
  • do rise up 7
  • having arisen 6
  • will raise up 5
  • rose up 5
  • having stood up 4
  • to rise 4
  • he will rise again 3

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

Where it's used most
  • Acts 44
  • Luke 27
  • Mark 17
  • John 8
  • Matthew 4
  • Romans 2

10 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 108 verses, by book
Romans 2
14:915:12
1 Corinthians 1
10:7
Ephesians 1
5:14
1 Thessalonians 2
4:144:16
Hebrews 2
7:117:15
Greek dictionary

ἀνίστημι anistēmi · to arise

ἀνίστημι (ἀνά, ἵστημι), [in LXX chiefly for קוּם ;] 1. causal, in fut. and 1 aor. act., with accusative, to raise up: Act.9:41; from death, Jhn.6:39, Act.2:32; to raise up, cause to be born or appear: Mat.22:24, Act.3:22, 26. 2. Intrans., in mid. and 2 aor act.; (a) to rise: from lying, Mrk.1:35; from sitting, Luk.4:16; to leave a place, Mat.9:9; pleonastically, as Heb. קוּם, before verbs of going, Mrk.10:1, al. (see Dalman, Words, 23; M, Pr., 14); of the dead, Mat.17:23, Mrk.8:31; before ἐκ νεκρῶν, Mat.17:9, Mrk.9:9; …

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

ARI'SE, verb intransitive

s as z preterit tense arose; participle passive arisen; Heb.

  1. To ascend, mount up or move to a higher place; as, vapors arise from humid places.
  2. To emerge from below the horizon; as, the sun or a star arises or rises.
  3. To get out of bed; to leave the place or state of rest; or to leave a sitting or lying posture.“The king arose early and went to the den” Daniel 6:19
  4. To begin; to spring up; to originate.“A persecution arose about Stephen” Acts 11:19
All definitions
  1. To revive from death; to leave the grave.“Arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee life” Ephesians 5:14
  2. To begin to act; to exert power; to move from a state of inaction.
  3. To appear, or become known; to become visible, sensible or operative.
  4. To be put in motion; to swell or be agitated; as, the waves arose.
  5. To be excited or provoked; as, the wrath of the king shall arise
  6. To emerge from poverty, depression or distress.“By whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small” Amos 7:2
  7. To appear in a particular character; to enter upon an office.“There arose a new king who knew not Joseph” Exodus 1:8
  8. To begin sedition, insurrection, or mutiny; as, the men arose, or rose upon their officers.
  9. To invade, assault or begin hostility; followed by against.“When he arose against me, I caught him by the beard” 1 Samuel 17:35

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.