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To awake

ἐξυπνίζωStrong’s G1852

exupnizō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Exupnizō is the Greek word usually translated “may awaken”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.”
John 11:11 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “may awaken”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • i may awaken 1

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

Where it's used most
  • John 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἐξυπνίζω exupnizō · to awake

    ἐξ-υπνίζω [in LXX: Jdg.16:14, 20, 3Ki.3:13 (יָקַץ), Job.14:12 (עוּר ni.)* ;] to awaken out of sleep (= ἀφυπνίζω): with accusative of person(s), Jhn.11:11.† (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    AWA'KE, verb transitive

    preterit tense awoke, awaked; participle passive awaked. [The Latin vigilo seems to be formed on this root. See Wake.]

    1. To rouse from asleep.“I go that I may awake him out of sleep” John 11:11
    2. To excite from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity or inaction; to put into action, or new life; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.
    All definitions and other forms of “awake”

      AWA'KE, verb intransitive

      1. To cease to sleep; to come from a state of natural sleep.“Jacob awaked out of sleep” Genesis 28:16
      2. To bestir, revive or rouse from a state of inaction; to be invigorated with new life; as, the mind awakes from its stupidity.“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd” Zechariah 13:7
      3. To rouse from spiritual sleep.“Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light” Ephesians 5:14“Awake to righteousness” 1 Corinthians 15:34
      4. To rise from the dead. Job 14:12

      AWA'KE, adjective

      Not sleeping; in a state of vigilance or action.

        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.