To rouse
עוּרStrong’s H5782ur
Appears in 65 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Ur is the Hebrew word usually translated “awake”, “about to rouse” and “wielded”. It appears in 65 verses of the Old Testament.
“And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.”
Meaning
- To rouse oneself, awake, awaken, incite(Qal) to rouse oneself, awake · (Niphal) to be roused · (Polel) to stir up, rouse, incite · (Hithpolel) to be excited, be triumphant · (Hiphil)
How it's translated
- awake 18
- about to rouse 4
- he wielded 3
- and he stirred up 3
- it stirs up 2
- he stirred up 2
- they will be roused 2
- i will waken 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 13
- Psalms 9
- Job 6
- Song of Solomon 6
- Jeremiah 6
- Zechariah 4
20 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 11:25In contextAnd he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.
- Zechariah 2:13In contextBe silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
- Zechariah 4:1In contextAnd the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep,
- Zechariah 9:13In contextWhen I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.
- Zechariah 13:7In contextAwake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
- Deuteronomy 32:11As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
All 65 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
עוּר ur · to rouse
1) to rouse oneself, awake, awaken, incite 1a) (Qal) to rouse oneself, awake 1b) (Niphal) to be roused 1c) (Polel) to stir up, rouse, incite 1d) (Hithpolel) to be excited, be triumphant 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to rouse, stir up 1e2) to act in an aroused manner, awake
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rouse” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ROUSE, verb transitive
rouz. [This word, written also arouse, seems to belong to the family of raise or rush. See Raise.]
- To wake from sleep or repose. Genesis 49:9
- To excite to thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity or inattention.
- To put into action; to agitate.
- To drive a beast from his den or place of rest.
All definitions and other forms of “rouse”
ROUSE, verb intransitive
- To awake from sleep or repose.
- To be excited to thought or action from a state of indolence, sluggishness, languor or inattention.
ROUSE, verb intransitive
In seamen's language, to pull together upon a cable, etc. without the assistance of tackles or other mechanical power.
ROUSE, noun
rouz.
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.