Quick Definition
διεγείρω v. I wake out of sleep, I arouse
Strong's Definition
from 1223 and 1453; to wake fully; i.e. arouse (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: arise, awake, raise, stir up
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. διήγειρα · aor.pass.ptc. διεγερθείς | ἐγείρω
23.77 · Physiological Processes and States · Sleep, Waking
to cause to wake up, to awaken someone, to wake up someone to cause someone to awaken
90.52 · Case · Agent in a Causative Role Marked by Verbs
to cause a marker of a causative relation, with the implication of a significant change in state
23.74 · (διεγείρομαι[a]) · Physiological Processes and States · Sleep, Waking
to wake up, to become awake to become awake after sleeping
14.20 · (διεγείρομαι[b]) · Physical Events and States · Events Involving Liquids and Dry Masses
to become rough, to become stormy (a figurative extension of meaning of διεγείρομαι[a] ‘to become awake from sleep,’ 23.74) to become rough, in reference to a surface of water In describing a rough surface of a body of water, one may say in some languages ‘there were many waves’ or ‘the waves were very big.’ In other languages one may speak of a rough surface of a body of water by an idiomatic expression, for example, ‘the face of the water was foaming’ or ‘the water was angry.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δι-εγείρω ; 1 aor. διήγειρα; Pass., impf. διηγειρόμην [but Tr WH (Tedd. 2, 7) διεγείρετο in Jn. vi. 18, cf. B. 34 (30); WH. App. p. 161]; 1 aor. ptep. διεγερθείς ; to wake up, awaken, arouse (from repose; differing from the simple eyeipw, which has a wider meaning); from sleep: τινά, Mk. iv. 38 [here T Tr WH eyeipovow]; Lk. viii. 24; pass., Lk. viii. 24 T Tr txt. WH; Mk. iv. 39; with the addition ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕπνου, Mt. i. 24 (LT Tr WH ἐγερθείς) ; from repose, quiet: in pass. of the sea, which begins to be agitated, to rise, Jn. vi. 18. Metaph. to arouse the mind; stir up, render active: 2 Pet. i. 13; iii. 1, as in 2 Mace. xv. 10, τινὰ τοῖς θυμοῖς. (Several times in the O.T. Apocr. [ef. W. 102 (97)]; Hippoer., [Aristot.], Hdian.; occasionally in Anthol.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διεγείρω diegeirō 6x
to arouse or awake thoroughly, Mt. 1:24; Mk. 4:38, 39; Lk. 8:24; pass. to be raised, excited, agitated, as a sea, Jn. 6:18; met. to stir up, arouse, animate, 2 Pet. 1:13; 3:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** δι-εγείρω
[in LXX: Jth 1:4, Es 1:1, II Mac 7:21 15:10, III Mac 5:15 * ;]
to arouse completely, arouse as from rest or sleep: Lk 8:24; pass., Mk 4:39, Lk 8:24; of the sea, Jo 6:18. Metaph., of the mind: ἐν ὑπομνήσει, II Pe 1:13 3:1.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διεγείρω Numb 144, we may quote P Lille I. 2811 (iii/B.c.) αὐτοῖς ἐδώκαμεν μεσίτην Δωρ[(Πὠν[α, ‘nous leur avons donne pour arbitre Dorion’’ (Edd.), P Flor I. 253 (a.p, 265) δίδομεν καὶ προσαγγέλλομεν τὸν ὑπογεγραμμένον εἰς δεσμοφυλακείαν : cf. 7b. 91° (ii/A.D.) ἐδόθην εἰς ἑϊ τέραν αὖ λιτουργία]ν, and P Oxy IX. 1195! (A.D. 135) ᾿Απολλωνίωι κριτῆι δοθέντι ὑπὸ Tletpwvlov Μαμερτείνου τοῦ κρατίστου ἡγεμόνος. Similarly Deissmann (Z4£, p. 117) disposes of the “ Latinism ”’ in Lk 1258 by reference to a letter of B.C. 2 written in vulgar Greek, P Oxy IV. 7421, δὸς ἐργασία[ν, ‘give your attention to it,’’ and to the occurrence of the same phrase in the unpublished P Bremen 18 (c. A.D. 118), He also cites OG/S 441° (b.c. 81) φροντίζωσιν διδῶσίν τε ἐργασίαν, “may they take heed and give diligence’’ (but see Dittenberger’s note). Ilerwerden (Zev. s.v.) illustrates the elliptical use (e.g. Rev 2538) from Rey. pap. Lips. 13}: ὃ ὁ ἄλλος λίθῳ ϑέδωκεν τῷ vid pov, sc. πληγήν : cf. our “ἡ gave it him with a stick.’’ For δίδωμι ἐμαυτόν τινι or ὑπέρ twos (as 2 Cor 85, Tit 274) cf. P Par 477° (¢. B.C. 153) (= Witkowski#, p. 90) t καὶ αὑτοὺς δεδώκαμεν Kal ἀποπεπτώκαμεν ὑπὸ τῶν θεῶν Kal πιστεύοντες τὰ ἐνύπνια, and see Nageli, p. 56. he There is a suggestive use of 8. in the question addressed to an oracle, P Oxy IX. 12138 (ii/A.D.) ἀξιοῖ Μένανδρος [εἰ] δέδοταί por γαμῆσαι : [τοῦ]τό μοι δός ΚΜ asks, is it granted me to marry ? (Ed.), so Wessely Spec. g7. 12, 26 εἶ οὐ [δέ]δοταί por συμβιGoa. Ταπεθεῦ[τι ; (cf. Archiv v. p. 232). There is the same collocation of verbs in Mt 101}, where it is implied that there are those ots οὐ δέδοται. For δός at the end of the first oracle cf. P Oxy VIII. 11499 (ii/A.D.): it answers to TOUTS μοι σύμφωνον ἔνενκε in 10. 1148, and Kipwo[dv] μοι τοῦτο τὸ γραπτόν in Wessely’s oracle. Δὸς πεῖν (as in Jn 47) may be cited from P Leid ΨΥ ν11. 9 (1 A.D.). On the forms of this verb, which was rapidly coming over into the -w class, like other -p. verbs in the Hellenistic age—cf. MGr δίδω, δίνω or Sévw—see FS, p. 192, CX xy. pp- 37 f., 436, xvili. pp. 111 f., and the editor’s note on P Oxy VIT. 105318. On 74. 1066! (iii/A.D.) ἔλεγέν μοι ᾿Απόλλων ὅτι οὐδέν por ἔδωσεν, attention is drawn to ἔδωσεν as Answer me this”’ “*a rather early instance of the sigmatic form which is occasionally found in writers of the decadence.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διεγείρω (diegeirō) — to arouse. διεγ-είρω, wake up, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; stir up, arouse, [LXX]; excite, promote, αὔξησιν φυτοῦ [Refs]:—passive, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; to be raised up from a sick-bed, [Refs 1st c.AD+]aorist διέγρετο[Refs]
II. raise, τὸν αὐχένα [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, πύλας διεγειρομένας εἰς ὕψος πηχῶν ἑβδομήκοντα [LXX+5th c.AD+]