Quick Definition
ἐξανίστημι v. I raise up, rise up
Strong's Definition
from 1537 and 450; objectively, to produce, i.e. (figuratively) beget; subjectively, to arise, i.e. (figuratively) object
KJV Usage: raise (rise) up
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἐξανέστησα · subj.3sg. ἐξαναστήσῃ | ἵστημι
17.11 · Stances and Events Related to Stances · Stand
to stand up to stand up in a manner distinct from someone else
23.59 · Physiological Processes and States · Birth, Procreation
Collocation: ἐξανίστημι σπέρμα
to beget, to procreate, to become the father of (an idiom, literally: to raise up seed) the male role in begetting children In contexts such as MAT 22:24, MRK 12:19, and LUK 20:28 it may be important to add a note concerning levirate responsibilities, that is to say, the requirement for a younger brother to beget children by a deceased older brother’s wife and the reckoning of such an offspring as being the descendant of the older deceased brother.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐξ-αν-ίστημι: 1 aor. ἐξανέστησα; 2 aor. ἐξινέστην; 1. to make rise up, to raise up, to produce: omeppa, Mk. xii. 19; Lk. xx. 28, (Hebr. yo, op, Gen. xxviii. 8). 2. 2 aor. act. to rise in an assembly to speak (as in Xen. an. 6, 1, 30): Acts xv. 5.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐξανίστημι exanistēmi 3x
to cause to rise up, raise up; from the Hebrew, to raise up into existence, Mk. 12:19; Lk. 20:28; intrans. to rise up from, stand forth, Acts 15:5*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐξ-ανίστημι
[in LXX chiefly for קוּם ;]
trans., to raise up: σπέρμα (cf. Ge 38:8), Mk 12:19, Lk 20:28.
In 2 aor. act., intrans., to rise: Ac 15:5.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐξανίστημι. The verb is used in a juristic sense in P Petr III. Ζι()}Ὁ (B.C. 226-225) (Ξε Ολγεσί. II. p. 77) πάντας δικαστὰς πλὴν οὗ ἂν ἑκάτερος αὐτῶν ἐξανασίτήσηι κατὰ τὸ] διάγραμμα, “6 4}} judges with the exception of those whom both parties > , € ξαπατάω reject,” literally ‘ cause to stand down” from the places they occupy: see further P Hal I. p. 205 ff. Cf. νὴ 87914 (end of iii/B.c.) ἐξανίστασθαι ἐκ τῆς κηδείας (“ mourning”’) . τὰς γυναῖκας.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐξανίστημι (exanistēmi) — to raise up. ἐξαν-ίστημι:
I. causal in present, imperfect, future, and aorist 1:
I.1. raise up, τοὺς θανόντας [Refs 5th c.BC+]; make one rise from his seat, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; bid one rise from suppliant posture, ἐγώ σ᾽ ἕδρας ἐκ τῆσδε.. ἐξαναστήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. τὴν ἐνέδραν order the men in ambush to rise, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. make a tribe emigrate, remove or expel, ἐ. τινὰς ἐκ τῶν νήσων, ἐξ ἠθέων, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. πόλεως bid one depart from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. b challenge a juror, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
I.3. depopulate, destroy, πόλιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.4. ἐ. θηρία rouse them from their lair, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.5. τουτὶ ἐ., erigere penem, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. intransitive in passive, with aorist 2, perfect and pluperfect active:
II.1. stand up from one's seat, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁδῶν τινί, in courtesy, [Refs]; rise to speak, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rise from ambush, λόχου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; rise after dinner, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξαναστῶμεν εἰς τὴν αὐλήν let us rise and go into.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. with genitive, arise and depart from, emigrate from, Λακεδαίμονος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, break up, depart, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. to be driven out from one's home, to be forced to emigrate, ἐξ ἠθέων ὑπό τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. of places, to be depopulated, ἐξαναστάσης πάσης Πελοποννήσου ὑπὸ Δωριέων [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5. rise to go to stool, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6. rise from the plain, of a mountain, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.6. b so of ulcers, rise, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of an excrescence, κέρχνος ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]