Quick Definition
ἀνακαθίζω v. I sit up
Strong's Definition
from 303 and 2523; properly, to set up, i.e. (reflexively) to sit up
KJV Usage: sit up
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-καθ-ίζω : 1 aor. dvexabioa; to raise one’s self and sit upright; to sit up, sit erect: Lk. vii. 15 [Lehm. mrg. WHure. ἐκάθισεν]; Acts ix. 40. (Xen. eyn. 5, 7, 19; Plut. Alex. ο. 14; and often in medical writ.; with ἑαυτόν, Plut. Philop. c. 20; mid. in sume sense, Plat. Phaedo e. 3 p. 60 b.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνακαθίζω anakathizō 2x
to set up; intrans. to sit up, Lk. 7:15; Acts 9:40*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀνα-καθ-ίζω
(v.s. καθίζω);
trans., to set up.
Intrans., to sit up: Lk 7:15 (WH, mg., ἐκάθισεν), Ac 9:40 (freq. in medical writings: MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνακαθίζω. This term, common in medical writings (Lk 7!®, Ac 9°), is found in a Christian letter of iv/A.D., which is full of NT echoes—P Oxy VI. 93935 (= Selections, p. 130) okey. . . ἀνεκτότερον ἐσχηκέναι ἀνακαθεσθεῖσα, νοσηλότερον δὲ ὅμως τὸ σωμάτιον ἔχει, “she seems . . - to be in ἃ more tolerable state in that she has sat up, but nevertheless she is still in a somewhat sickly state of body.” See Hobart, p. 11 f. > ΄ὔ ἀνακαινίζω. See s.v. ἀνακαινόω. avaxaw ow and its noun ἀνακαίνωσις have not been traced in any source earlier than Paul, who might very well coin a word of this sort—there is however no proof that he really did so. Nageli, p. 53, remarks on these and other “‘new words” of Paul that they answer in formation to that of other Κοινή words, going back to old Greek stems and only combining them afresh. Here the similar ἀνακαινίζειν (Heb 6%) exists in literature, as does ἀνακαίνισις. Did Paul not know them, so that he had to form words for his purpose, on such an analogy as dvavedw? Or were his words current in a limited district only? Thayer notes that Hermas used ἀνακαίνωσις (Vis. iii. 8°): ἡ ἀ, τῶν πνευμάτων ὑμῶν looks like a reminiscence of Rom 122, and is no warrant for independent use.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνακαθίζω (anakathizō) — to sit up. ἀνακᾰθίζω, set up: whence middle, sit up, εἰς τὴν κλίνην[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. intransitive, sit up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δὶς ἑπτὰ[μησὶν] -ει [τὰ βρέφη] [Refs]; of a hare listening, [Refs 5th c.BC+]