Quick Definition
ἀνίστημι v. I raise up, set up, rise from
Strong's Definition
from 303 and 2476; to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
KJV Usage: arise, lift up, raise up (again), rise (again), stand up(-right)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | πηδάω (jump)
15.241 · Linear Movement · Jump, Leap
to leap up, to jump up to leap or spring up, presumably from a seated position
verb | fut. ἀναστήσω · 1aor. ἀνέστησα · ptc. ἀναστήσας · 2aor. ἀνέστην · subj. ἀναστῶ · impv. ἀνάστα, ἀνάστηθι · inf. ἀναστῆναι · ptc. ἀναστάς | ἵστημι
17.7 · Stances and Events Related to Stances · Stand
to cause to stand, to raise up to cause someone to stand up
23.94 · Physiological Processes and States · Live, Die
to raise to life, to make live again to cause someone to live again after having once died
JHN 6:39 · JHN 6:40 · JHN 6:44 · JHN 6:54 · ACT 2:24 · ACT 2:32 · ACT 3:26 · ACT 13:33 · ACT 13:34 · ACT 17:31 · EPH 5:14 · 1TH 4:14 · 1TH 4:16
23.59 · Physiological Processes and States · Birth, Procreation
Collocation: ἀνίστημι 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.
17.6 · (ἀνίσταμαι, (and 2nd aorist active)) · Stances and Events Related to Stances · Stand
to stand up to assume a standing position
MAT 12:41 · MAT 26:62 · MRK 14:57 · MRK 14:60 · LUK 4:16 · LUK 4:39 · LUK 5:25 · LUK 8:55 · LUK 10:25 · LUK 11:7 · LUK 11:8 · LUK 11:32 · LUK 22:46 · JHN 11:31 · ACT 1:15 · ACT 5:34 · ACT 9:6 · ACT 9:11 · ACT 9:18 · ACT 9:34 · ACT 9:34 · ACT 9:39 · ACT 9:40 · ACT 10:13 · ACT 10:20 · ACT 10:23 · ACT 10:26 · ACT 11:7 · ACT 11:28 · ACT 12:7 · ACT 13:16 · ACT 14:10 · ACT 14:20 · ACT 15:7 · ACT 22:10 · ACT 22:16 · ACT 23:9 · ACT 26:16 · ACT 26:30 · 1CO 10:7
15.36 · (ἀνίσταμαι, (and 2nd aorist active)) · Linear Movement · Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send
to depart, to go away from, to leave to move away from a reference point, with the possible implication of ‘getting up and leaving’
MAT 9:9 · MRK 1:35 · MRK 2:14 · MRK 7:24 · MRK 9:27 · MRK 10:1 · LUK 1:39 · LUK 4:29 · LUK 4:38 · LUK 5:28 · LUK 6:8 · LUK 15:18 · LUK 15:20 · LUK 17:19 · LUK 22:45 · LUK 23:1 · LUK 24:12 · LUK 24:33 · ACT 8:26 · ACT 8:27
13.81 · (ἀνίσταμαι, (and 2nd aorist active)) · Be, Become, Exist, Happen · Exist
to come into existence, to appear, to arise to come into existence, with the implication of assuming a place or position
ACT 3:22 · ACT 5:37 · ACT 6:9 · ACT 7:18 · ACT 20:30 · ROM 15:12 · HEB 7:11 · HEB 7:15
23.93 · (ἀνίσταμαι, (and 2nd aorist active)) · Physiological Processes and States · Live, Die
to come back to life, to live again, to be resurrected, resurrection to come back to life after having once died In a number of languages there is a difficulty involved in formulating some expression for ‘resurrection’ or ‘living again,’ since such a phrase may refer to what is technically known as metempsychosis, that is to say, the rebirth of the soul in another existence, a belief which is widely held in a number of areas of south Asia. This problem may be avoided in some languages by speaking of ‘his body will live again’ or ‘his body will come back to life’ or ‘he will be the same person when he lives again.’
MRK 5:42 · MRK 8:31 · MRK 9:9 · MRK 9:10 · MRK 9:31 · MRK 10:34 · MRK 12:23 · MRK 12:25 · MRK 16:9 · LUK 9:8 · LUK 9:19 · LUK 16:31 · LUK 18:33 · LUK 24:7 · LUK 24:46 · JHN 11:23 · JHN 11:24 · JHN 20:9 · ACT 10:41 · ACT 17:3
1 It is possible that ἐπανίστημι and ἐπίστασις[b], with the prefix ἐπι, differ in some measure from ἀνίστημι[h] and στάσις[a] by virtue of the prefixal element which may suggest action directed specifically toward some object, but there is insufficient contextual evidence to support such distinct meanings.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀν-ίστημι : fut. ἀναστήσω; 1 aor. ἀνέστησα: 2 aor. ἀνἔστην, impy. ἀνάστηθι and (Acts xii. 7; Eph. v. 14 and L WH tat. in Acts ix. 11) ἀνάστα (W. § 14, 1h.; [B. 47 (40)]); Mid., pres. ἀνίσταμαι: fut. ἀναστήσομαι; [fr. Hom. down]; I. Transitively, in the pres. 1 aor. and fut. act., to cause to rise, raise up, (Dp); a. prop. of one lying down: Actsix.41. b. toraise up from death: Jn. vi. 39 sq. 44, 54; Acts ii. 32; xiii. 34, (so in Grk. writ.). ο. to raise up, cause to be born:
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνίστημι anistēmi 108x
trans. to cause to stand up or rise, Acts 9:41; to raise up, as the dead, Jn. 6:39; to raise up into existence, Mt. 22:24; intrans. and mid., to rise up, Mt. 9:9; to rise up into existence, Acts 7:18; 20:30
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀν-ίστημι (ἀνά, ἵστημι), [in LXX chiefly for קוּם;]
causal, in fut. and 1 aor. act., c. acc., to raise up: Ac 9:41; from death, Jo 6:39, Ac 2:32; to raise up, cause to be born or appear: Mt 22:24, Ac 3:22, 26.
Intrans., in mid. and 2 aor act.; to rise: from lying, Mk 1:35; from sitting, Lk 4:16; to leave a place, Mt 9:9; pleonastically, as Heb. קוּם, before verbs of going, Mk 10:1, al. (v. Dalman, Words, 23; M, Pr., 14); of the dead, Mt 17:23, Mk 8:31; seq. ἐκ νεκρῶν, Mt 17:9, Mk 9:9;
to arise, appear: Ac 5:36, Ro 15:12 (cf. ἐπ-, ἐξ- ἀνίστημι, and v. Cremer, 306, 738; MM, VGT, s.v.).
SYN.: ἐγείρω.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνίστημι. P Amh II. 684 (late i/a.p.) has ἀρούρας . . . ὑπὸ ἀμφοτέρων τῶν πρὸς χρείαις διὰ τῶν λόγων ἀνασταθείσας = ‘‘reported” or the like. The transitive tenses are common in the sense of ‘‘setting up” a statue; cf. P Oxy IV. 70725 (c. A.D. 136) ἀνασ[τῆ]σαί τε τὰς τοῦ κτήματος Kal πωμαρίου πλάτας ἐπὶ μέτροις, ‘that he should restore on a certain scale the walls (?) of the vineyard and orchard” (Edd.), BGU II. 362%%4 (A.D. 215) (= Chrest. 1. p. 127) εἰς ὑπηρεσίαν τοῦ ἀναστίαθ]έντος θείου κ[ολοσ]σιαίου ἀνδριάντος. The formula became so common for setting up a gravestone that ἀνέστησα alone, with accus. of person buried, became current in E. Phrygia and Lycaonia (Ramsay C. and B., ii. p. 732). P Oxy VIII. 1161® (Christian letter, iv/A.D.) μὴ δυναμένη ἀναστῆναι ἐκ τῆς κοίτης pov, will serve as an instance of the intransitive use. One very interesting passage is added by a restoration of Wilcken’s in P Tebt II. 285! (A.p. 121-38)—see Archiv v. p. 232: ἀνασ[τὰ]ς εἰς [σ]υμ[βούλιον κ]αὶ σκεψάμ[ενος με]τ[ἃ τ]ῶν [-.«. With this reference to assessors Wilcken compares Ac 26%,
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνίστημι (anistēmi) — to arise. ἀνίστημι, causal in present ἀνίστημι (later ἀνιστάω [Refs 2nd c.AD+]imperfect ἀνίστην: future ἀναστήσω, poetry ἀνστήσω: aorist 1 ἀνέστησα, Epic dialect ἄνστησα, Aeolic dialect 3rd.pers.plural ὄστασαν[Refs 5th c.AD+]: perfect ἀνέστακα[LXX+2nd c.AD+]aorist 1 middle ἀνεστησάμην (see. below [Refs]
I. make to stand up, raise up, γέροντα δὲ χειρὸς ἀνίστη he raised the old man up by his hand, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.2. raisefrom sleep, wake up, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.3. raise from the dead, οὐδέ μιν ἀνστήσεις[Refs 8th c.BC+]; from misery or misfortune, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.4. produce a witness, etc. (compare 111.6), προφήτην ὑμῖν ἀ. ὁ Θεός[NT]
I.5. after [Refs 8th c.BC+] also of things, set up, build, στήλας variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνδριάντα ἐς Δελφούς Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so ἀ. τινὰ χρυσοῦν, χαλκοῦν (in pure Attic ἱστάναι), set up a golden, brazen statue of him, [Refs 1st c.AD+] —so in aorist 1 middle, ἀναστήσασθαι πόλιν build oneself a city, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνεστήσαντο δὲ βωμούς they set them up altars, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
I.5. b build up again, restore, τείχη[Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.6. put up for sale, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. rouse to action, stir up, ἀλλ᾽ ἴθι νῦν Αἴαντα.. ἄνστησον[Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.: with dative person, raise up against another, τούτῳ δὲ πρόμον ἄλλον ἀναστήσουσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: rouse to arms, raise troops, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀναστήσας ἦγε στρατόν he called up his troops and marched them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. make people rise, break up an assembly by force, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ἐκκλησίαν ἀναστῆσαι adjourn it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2. make people emigrate, transplant (compare below [Refs 8th c.BC+]
III.3. make suppliants rise and leave sanctuary, [Refs 5th c.BC+] make an army decamp, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III.4. ἀ. ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα make to ascend the tribune, [Refs]
III.5. of sportsmen, put up game, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.6. μάρτυρα ἀναστής ασθαί τινα call him as one's witness, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B intransitive in present and imperfect ἀνίσταμαι, -μην, in future ἀναστήσομαι, in aorist 2 ἀνέστην (but ἀναστῶ, for ἀναστήσω, [Refs 5th c.BC+], participle ἀστάς[Refs]perfect ἀνέστηκα, Attic dialect pluperfect ἀνεστήκ; also perfect ἀνεστέασι[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist passive ἀνεστάθην, Aeolic dialect participle ὀσταθείς[Refs 5th c.AD+]:—stand up, rise, especially to speak, τοῖσι δ᾽ ἀνέστη[Refs 8th c.BC+]future participle, ἀ. λέξων, κατηγορήσων, etc.: so with infinitive, ἀνέστη μαντεύεσθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+]: in participle, ἀναστὰς εἶπε[Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, rise from one's seat as a mark of respect, θεοὶ δ᾽ ἅμα πάντες ἀνέσταν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ βωμοῦ [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.2 rise from bed or sleep, ἐξ εὐνῆς ἀνστᾶσα[Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ἀνιστάμην ἐκ κλίνης, of a sick person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, rise from sleep, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.3 rise from the dead, [Refs 8th c.BC+] __B.4 rise from an illness, recover, ἐκ τῆς νούσου[Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.5 rise as a champion, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θανάτων χώρᾳ πύργος ἀνέστα [Oedipus] [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence with dative, stand up [to fight against..], Ἀγκαῖον.., ὅς μοι ἀνέστη[Refs 8th c.BC+]; see above [Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.6 rise up, rear itself, πύργοι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of statues, etc., to be set up, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.7 to be set up, βασιλεύς as king, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.8 of a river, rise, ἐξ ὀρέων[Refs 1st c.AD+] __B.9 perfect participle, γῆ γηλόφοισιν ἀνεστηκυῖα[Refs 2nd c.AD+]: metaphorically, lofty, ἀ. τὴν ψυχὴν γενόμενος[Refs 4th c.BC+] __B.II rise to go, set out, go away, εἰς Ἄργος[Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.2 to be compelled to migrate (above [Refs 5th c.BC+]: of a country, to be depopulated, χώρα ἀνεστηκυῖα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡσυχάσασα ἡ Ἑλλὰς καὶ οὐκέτι ἀνισταμένη no longer subject to migration, [Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.II.3 of a law-court, rise, [Refs] __B.II.4 cease, οὐκ, ἀνέστη ἕως ἐνίκησε σκορπίσαι[Refs]