Strong’s G450 · Greek
ἀνίστημι
anístēmi
Definition
to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
Etymology
from G303 (ἀνά) and G2476 (ἵστημι);
Where the KJV renders it
- arise
- lift up
- raise up (again)
- rise (again)
- stand up(-right)
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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