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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