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King James Bible

Strongs Number: G1453


Greek Word
ἐγείρω
Transliteration
egeirō
Phonetic
eg-i'-ro
Part of Speech
Verb
Strongs Definition

to waken (transitively or intransitively) that is rouse (literally from sleep from sitting or lying from disease from death; or figuratively from obscurity inactivity ruins nonexistence)

Thayers Definition

1. to arouse, cause to rise

a. to arouse from sleep, to awake

b. to arouse from the sleep of death, to recall the dead to life

c. to cause to rise from a seat or bed etc.

d. to raise up, produce, cause to appear

1. to cause to appear, bring before the public

2. to raise up, stir up, against one

3. to raise up i.e. cause to be born

4. of buildings, to raise up, construct, erect

Origin
Probably akin to the base of G58 (through the idea of collecting one´ s faculties)
Bible Usage
awake lift (up) raise (again up) rear up (a-) rise (again up) stand take up.