ἀνίστημι
anistēmi
to arise
Lexicon Entry
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What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἀνίστημι (anistēmi) is a verb that means "to arise." It is used 110 times in the Bible, indicating its significance in various contexts. The word can be used in a literal sense, such as rising from a physical position, or in a figurative sense, such as rising to a new level of understanding or emerging from a difficult situation. The range of usage for ἀνίστημι is extensive, encompassing various aspects of life, including physical movement, spiritual awakening, and emotional transformation. It is often used in conjunction with other verbs to convey a sense of movement or change, such as "to rise up" or "to come forth." This versatility highlights the word's importance in conveying the idea of transition or transformation. The significance of ἀνίστημι lies in its ability to convey a sense of hope and renewal. In a world where struggles and challenges are a part of life, the concept of arising or emerging from a difficult situation offers a message of resilience and perseverance. By using this word, the authors of the Bible emphasize the possibility of transformation and growth, reminding readers that even in the darkest moments, there is always the potential for a new beginning.
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Occurrences in Scripture
110 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
As Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him, “Follow me.” He got up and followed him.
Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.
Matthew 22:24saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.’
Matthew 26:62The high priest stood up, and said to him, “Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?”
Mark 1:35Early in the morning, while it was still dark, he rose up and went out, and departed into a deserted place, and prayed there.
Mark 2:14As he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he arose and followed him.
Mark 3:26If Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can’t stand, but has an end.
Mark 5:42Immediately the girl rose up and walked, for she was twelve years old. They were amazed with great amazement.
Mark 7:24From there he arose, and went away into the borders of Tyre and Sidon. He entered into a house, and didn’t want anyone to know it, but he couldn’t escape notice.
Mark 9:9As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
Mark 9:10They kept this saying to themselves, questioning what the “rising from the dead” meant.
Mark 9:27But Jesus took him by the hand, and raised him up; and he arose.
Mark 9:31For he was teaching his disciples, and said to them, “The Son of Man is being handed over to the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, on the third day he will rise again.”
Mark 10:1He arose from there and came into the borders of Judea and beyond the Jordan. Multitudes came together to him again. As he usually did, he was again teaching them.
Mark 10:34They will mock him, spit on him, scourge him, and kill him. On the third day he will rise again.”
Mark 12:23In the resurrection, when they rise, whose wife will she be of them? For the seven had her as a wife.”
Mark 12:25For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
Luke 9:19They answered, “ ‘John the Baptizer,’ but others say, ‘Elijah,’ and others, that one of the old prophets has risen again.”
Mark 14:57Some stood up, and gave false testimony against him, saying,
Mark 14:60The high priest stood up in the middle, and asked Jesus, “Have you no answer? What is it which these testify against you?”
Mark 16:9Now when he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.
Luke 1:39Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah,
Luke 4:16He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.
Luke 4:29They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.
Luke 4:38He rose up from the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a great fever, and they begged him for her.
Luke 4:39He stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her. Immediately she rose up and served them.
Luke 5:25Immediately he rose up before them, and took up that which he was laying on, and departed to his house, glorifying God.
Luke 5:28He left everything, and rose up and followed him.
Luke 6:8But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Rise up, and stand in the middle.” He arose and stood.
Luke 8:55Her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately. He commanded that something be given to her to eat.
Luke 9:8and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the old prophets had risen again.
Luke 10:25Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?”
Luke 11:7and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it to you’?
Luke 11:8I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
Luke 11:32The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
Luke 15:18I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.
Luke 15:20“He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Luke 16:31“He said to him, ‘If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.’ ”
Luke 17:19Then he said to him, “Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you.”
Luke 18:33They will scourge and kill him. On the third day, he will rise again.”
Luke 22:45When he rose up from his prayer, he came to the disciples, and found them sleeping because of grief,
Luke 22:46and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
Luke 23:1The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.
Luke 24:7saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men and be crucified, and the third day rise again?”
Luke 24:12But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. Stooping and looking in, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he departed to his home, wondering what had happened.
Luke 24:33They rose up that very hour, returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,
Luke 24:46He said to them, “Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
John 6:39This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.
John 6:40This is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”
John 6:44No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.