Strong G339ἀνακαθίζω

to sit up

Transliteration
anakathizō
Pronunciation
an-ak-ath-id'-zo
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G303 and G2523; properly to set up that is (reflexively) to sit up: - sit up.

Detailed definition

ἀνα-καθ-ίζω
(see: καθίζω);

1. trans., to set up.

2. Intrans., to sit up: Luk.7:15 (WH, mg., ἐκάθισεν), Act.9:40 (frequently in medical writings: MM, VGT, see word).
† (AS)

In the Bible

Strong G339 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • sit2

First verses

  1. Luke 7:15
    And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
  2. Acts 9:40
    But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀνακᾰθίζω,
set up: whence middle, sit up, εἰς τὴν κλίνην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 60b.)]
II intransitive, sit up, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 3, 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 27.8)]; δὶς ἑπτὰ[μησὶν] -ει [τὰ βρέφη] [Refs (“Theologumena Arithmeticae” 48)]; of a hare listening, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.7.)]