Strong G1881ἐπανίστημι

to rebel against

Transliteration
epanistamai
Pronunciation
ep-an-is'-tam-ahee
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

Middle voice from G1909 and G450; to stand up on that is (figuratively) to attack: - rise up against.

Detailed definition

ἐπ-αν-ίστημι
[in LXX chiefly for קוּם;]
to raise up against; mid., to rise up against: before ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), Mat.10:21, Mrk.13:12.†
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In the Bible

Strong G1881 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • rise2

First verses

  1. Matthew 10:21
    And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
  2. Mark 13:12
    Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπαν-ίστημι,
set up again, τὰ τείχη [prev. work] 778d.
2 make to rise against, ἄνδρας ἐκ χαράδρας ἐ. τινί [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sertorius” 13)]; raise in revolt against, Ἰβηρίαν Ῥωμαίοις [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Ἰβηρική” 101.)]
3 cause to arise, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.654f.)]
II passive, with future middle [Refs 5th c.BC+ ((5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.62, 1.89))], aorist 2 and perfect active, stand up after another or at his word, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, οἱ δ᾽ ἐπανέστησαν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.85.)]
II.b rise from bed, rise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 539; ἐπὶ τοῦ καταστρώματος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.4.18)]; rise to speak, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Smp.” 4.2, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.46)]; of buildings, in perfect, to be raised or built, ἢν τοῦτ᾽ ἐπανεστήκῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 554)]: with genitive, rise above, ἱερῷ -στηκότι τῆς ἀγορᾶς [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.50)]; ταῖς -ισταμέναις [ἐκ add. codex unus] τῶν ὑδάτων πομφόλυξιν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.75.)]
II.2 rise up against, rise in insurrection against, τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.89, 130, 3.62; τῷ δήμῳ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.115, etc.; τοῖς πράγμασι 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 1.19)]: absolutely, rise in insurrection, opposed to ἀφίσταμαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.39, +others; οἱ ἐπανεστεῶτες)]the insurgents, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.63: with)]infinitive, ἐάν τις τυραννεῖν ἐπαναστῇ if any one aim at tyranny, Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.97)]; in mal. participle, ἐ. ἀλλήλοις πώγωνας ἔχουσι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 217c; παρθένοις 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 15.)]
II.3 in Medicine texts, of tumours, etc., rise, swell, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προρρητικόν” 1.165; [ὦτα] ἐπανεστηκότα)]projecting, prorninent, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 691a13)]; λόφος αὐτῶν τῶν πτερῶν ἐ. crest which sticks up and is composed of feathers, [Refs ([prev. author] “HA” 504b10.)]