Strong G1892ἐπεγείρω
to awaken/rouse
- Transliteration
- epegeirō
- Pronunciation
- ep-eg-i'-ro
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπ-εγείρω
[in LXX for עוּר hi., קוּם hi., etc.;]
to rouse up, excite: C. accusative of thing(s), διωγμόν, Act.13:50; ψυχάς, Act.14:2.†
(AS)
[in LXX for עוּר hi., קוּם hi., etc.;]
to rouse up, excite: C. accusative of thing(s), διωγμόν, Act.13:50; ψυχάς, Act.14:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1892 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- raise1
- stir1
First verses
- Acts 13:50But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
- Acts 14:2But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπεγ-είρω,
awaken, rouse up, τινά [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.431, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 469, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 83)]:—passive, to be roused from sleep, wake up, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], only in aorist forms ἐπέγρετο, ἐπεγρόμενος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.124, 14, 256, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.57; μέχρι ἐπέγρωνται 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου” 1; φεύγετε.. ἄνδρ᾽ ἐπεγειρόμενον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1083 (_anapaest meter_); δόξαι, αἳ ἐρωτήσει ἐπεγερθεῖσαι ἐπιστῆμαι γίγνονται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 86a)]: perfect ἐπήγερται is uncertain reading in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Zeux.” 4.)]
II metaphorically, awaken, excite, πόλεμον εὕδοντ᾽ [NT+6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.19; διωγμόν NT.Act.13.50; τὸ πάλαι κείμενον κακόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 510 (Lyric poetry); ἐπὶ.. θρῆνον ἐ. [prev. work] 1778 (_anapaest meter_))]; ὅσον ἑσμὸν λόγων ἐπεγείρετε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 450b)]; stir up, τὸ Ἑλληνικόν [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.139; τὰς ψυχάς NT.Act.14.2; ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν νεότητα μνήμῃ ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 657d; τοῦ ἐπεγείροντος ὥσπερ μύωπος δεήσει 5th-4th c.BC: Socratis et Socraticorum Epistulae “Ep.” 1.6:—)]passive, ἐπηγέρθη [ἡ Ταλθυβίου μῆνις] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.137; ἐπηγείροντο ταῖς ψυχαῖς 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.52.)]
III erect, raise, τὰς ἀκάνθας -ων erecting his prickles, like certain fish when irritated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Comica Adespota” 1338 (= [5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus] “fragment” 1121); ὅταν ἐπεγερθῶσιν φλύκταιναι 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 17.5.)]
awaken, rouse up, τινά [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.431, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 469, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 83)]:—passive, to be roused from sleep, wake up, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus)], only in aorist forms ἐπέγρετο, ἐπεγρόμενος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.124, 14, 256, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.57; μέχρι ἐπέγρωνται 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου” 1; φεύγετε.. ἄνδρ᾽ ἐπεγειρόμενον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1083 (_anapaest meter_); δόξαι, αἳ ἐρωτήσει ἐπεγερθεῖσαι ἐπιστῆμαι γίγνονται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 86a)]: perfect ἐπήγερται is uncertain reading in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Zeux.” 4.)]
II metaphorically, awaken, excite, πόλεμον εὕδοντ᾽ [NT+6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 4.19; διωγμόν NT.Act.13.50; τὸ πάλαι κείμενον κακόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 510 (Lyric poetry); ἐπὶ.. θρῆνον ἐ. [prev. work] 1778 (_anapaest meter_))]; ὅσον ἑσμὸν λόγων ἐπεγείρετε [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 450b)]; stir up, τὸ Ἑλληνικόν [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.139; τὰς ψυχάς NT.Act.14.2; ἡμᾶς εἰς τὴν νεότητα μνήμῃ ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 657d; τοῦ ἐπεγείροντος ὥσπερ μύωπος δεήσει 5th-4th c.BC: Socratis et Socraticorum Epistulae “Ep.” 1.6:—)]passive, ἐπηγέρθη [ἡ Ταλθυβίου μῆνις] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.137; ἐπηγείροντο ταῖς ψυχαῖς 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 14.52.)]
III erect, raise, τὰς ἀκάνθας -ων erecting his prickles, like certain fish when irritated, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Comica Adespota” 1338 (= [5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus] “fragment” 1121); ὅταν ἐπεγερθῶσιν φλύκταιναι 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 17.5.)]