Word study · Greek

egeirō

to raise, wake, rise

Say it: eh-GAY-roh (approximate)

ἐγείρω

What it means

To raise. "Through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead" (2:12) and "if then you were raised together with Christ" (3:1).

Range of meaning

  • WakeRouse from sleep.
  • Raise upLift or set on one's feet.
  • Raise from the deadResurrection.

In Colossians

  • Chapter 2

    "Through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead" (2:12).

  • Chapter 3

    "If then you were raised together with Christ" (3:1).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G1453 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources