Word study · Greek
anastasis
resurrection
Say it: an-AS-tas-is (approximate)
ἀνάστασις
What it means
Literally "standing up again." It is used of the resurrection of the dead. The Sadducees deny it (20:27), and Jesus teaches that those who attain it are "children of the resurrection" (20:36). It also names a theme of Simeon's prophecy, "the falling and rising of many" (2:34).
Range of meaning
- ResurrectionRising from the dead.
- RisingStanding up.
In Luke
- Chapter 20
"Children of the resurrection" (20:27, 20:33-36).
Every verse (6)
Verses where G0386 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources