Word study · Greek
egeirō
to raise, wake, rise
Say it: eh-GAY-roh (approximate)
ἐγείρω
What it means
To wake someone from sleep, or raise them up. For the dead, to raise them to life. It's the usual New Testament verb for resurrection, in the passive: "he was raised" or "he has been raised," which points to God as the one who raises. The angel's "he has risen" in 28:6 uses this verb.
Range of meaning
- WakeRouse from sleep.
- Raise upLift or set on one's feet.
- Raise from the deadResurrection.
In Matthew
- Chapter 28
"He has risen" (28:6, 28:7).
Every verse (36)
- Matthew 1:24
- Matthew 2:13
- Matthew 2:14
- Matthew 2:20
- Matthew 2:21
- Matthew 3:9
- Matthew 8:15
- Matthew 8:25
- Matthew 8:26
- Matthew 9:5
- Matthew 9:6
- Matthew 9:7
- Matthew 9:19
- Matthew 9:25
- Matthew 10:8
- Matthew 11:5
- Matthew 11:11
- Matthew 12:11
- Matthew 12:42
- Matthew 14:2
- Matthew 16:21
- Matthew 17:7
- Matthew 17:9
- Matthew 17:23
- Matthew 20:19
- Matthew 24:7
- Matthew 24:11
- Matthew 24:24
- Matthew 25:7
- Matthew 26:32
- Matthew 26:46
- Matthew 27:52
- Matthew 27:63
- Matthew 27:64
- Matthew 28:6
- Matthew 28:7
Verses where G1453 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources