What does νεκρός · ἀνίστημι mean in the Bible?
νεκρός · ἀνίστημι is a Greek phrase meaning "rise from the dead".
Greek · G3498, G450
ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ
Dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun) · to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
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νεκρός G3498 dead (literally or figuratively; also as noun)
Pronunciation nekrós
Spiritually inoperative or powerless; used of faith, sin, and spiritual deadness in sin apart from Christ.
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ἀνίστημι G450 to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)
Pronunciation anístēmi
To raise up or rise; distinctively denotes emergence or appearance of a person or movement into prominence.
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What does ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστῇ (ek nekrōn anastē) mean in the Bible?
νεκρός · ἀνίστημι is a Greek phrase meaning "rise from the dead".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G3498, G450?
G3498, G450 is connected to 128 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. rise from the dead
Source Gloss
rise from the dead
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 128 Case pattern Genitive (77) Number pattern Plural (111)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 11:5 · Matt 28:4 · Luke 7:22 · Luke 20:37 · John 5:25 · 1 Cor 15:15 · 1 Cor 15:16 · 1 Cor 15:29 · 1 Cor 15:32 · 1 Cor 15:35 · 1 Cor 15:52 · 1 Thess 4:16 · Rev 14:13 · Rev 20:12 14×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Mark 9:26 · Luke 7:15 · Luke 15:24 · Luke 15:32 · Acts 20:9 · Rev 1:17 · Rev 1:18 · Rev 2:8 · Rev 3:1 9×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Rom 7:8 · Jas 2:17 · Jas 2:26 3×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Rom 8:10 · Jas 2:26 2×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 14:2 · Matt 17:9 · Matt 22:31 · Matt 22:32 · Matt 23:27 · Matt 27:64 · Matt 28:7 · Mark 6:14 · Mark 9:9 · Mark 9:10 · Mark 12:25 · Mark 12:26 · Mark 12:27 · Luke 9:7 · Luke 16:30 · Luke 16:31 74×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Heb 6:1 · Heb 9:14 2×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Rev 16:3 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Heb 9:17 · 1 Pet 4:6 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 8:22 · Matt 10:8 · Luke 9:60 · John 5:21 · Acts 26:8 · Rom 4:17 · Rom 6:11 · 2 Cor 1:9 · Eph 2:1 · Eph 2:5 · Col 2:13 · 2 Tim 4:1 · Heb 11:35 · 1 Pet 4:5 · Rev 20:12 · Rev 20:13 19×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Acts 5:10 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 108 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 90 future 15 present 3
Voice
active 96 middle 12
Mood
participle 50 indicative 36 imperative 9 infinitive 8 subjunctive 5
NT Occurrences
Matthew 9:9 ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Matthew 12:41 ἀναστήσονται future middle indicative prospective Matthew 22:24 ἀναστήσει future active indicative prospective Matthew 26:62 ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Mark 1:35 ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Mark 2:14 ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Mark 3:26 ἀνέστη aorist active indicative completed Mark 5:42 ἀνέστη aorist active indicative completed Mark 7:24 ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Mark 8:31 ἀναστῆναι aorist active infinitive infinitive Mark 9:10 ἀναστῆναι aorist active infinitive infinitive Mark 9:27 ἀνέστη aorist active indicative completed Mark 9:31 ἀναστήσεται future middle indicative prospective Mark 9:9 ἀναστῇ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 10:1 ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Mark 10:34 ἀναστήσεται future middle indicative prospective Mark 10:50 ἀναπηδήσας aorist active participle participle Mark 12:23 ἀναστῶσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 12:25 ἀναστῶσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Mark 14:57 ἀναστάντες aorist active participle participle Mark 14:60 ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Mark 16:9 Ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Luke 1:39 Ἀναστᾶσα aorist active participle participle Luke 4:16 ἀνέστη aorist active indicative completed Luke 4:29 ἀναστάντες aorist active participle participle Luke 4:38 Ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Luke 4:39 ἀναστᾶσα aorist active participle participle Luke 5:25 ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Luke 5:28 ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Luke 6:8 ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Luke 8:55 ἀνέστη aorist active indicative completed Luke 9:19 ἀνέστη aorist active indicative completed Luke 9:8 ἀνέστη aorist active indicative completed Luke 10:25 ἀνέστη aorist active indicative completed Luke 11:32 ἀναστήσονται future middle indicative prospective Luke 11:7 ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Luke 11:8 ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Luke 15:18 ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Luke 15:20 ἀναστὰς aorist active participle participle Luke 16:31 ἀναστῇ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive
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Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain