Greek · G450 · unreviewed

ἀνίστημι

To stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)

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ἀνίστημι G450

Pronunciation anístēmi

What does ἀνίστημι (anístēmi) mean in the Bible?

ἀνίστημι (anístēmi) is a Greek word meaning "to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)". ἀνίστημι (ἀνά, ἵστημι), [in LXX chiefly for קוּם ;] __1. Affirms resurrection certainty.

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Meaning

to stand up (literal or figurative, transitive or intransitive)

Extended definition

To raise up or rise; distinctively denotes emergence or appearance of a person or movement into prominence.

1causal, in fut. and 1 aor. act., with accusative, to raise up: Act.9:41; from death, Jhn.6:39, Act.2:32; to raise up, cause to be born or appear: Mat.22:24, Act.3:22, 26.

2Intrans., in mid. and 2 aor act.;

ato rise: from lying, Mrk.1:35; from sitting, Luk.4:16; to leave a place, Mat.9:9; pleonastically, as Heb. קוּם, before verbs of going, Mrk.10:1, al. (see Dalman, Words, 23; M, Pr., 14); of the dead, Mat.17:23, Mrk.8:31; before ἐκ νεκρῶν, Mat.17:9, Mrk.9:9;

bto arise, appear: Act.5:36, Rom.15:12 (cf. ἐπ-, ἐξ- ἀνίστημι, and see Cremer, 306, 738; MM, VGT, see word).

Synonymsἐγείρω.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Why This Word Matters

Affirms resurrection certainty. Acts 2:14-41

Affirms bodily resurrection. Mark 10:32–34

The resurrection is central to apostolic preaching, validating Jesus’ identity and victory over death.

Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

Tenses

Aorist Future Present

Voices

Active Middle

Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 49×

Aorist Active Matt 9:9 · Matt 26:62 · Mark 1:35 · Mark 2:14 · Mark 7:24 · Mark 10:1 · Mark 14:60 · Mark 16:9 · Luke 4:38 · Luke 5:25 · Luke 5:28 · Luke 6:8 · Luke 11:7 · Luke 11:8 · Luke 15:18 · Luke 15:20 48×

Present Middle Rom 15:12 1×

Indicative states a fact or reality 37×

Aorist Active Mark 3:26 · Mark 5:42 · Mark 9:27 · Luke 4:16 · Luke 8:55 · Luke 9:8 · Luke 9:19 · Luke 10:25 · John 11:31 · Acts 2:24 · Acts 2:32 · Acts 5:36 · Acts 5:37 · Acts 7:18 · Acts 9:34 · Acts 9:41 21×

Future Middle Mark 9:31 · Mark 10:34 · Luke 18:33 · John 11:23 · John 11:24 · Matt 12:41 · Luke 11:32 · Acts 20:30 · 1 Thess 4:16 9×

Future Active Matt 22:24 · Acts 3:22 · Acts 7:37 · John 6:40 · John 6:44 · John 6:54 6×

Present Middle Heb 7:15 1×

Imperative command or strong request 9×

Aorist Active Acts 8:26 · Acts 9:6 · Acts 9:34 · Acts 9:40 · Acts 10:26 · Acts 12:7 · Acts 14:10 · Acts 26:16 · Eph 5:14 9×

Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 8×

Aorist Active Mark 8:31 · Mark 9:10 · Luke 24:7 · Luke 24:46 · John 20:9 · Acts 10:41 · Acts 17:3 7×

Present Middle Heb 7:11 1×

Subjunctive possibility, probability, or purpose 5×

Aorist Active Mark 9:9 · Luke 16:31 · Mark 12:23 · Mark 12:25 · John 6:39 5×

Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 108 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect

completed 20 ongoing 1 prospective 15 imperative 9 subjunctive 5 infinitive 8 participle 50

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

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)

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

New Testament Witnesses

Acts 2:14-41 Raised Up anístēmi Indicative · Aorist Active

To raise or cause to stand up, referring to resurrection from the dead.

Mark 10:32–34 ἀναστήσεται anístēmi Indicative · Future Middle

will rise

Additional Occurrences

Luke 1:46–55 ἀνέστησεν anístēmi

Raised up

Luke 16:19–31 ἀνάστη anístēmi

Should rise

Luke 18:31–34 ἀναστήσεται anístēmi

Will rise

Luke 24:1–12 ἀνέστη anístēmi

He has risen

Luke 8:40–56 ἀνάστηθι anístēmi

Arise

Mark 10:32–34 ἀνίστημι anístēmi

to rise, stand up

Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 17 — The Gospel Reasoned from Scripture and Proclaimed to the Nations John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel John 6 — The Bread of Life, the Words of Eternal Life, and the Crisis of True Discipleship Luke 16 — Faithful Stewardship, the Danger of Wealth, and the Finality of Judgment Luke 18 — Persistent Faith, Humble Mercy, and the King on the Road to Jerusalem Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Mark 9 — Glory, Unbelief, Suffering, Humility, and Radical Discipleship

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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