Raise
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
for the various meanings of which see Arise , No. 3, is used (a) of "raising" the dead, Active and Passive Voices, e.g., of the resurrection of Christ, Matthew 16:21; 17:23; 20:19 , RV; 26:32, RV, "(after) I am raised up" (AV, "... risen again"); Luke 9:22; 20:37; John 2:19; Acts 3:15; 4:10 [not 5:30, see (c) below]; 10:40 [not 13:23 in the best texts, see (c) below]; 13:30,37; Romans 4:24,25; 6:4,9; 7:4; 8:11 (twice); 8:34, RV; 10:9; 1—Corinthians 6:14 (1st part); 15:13,14, RV; 15:15 (twice),16,17; 15:20, RV; 2—Corinthians 4:14; Galatians 1:1; Ephesians 1:20; Colossians 2:12; 1—Thessalonians 1:10; 1—Peter 1:21; in 2—Timothy 2:8 , Rv , "risen;" (b) of the resurrection of human beings, Matthew 10:8; 11:5; Matthew 27:52 , RV (AV, "arose"); Mark 12:26 , RV; Luke 7:22; John 5:21; 12:1,9,17; Acts 26:8; 1—Corinthians 15:29,32 , RV; 15:35,42,43 (twice),44,52; 2—Corinthians 1:9; 4:14; Hebrews 11:19; (c) of "raising" up a person to occupy a place in the midst of a people, said of Christ, Acts 5:30; in Acts 13:23 , AV only (the best texts have ago, to bring, Rv , "hath ... brought"); of David, Acts 13:22 (for ver. 33 see No. 2); (d) metaphorically, of a horn of salvation, Luke 1:69; (e) of children, from stones, by creative power, Luke 3:8; (f) of the Temple, as the Jews thought, John 2:20 , RV, "wilt thou raise (it) up" (AV, "rear"); (g) of "lifting" up a person, from physical infirmity, Mark 1:31 , RV, "raised ... up" (AV, "lifted"); so Mark 9:27; Acts 3:7; 10:26 , RV (AV, "took"); James 5:15 , "shall raise ... up;" (h) metaphorically, of "raising" up affliction, Philippians 1:17 , RV (in the best texts; the AV, ver. 16, following those which have epiphero, has "to add"). See Awake , No. 1.
for the various applications of which See Arise , No. 1, is translated "to raise or raise up," (a) of the resurrection of the dead by Christ, John 6:39,40,44,54; (b) of the resurrection of Christ from the dead, Acts 2:24 (for ver. 30 see Rv , kathizo, "to set," as in the best texts); 2:32; 13:34, see (c) below; Acts 17:31; (c) of "raising" up a person to occupy a place in the midst of a nation, said of Christ, Acts 3:26; 7:37; 13:33 , Rv , "raised up Jesus," not here by resurrection from the dead, as the superfluous "again" of the AV would suggest; this is confirmed by the latter part of the verse, which explains the "raising" up as being by way of His incarnation, and by the contrast in ver. 34, where stress is laid upon His being "raised" from the dead, the same verb being used: (d) of "raising" up seed, Matthew 22:24; (e) of being "raised" from natural sleep, Matthew 1:24 , AV, "being raised" (RV, "arose"); here some mss. have diegeiro, "to arouse completely;" see Arise , No. 4.
Arise
ek, "out of," and No. 1, is used (a) of the "resurrection" of believers, 1—Corinthians 6:14 [2nd part; see No. 1 (a) for the 1st part]; (b) of "raising" a person to public position, Romans 9:17 , "did I raise thee up," RV, said of Pharaoh.
ek, "out of," and No. 2, is used of "raising" up seed, Mark 12:19; Luke 20:28; elsewhere, Acts 15:5 , "to rise up." See Rise.
"to raise together" (sun, "with," and No. 1), is used of the believer's spiritual resurrection with Christ. Ephesians 2:6; Passive Voice in Colossians 2:12 , RV, "ye were ... raised (with Him)," AV, "ye are risen;" so Colossians 3:1 . See Rise.
Acts 13:50 Acts 14:2 Acts 24:12
King James Dictionary [2]
Raise raze. This word occurs often in the Gothic version of the gospels, Luke 3:8 . John 6:40,44 . These verbs appear to be the L. gradior, gressus, without the prefix. L. to go to walk, to pass.
1. To lift to take up to heave to lift from a low or reclining posture as, to raise a stone or weight to raise the body in bed.
The angel smote Peter on the side and raised him up.
Acts 12 .
2. To set upright as, to raise a mast. 3. To set up to erect to set on its foundations and put together as, to raise the frame of a house. 4. To build as, to raise a city, a fort, a wall, &c.
I will raise forts against thee. Isaiah 29 . Amos 9 .
5. To rebuild.
They shall raise up the former desolations. Isaiah 61 .
6. To form to some height by accumulation as, to raise a heap of stones. Joshua 8 . 7. To make to produce to amass as, to raise a great estate out of small profits. 8. To enlarge to amplify. 9. To exalt to elevate in condition as, to raise one from a low estate. 10. To exalt to advance to promote in rank or honor as, to raise one to an office of distinction.
This gentleman came to be raised to great titles.
11. To enhance to increase as, to raise the value of coin to raise the price of goods. 12. To increase in current value.
the plate pieces of eight were raised three pence in the piece.
13. To excite to put in motion or action as, to raise a tempest or tumult.
He commandeth and raiseth the stormy wind. Psalms 107 .
14. To excite to sedition, insurrection, war or tumult to stir up. Acts 14 .
AEneas then employs his pains in parts remote to raise the Tuscan swains.
15. To rouse to awake to stir up.
They shall not awake, not be raised out of their sleep. Job 14 .
16. To increase in strength to excite from languor or weakness. The pulse is raised by stimulants, sometimes by venesection. 17. To give beginning of importance to to elevate into reputation as, to raise a family. 18. To bring into being.
God vouchsafes to raise another word for him.
19. To bring from a state of death to life.
He was delivered for our offenses, and raised again for our justification. Romans 4 . 1 Corinthians 15 .
20. To call into view from the state of separate spirits as, to raise a spirit by spells and incantations. 21. To invent and propagate to originate to occasion as, to raise a report or story. 22. To set up to excite to begin by loud utterance as, to raise a shout or cry. 23. To utter loudly to begin to sound or clamor. He raised his voice against the measures of administration. 24. To utter with more strength or elevation to swell. Let the speaker raise his voice. 25. To collect to obtain to bring into a sum or fund. Government raises money by taxes, excise and imposts. Private persons and companies raise money for their enterprises. 26. To levy to collect to bring into service as, to raise troops to raise an army. 27. To give rise to. 28. To cause to grow to procure to be produced, bred or propagated as, to raise wheat, barley, hops, &c. to raise horses, oxen or sheep.
The English now use grow in regard to crops as, to grow wheat. This verb intransitive has never been used in New England in a transitive sense, until recently some persons have adopted it from the English books. We always use raise, but in New England it is never applied to the breeding of the human race, as it is in the southern states.
29. To cause to swell, heave and become light as, to raise dough or paste by yeast or leaven.
Miss Liddy can dance a jig and raise paste.
30. To excite to animate with fresh vigor as, to raise the spirits or courage. 31. To ordain to appoint or to call to and prepare to furnish with gifts and qualification suited to a purpose a Scriptural sense.
I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren. Deuteronomy 18 .
For this cause have I raised thee up, to show in thee my power. Exodus 9 . Judges 2 .
32. To keep in remembrance. Ruth 4 . 33. To cause to exist by propagation. Matthew 22 . 34. To incite to prompt. Ezra 1 . 35. To increase in intensity or strength as, to raise the heat of a furnace. 36. In seamen's language, to elevate, as an object by a gradual approach to it to bring to be seen at a greater angle opposed to laying as, to raise the land to raise a point.
To raise a purchase, in seamen's language, is to dispose instruments or machines in such a manner as to exert any mechanical force required.
To raise a siege, is to remove a besieging army and relinquish an attempt to take the place by that mode of attack, or to cause the attempt to be relinquished.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. t.) To cause (the land or any other object) to seem higher by drawing nearer to it; as, to raise Sandy Hook light.
(2): ( v. t.) To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight.
(3): ( v. t.) To bring to a higher condition or situation; to elevate in rank, dignity, and the like; to increase the value or estimation of; to promote; to exalt; to advance; to enhance; as, to raise from a low estate; to raise to office; to raise the price, and the like.
(4): ( v. t.) To increase the strength, vigor, or vehemence of; to excite; to intensify; to invigorate; to heighten; as, to raise the pulse; to raise the voice; to raise the spirits or the courage; to raise the heat of a furnace.
(5): ( v. t.) To elevate in degree according to some scale; as, to raise the pitch of the voice; to raise the temperature of a room.
(6): ( v. t.) To cause to rise up, or assume an erect position or posture; to set up; to make upright; as, to raise a mast or flagstaff.
(7): ( v. t.) To create or constitute; as, to raise a use, that is, to create it.
(8): ( v. t.) To cause to spring up from a recumbent position, from a state of quiet, or the like; to awaken; to arouse.
(9): ( v. t.) To rouse to action; to stir up; to incite to tumult, struggle, or war; to excite.
(10): ( v. t.) To cause to rise, as by the effect of leaven; to make light and spongy, as bread.
(11): ( v. t.) To bring to notice; to submit for consideration; as, to raise a point of order; to raise an objection.
(12): ( v. t.) To give vent or utterance to; to utter; to strike up.
(13): ( v. t.) To give rise to; to set agoing; to occasion; to start; to originate; as, to raise a smile or a blush.
(14): ( v. t.) To bring into being; to produce; to cause to arise, come forth, or appear; - often with up.
(15): ( v. t.) To cause to grow; to procure to be produced, bred, or propagated; to grow; as, to raise corn, barley, hops, etc.; toraise cattle.
(16): ( v. t.) To bring together; to collect; to levy; to get together or obtain for use or service; as, to raise money, troops, and the like.
(17): ( v. t.) To form by the accumulation of materials or constituent parts; to build up; to erect; as, to raise a lofty structure, a wall, a heap of stones.
(18): ( v. t.) To cause to arise, grow up, or come into being or to appear; to give rise to; to originate, produce, cause, effect, or the like.
(19): ( v. t.) To bring up from the lower world; to call up, as a spirit from the world of spirits; to recall from death; to give life to.
(20): ( v. t.) To let go; as in the command, Raise tacks and sheets, i. e., Let go tacks and sheets.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
rāz : "To raise" in the Old Testament is most frequently the translation of the Hiphil form of קוּם , ḳūm , "to cause to arise," e.g. raising up seed ( Genesis 38:8 ), a prophet ( Deuteronomy 18:18 ), judges ( Judges 2:16 , Judges 2:18 ), etc.; also of עוּר , ‛ūr , "to awake," "stir up" ( Ezra 1:5 the King James Version; Isaiah 41:2 , etc.), with other words. In the New Testament the chief words are ἐγείρω , egeı́rō , "to awaken," "arouse" ( Matthew 3:9; Luke 1:69; Luke 3:8 , etc.), frequently of raising the dead; and ἀνίστημι , anı́stēmi ( Matthew 22:24; John 6:39 , etc.; Acts 2:24 (30 the King James Version), etc.), with compounds of the former. Among the Revised Version (British and American) changes may be noted, "to stir the fire" for "from raising" ( Hosea 7:4 ); "raiseth high his gate" for "exalteth his gate" ( Proverbs 17:19 ); the American Standard Revised Version, "can it be raised from the roots thereof" for "pluck it up by the roots thereof" ( Ezekiel 17:9 the King James Version and the English Revised Version); "raised up" for "rise again" ( Matthew 20:19; compare Matthew 26:32; Romans 8:34; Colossians 3:1 ).
