Words the Bible translates as rise
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- alahעָלָהto go up: to move, or to carry something, from a lower place to a higher one
- anistēmiἀνίστημιto rise from the dead, or to raise someone from the dead: to come back to bodily life, or to bring the dead back to life
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- to get up: to come up from a sitting, lying, or kneeling position, and by extension to set out or to step forward to act
- qumקוּםto rise up, stand, and stay standing, and to raise up or make something stand, the whole arc from getting to one's feet to bringing a covenant or kingdom into lasting force
- anatellōἀνατέλλωto rise or come up into view: the sun climbs the sky, light breaks over the horizon, a cloud lifts, or a person springs up like a fresh shoot
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- to make something rise: to cause the sun to come up
- shakhamשָׁכַםto rise early in the morning, get up at daybreak to act
- zaraḥזָרַחto rise and shine forth: to break over the horizon and give light, as the sun does at dawn
- rumרוּםto risenot studied yet
- ra'amרָאַםto risenot studied yet
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