Bible Dictionary
RAISE
To raise means to cause someone or something to rise, establish, awaken, or restore. In Scripture it may refer to raising up leaders, descendants, or the dead.
Definition
To raise means to cause to rise, awaken, stir up, establish, restore, or bring back. It may refer to raising descendants, leaders, authority, or the dead.
Biblical Usage
Scripture speaks of raising up seed, prophets, judges, and kings. In the New Testament the word frequently describes awakening or raising the dead, including the raising of Jesus and the future rising again.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>raz: "To raise" in the Old Testament is most frequently the translation of the Hiphil form of qum, "to cause to arise," e.g. raising up seed (Ge 38:8), a prophet (De 18:18), judges (Jud 2:16,18), etc.; also of `ur, "to awake," "stir up" (Ezr 1:5 the King James Version; Isa 41:2, etc.), with other words. In the New Testament the chief words are egeiro, "to awaken," "arouse" (Mt 3:9; Lu 1:69; 3:8, etc.), frequently of raising the dead; and anistemi (Mt 22:24; Joh 6:39, etc.; Ac 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" (Ho 7:4); "raiseth high his gate" for "exalteth his gate" (Pr 17:19); the American Standard Revised Version, "can it be raised from the roots thereof" for "pluck it up by the roots thereof" (Eze 17:9 the King James Version and the English Revised Version); "raised up" for "rise again" (Mt 20:19; compare Mt 26:32; Ro 8:34; Col 3:1).</p><p>W. L. Walker</p>