verb
epegeramō
Strong’sG1892
I arouse, stimulate, excite against
stem epeger-2 times in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἐπ-εγείρω
[in LXX for עוּר hi., קוּם hi., etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1892 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
awaken, rouse up, τινά Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, to be roused from sleep, wake up, Refs 8th c.BC+, only in aorist forms ἐπέγρετο, ἐπεγρόμενος, Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect ἐπήγερται is uncertain reading in Refs 2nd c.AD+
II metaphorically, awaken, excite, πόλεμον εὕδοντ᾽ NT+6th c.BC+; ὅσον ἑσμὸν λόγων ἐπεγείρετε Refs 5th c.BC+; stir up, τὸ Ἑλληνικόν NT+5th c.BC+passive, ἐπηγέρθη [ἡ Ταλθυβίου μῆνις] Refs 5th c.BC+
III erect, raise, τὰς ἀκάνθας -ων erecting his prickles, like certain fish when irritated, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| epegeralaἐπήγειραν | happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural | stirred up | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epegeramō | epegerame | epegerami | epegerama | epegeramē | epegeramelē |
| you 2nd person singular | epegerasō | epegerase | epegerasi | epegerasa | epegerasē | epegeraselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epegeratō | epegerate | epegerati | epegerata | epegeratē | epegeratelē |
| we 1st person plural | epegeranō | epegerane | epegerani | epegerana | epegeranē | epegeranelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epegeravō | epegerave | epegeravi | epegerava | epegeravē | epegeravelē |
| they 3rd person plural | epegeralō | epegerale | epegerali | epegerala2×ἐπήγειραν | epegeralē | epegeralelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epegerameiō | epegerameia | epegerameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | epegeraseiō | epegeraseia | epegeraseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epegerateiō | epegerateia | epegerateiē |
| we 1st person plural | epegeraneiō | epegeraneia | epegeraneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | epegeraveiō | epegeraveia | epegeraveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | epegeraleiō | epegeraleia | epegeraleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | epegerasōr | epegerasar | epegerasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epegeratōr | epegeratar | epegeratēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | epegeravōr | epegeravar | epegeravēr |
| they 3rd person plural | epegeralōr | epegeralar | epegeralēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | epegeramoiō | epegeramoia |
| you 2nd person singular | epegerasoiō | epegerasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | epegeratoiō | epegeratoia |
| we 1st person plural | epegeranoiō | epegeranoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | epegeravoiō | epegeravoia |
| they 3rd person plural | epegeraloiō | epegeraloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | epegerarō | epegerari | epegerara | epegerarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | epegerarōntos | epegerarintos | epegerarantos | epegerarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
epeger is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
epegerala“stirred up”happened · theyaorist active indicative 3rd person plural2×
Acts 13:50… kai toin prōtoin tau polau kai epegerala diōgmon epi ton Paulon kai Barnabon, …… leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and …
Acts 14:2tois de apeitharantois Ioudaiois epegerala kai kakala tain psuchain teiu ethneiu …But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds …