to revive
anazao describes coming alive again, of the restored son and of sin when the commandment came.
The attested use describes becoming alive again: Luke 15:24 applies it to the son who had been dead, while Romans 7:9 applies it to sin when the commandment came.
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Coming alive again · dominant
Both occurrences use the same third-person singular aorist active indicative form. In Luke 15:24 the form occurs in the father's statement about his son, and the APB renders the clause “was dead and came to life”; in Romans 7:9 it occurs after the commandment came, where the APB renders “sin revived.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the two clauses as “came to life” in Luke 15:24 and “sin revived” in Romans 7:9. These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than establish separate lexical meanings.