to arouse
diegeiro describes rousing people or minds and, in one scene, a sea being stirred by strong wind.
The attested use most often concerns rousing people or their minds: readers are prompted through remembrance, and a sleeping person is brought to wakefulness. One occurrence describes the sea as being stirred while a strong wind blows.
Senses in use
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Rousing people or minds · dominant
In 2 Peter 1:13 and 2 Peter 3:1, present active forms occur with remembrance and a pure mind; the APB renders the clauses "to arouse you in remembrance" and "I arouse your pure mind by way of remembrance." In Luke 8:24, an aorist active plural form occurs as people approach and wake someone, while the same verse and Mark 4:39 place a passive form before the rebuke of the wind and waves; the APB renders "woke him," "He awoke," and "having been roused."
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Being stirred by wind · rare
In John 6:18, the imperfect passive form has the sea as its subject while a strong wind is blowing; the APB renders the scene, "the sea was being stirred up because a strong wind was blowing."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the term with "arouse," "woke," "awoke," "having been roused," and "was being stirred up." These renderings reflect whole clauses.