Lexicon
διεγείρω
diegeirō
G1326
G:V Greek

to arouse

6
Occurrences
4
Books
Greek
Language

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

  1. 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."

  2. 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.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture