to raise up
exanistemi denotes people standing up to speak and, in a family-law scenario, producing offspring for a deceased brother.
The attested uses chiefly concern raising offspring for a deceased brother in the conditional family-law scenarios of Luke 20:28 and Mark 12:19; Acts 15:5 shows people standing up before stating their position.
Senses in use
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Produce offspring for a deceased brother · dominant
In Luke 20:28 and Mark 12:19, the singular aorist active subjunctive occurs in the condition concerning a childless man's death and his brother's taking the wife. In Luke 20:28 the APB renders the relevant clause “in order to raise up offspring for his brother,” and Mark 12:19 similarly has “raise up offspring for his brother.”
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Stand up to state a position · occasional
In Acts 15:5, the plural aorist active indicative describes some believers from the Pharisees' sect acting before they make their demand about circumcision and the law. The APB renders the sequence “rose up and said.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “raise up offspring” in Luke 20:28 and Mark 12:19, while Acts 15:5 has “rose up” before the speakers state their position. These are clause-level renderings rather than definitions.