# raise, rise, risen, arise, arose #

## Definition: ##

__raise, raise up__

In general, the word "raise" means to "lift up" or "make higher."

* The figurative phrase, "raise up" means to cause something to come into being or to appear. It can also mean to appoint someone to do something.
* Sometimes "raise up" means to "restore" or "rebuild."
* "Raise" has a specialized meaning in the phrase, "raise from the dead." It means to cause a dead person to become alive again.
* Sometimes "raise up" means to "exalt" someone or something.

__rise, arise__

To "rise" or "arise" means to "go up" or "get up." The terms "risen," "rose" and "arose" are used for expressing past action.

* When a person gets up to go somewhere, this is sometimes expressed as, "he arose and went" or "he rose up and went."
* If something "arises" it means it "happens" or "begins to happen."
* Jesus predicted that he would "rise from the dead." Three days after Jesus died, the angel said, "He has risen"!

## Translation Suggestions: ##

* The term "raise" or "raise up" can be translated as "to lift up" or "to make higher."
* To "raise up" could also be translated as, "to cause to appear" or "to appoint" or "to bring into existence."
* To "raise up the strength of your enemies" could be translated as, "cause your enemies to be very strong."
* The phrase "raise someone from the dead," could be translated as "cause someone to return from death to life" or "cause someone to come back to life."
* Depending on the context, "raise up" could also be translated as, "provide" or "appoint" or "cause to have" or "build up" or "rebuild" or "repair."
* The phrase "arose and went" could be translated as "got up and went" or "went."
* Depending on the context, the term "arose" could also be translated as "began" or "started up" or "got up" or "stood up."

(See also: [resurrection](../kt/resurrection.md), [appoint](../kt/appoint.md), [exalt](../kt/exalt.md))

## Bible References: ##

* [2 Chronicles 06:40-42](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/2ch/06/40)
* [2 Samuel 07:12-14](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/2sa/07/12)
* [Acts 10:39-41](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/act/10/39)
* [Colossians 03:1-4](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/col/03/01)
* [Deuteronomy 13:1-3](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/deu/13/01)
* [Jeremiah 06:1-3](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jer/06/01)
* [Judges 02:18-19](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/jdg/02/18)
* [Luke 07:21-23](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/luk/07/21)
* [Matthew 20:17-19](https://door43.org/en/bible/notes/mat/20/17)

## Examples from the Bible stories: ##

* __[21-14](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/21-14)__ The prophets foretold that the Messiah would die and that God would also __raise__  him from the dead.
* __[41-05](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/41-05)__"Jesus is not here. He has __risen__  from the dead, just like he said he would!"
* __[43-07](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/43-07)__"Although Jesus died, God __raised__  him from the dead. This fulfills the prophecy which says, 'You will not let your Holy One rot in the grave.' We are witnesses to the fact that God __raised__  Jesus to life again."
* __[44-05](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/44-05)__" You killed the author of life, but God __raised__  him from the dead. "
* __[44-08](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/44-08)__ Peter answered them, "This man stands before you healed by the power of Jesus the Messiah. You crucified Jesus, but God __raised__  him to life again!"
* __[48-04](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/48-04)__ This meant that Satan would kill the Messiah, but God would __raise__  him to life again, and then the Messiah will crush the power of Satan forever.
* __[49-02](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/49-02)__ He (Jesus) walked on water, calmed storms, healed many sick people, drove out demons, __raised__  the dead to life, and turned five loaves of bread and two small fish into enough food for over 5,000 people.
* __[49-12](https://door43.org/en/obs/notes/frames/49-12)__ You must believe that Jesus is the Son of God, that he died on the cross instead of you, and that God __raised__  him to life again.