English Explanatory Dictionary

rise from the dead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To become alive (or undead) after having died.
  2. To come back into general use after becoming obsolete.

Word forms

rise from the dead rises from the dead rising from the dead rose from the dead risen from the dead

Etymology

A translation of the Ancient Greek ἀνίστημι ἐκ νεκρῶν (anístēmi ek nekrôn), from ἀνίστημι (anístēmi) and νεκρός (nekrós, “dead person; dead”). Used in the King James Bible, for instance.

Related words

raise from the dead raise the dead rise from the ashes
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