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rise from the dead

verb

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.

  1. derived from ἀνίστημι ἐκ νεκρῶν

Definitions

  1. To become alive (or undead) after having died.

    • The story of dead Ebola victims rising from the dead, with the first "picture" of one of the zombies that has gone viral, (if it weren't glaringly obvious) is a hoax.
    • “My husband is a man of God,” she repeated. “He had an accident and died, but God has told me that if I can get him to Bonnke, he will rise from the dead.”

  2. To come back into general use after becoming obsolete.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA