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Arise
King James Dictionary
or ARI'SE, s as z pret. arose pp. arisen Heb.
1. To ascend, mount up or move to a higher place as, vapors arise from humid places.
2. To emerge from below the horizon as, the sun or a star arises or rises.
3. To get out of bed to leave the place or state of rest or to leave a sitting or lying posture.
The king arose early and went to the den. Daniel 6 .
4. To begin to spring up to originate.
A persecution arose about Stephen. Acts 11 .
5. To revive from death to leave the grave.
Many bodies of saints arose. Math. 27.
Figuratively, to wake from a state of sin and stupidity to repent.
Arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee life.
Ephesians 5 .
6. To begin to act to exert power to move from a state of inaction.
7. To appear, or become known to become visible, sensible or operative.
To you shall the sun of righteousness arise. Math. 4.
8. To be put in motion to swell or be agitated as, the waves arose.
9. To be excited or provoked as, the wrath of the king shall arise.
10. To emerge from poverty, depression or distress.
By whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. Amos 7 .
11. To appear in a particular character to enter upon an office.
There arose a new king who knew not Joseph. Exodus 1 .
12. To begin sedition, insurrection, or mutiny as, the men arose, or rose upon their officers.
13. To invade, assault or begin hostility followed by against.
When he arose against me, I caught him by the beard.
1 Samuel 17 .
In this sense, the word against really belongs to the verb, and is necessary to give it this meaning. See Rise, another form of this verb, which has the same signification, and is more generally used in popular language.
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Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Arise'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/a/arise.html.
