en_tw/bible/kt/raise.md

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# raise, raises, raised, 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" express 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" could be translated as "lift up" or "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 to "appoint" or to "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](en/tn/2ch/help/06/40)
* [2 Samuel 07:12-14](en/tn/2sa/help/07/12)
* [Acts 10:39-41](en/tn/act/help/10/39)
* [Colossians 03:1-4](en/tn/col/help/03/01)
* [Deuteronomy 13:1-3](en/tn/deu/help/13/01)
* [Jeremiah 06:1-3](en/tn/jer/help/06/01)
* [Judges 02:18-19](en/tn/jdg/help/02/18)
* [Luke 07:21-23](en/tn/luk/help/07/21)
* [Matthew 20:17-19](en/tn/mat/help/20/17)
## Examples from the Bible stories: ##
* __[21:14](en/tn/obs/help/21/14)__ The prophets foretold that the Messiah would die and that God would also __raise__ him from the dead.
* __[41:05](en/tn/obs/help/41/05)__ "Jesus is not here. He has __risen__ from the dead, just like he said he would!"
* __[43:07](en/tn/obs/help/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](en/tn/obs/help/44/05)__ " You killed the author of life, but God __raised__ him from the dead. "
* __[44:08](en/tn/obs/help/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](en/tn/obs/help/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](en/tn/obs/help/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](en/tn/obs/help/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.