Bible Dictionary: Rouse

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i. & t.) To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.

2. (n.) A bumper in honor of a toast or health.

3. (n.) A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic.

4. (v.) To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.

5. (v.) To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.

6. (v.) To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.

7. (v.) To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.

8. (v.) To raise; to make erect.

9. (v. i.) To get or start up; to rise.

10. (v. i.) To awake from sleep or repose.

11. (v. i.) To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.

Greek

1892. epegeiro -- to rouse up, excite
... to rouse up, excite. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epegeiro Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-eg-i'-ro) Short Definition: I arouse, stimulate, excite against ...
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1453. egeiro -- to waken, to raise up
... Probably akin to the base of agora (through the idea of collecting one's faculties);
to waken (transitively or intransitively), ie Rouse (literally, from sleep ...
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1594. eknepho -- to become sober (after drunkenness)
... to come to one's senses. From ek and nepho; (figuratively) to rouse (oneself) out
of stupor -- awake. see GREEK ek. see GREEK nepho. (eknepsate) -- 1 Occurrence ...
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2868. koniortos -- dust
... dust. From the base of koniao and ornumi (to "rouse"); pulverulence (as blown about) --
dust. see GREEK koniao. (koniorton) -- 5 Occurrences. 2867, 2868. ...
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3949. parorgizo -- to provoke to anger
... 3949 (from 3844 , "from close-beside" and 3710 , "become angry") -- properly, rouse
someone to anger; to in a way that "really pushes someone's buttons," ie to ...
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1825. exegeiro -- to raise up
... raise up. From ek and egeiro; to rouse fully, ie (figuratively) to resuscitate
(from death), release (from infliction) -- raise up. see GREEK ek. ...
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4891. sunegeiro -- to raise together
... From sun and egeiro; to rouse (from death) in company with, ie (figuratively) to
revivify (spirtually) in resemblance to -- raise up together, rise with. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5782. ur -- to rouse oneself, awake
... 5781, 5782. ur. 5783 . to rouse oneself, awake. Transliteration: ur Phonetic
Spelling: (oor) Short Definition: awake. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6965. qum -- to arise, stand up, stand
... 1), raise (29), raised (12), raises (3), raising (1), remained (1), restore (1),
rise (73), risen (11), rises (10), rising (2), rose (36), rouse (2), set (22 ...
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Library

Next it is Written that "He Gave up the Ghost. " this Also had ...
... place, "I will give the malignant for his burial;" and yet once more, "He hath lain
down and slept as a lion, and as a lion's whelp; who shall rouse Him up ...
/.../27 next it is written.htm

Discipline
... He couched, he lay down as a lion; and as a great lion. Who dare rouse him up? ... He
would couch as a lion, and as a great lion. Who dare rouse him up? ...
/.../kingsley/discipline and other sermons/sermon i discipline.htm

Rom. xii. 4, 5
... he may subdue the haughty. But he says also that the beginnings lie with
themselves, to rouse the listless. And this he does in ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxi rom xii 4.htm

In the Course of the Second Year, the Persecution against us ...
... have wished Christianity safely abolished, feared the growing power of the Church,
and dared not persecute (till he was forced), lest he should rouse her from ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/pamphilius/church history/chapter iii in the course.htm

The Third Wall.
... house? Is not every citizen bound in this case to rouse and call in the rest? ...
town. The first to rouse up the rest earns glory and thanks. ...
/.../luther/first principles of the reformation/the third wall.htm

The Last Farthing.
... They are not meant to explain anything, but to rouse a man to the feeling, 'I am
not what I ought to be, I do not the thing I ought to do!' Many maundering ...
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The Broken Fence
... When we have examined it, let us consider the consequences of broken-down walls;
and then in the last place, let us try to rouse up this sluggard that his wall ...
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A String of Pearls
... now. The proverb warns that it is no trifle to rouse the lion from his lair,
and that when he begins to growl there is danger. The ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/a string of pearls.htm

Philippians ii. 8-May
... upon Him the form of a servant." (Philip. ii.5-7.) Attend, I entreat you, and
rouse yourselves. For as a sharp two-edged sword, wheresoever ...
/.../homily vi philippians ii 8-may.htm

Letter clxxxiii. To the Senate of Samosata.
... Rouse ye, then, most excellent sirs, that the labours you are about to undertake
may not be unworthy of those which you have already sustained, and that on a ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/letter clxxxiii to the senate.htm

Thesaurus

Rouse (25 Occurrences)
... 4. (v.) To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or
other animal of the chase. ... Multi-Version Concordance Rouse (25 Occurrences). ...
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Awake (83 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
2. (vt) To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from ...
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Lioness (13 Occurrences)
... Who will rouse him up? (WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT RSV NIV). ... Numbers 24:9 He couched,
he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? ...
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Wake (34 Occurrences)
... 5. (vi) To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive
state; to be active. 6. (vt) To rouse from sleep; to awake. ...
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Dares (6 Occurrences)
... Who will rouse him up? (See NAS RSV NIV). Numbers 24:9 He couched, he
lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? ...
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Betrayer (5 Occurrences)
... Betrayer (5 Occurrences). Matthew 26:46 Rouse yourselves. ... Mark 14:42 Rouse yourselves,
let us be going: my betrayer is close at hand." (WEY RSV NIV). ...
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Couches (15 Occurrences)
... Genesis 49:9 Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He
stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? ...
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Couched (4 Occurrences)
... Genesis 49:9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he
stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up ...
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Roused (24 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Rouse. Multi-Version Concordance
Roused (24 Occurrences). Matthew 2:14 So Joseph roused ...
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Yourselves (530 Occurrences)
... Matthew 17:7 But Jesus came and touched them, and said, "Rouse yourselves and have
no fear." (WEY). ... Matthew 26:46 Rouse yourselves. Let us be going. ...
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Bible Concordance

Rouse (25 Occurrences)

Matthew 17:7 But Jesus came and touched them, and said, "Rouse yourselves and have no fear."
(WEY)

Matthew 26:46 Rouse yourselves. Let us be going. My betrayer is close at hand."
(WEY)

Mark 14:42 Rouse yourselves, let us be going: my betrayer is close at hand."
(WEY)

Luke 11:8 "I tell you that even if he will not rise and give him the loaves because he is his friend, at any rate because of his persistency he will rouse himself and give him as many as he requires.
(WEY)

Romans 13:11 Carry out these injunctions because you know the critical period at which we are living, and that it is now high time, to rouse yourselves from sleep; for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first became believers.
(WEY DBY YLT)

Revelation 3:2 Rouse yourself and keep awake, and strengthen those things which remain but have well-nigh perished; for I have found no doings of yours free from imperfection in the sight of My God.
(WEY)

Revelation 3:3 Be mindful, therefore, of the lessons you have received and heard. Continually lay them to heart, and repent. If, however, you fail to rouse yourself and keep awake, I shall come upon you suddenly like a thief, and you will certainly not know the hour at which I shall come to judge you.
(WEY)

Genesis 49:9 Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 23:24 Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain."
(See NIV)

Numbers 24:9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Everyone who blesses you is blessed. Everyone who curses you is cursed."
(WEB JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 32:21 They have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god; they have provoked Me with their vanities; and I will rouse them to jealousy with a no-people; I will provoke them with a vile nation.
(Root in JPS)

Job 3:8 Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
(WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Job 8:6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Job 41:10 None is so fierce that he dare rouse him: who then is able to stand before me?
(WBS NAS NIV)

Psalms 35:23 Stir up thyself, and awake to the justice due unto me, Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
(See JPS)

Psalms 44:23 Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
(Root in JPS NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 59:4 I have done no wrong, yet they are ready to attack me. Rise up, behold, and help me!
(See NAS RSV)

Psalms 59:5 You, Yahweh God of Armies, the God of Israel, rouse yourself to punish the nations. Show no mercy to the wicked traitors. Selah.
(WEB JPS NIV)

Isaiah 28:21 For as 'at' mount Perazim rise doth Jehovah, As 'at' the valley in Gibeon He is troubled, To do His work -- strange 'is' His work, And to do His deed -- strange 'is' His deed.'
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 23:22 Therefore, O Aholibah, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Lo, I am stirring up thy lovers against thee, From whom thy soul hath been alienated, And have brought them in against thee from round about.
(See NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 24:8 That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have set her blood on the bare rock, that it should not be covered.
(See RSV)

Joel 3:7 Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your repayment on your own head;
(See NAS NIV)

Joel 3:9 Proclaim this among the nations: prepare war, arouse the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near, let them come up.
(Root in DBY NAS NIV)

Joel 3:12 "Let the nations arouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the surrounding nations.
(Root in WEB DBY NAS NIV)

Zechariah 9:13 For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Rouse

Related Terms

Awake (83 Occurrences)

Lioness (13 Occurrences)

Wake (34 Occurrences)

Dares (6 Occurrences)

Betrayer (5 Occurrences)

Couches (15 Occurrences)

Couched (4 Occurrences)

Roused (24 Occurrences)

Yourselves (530 Occurrences)