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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

2. (v. i.) To be or to continue awake; to watch; not to sleep.

3. (v. i.) To sit up late festive purposes; to hold a night revel.

4. (v. i.) To be excited or roused from sleep; to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep; -- often with up.

5. (v. i.) To be exited or roused up; to be stirred up from a dormant, torpid, or inactive state; to be active.

6. (v. t.) To rouse from sleep; to awake.

7. (v. t.) To put in motion or action; to arouse; to excite.

8. (v. t.) To bring to life again, as if from the sleep of death; to reanimate; to revive.

9. (v. t.) To watch, or sit up with, at night, as a dead body.

10. (n.) The act of waking, or being awaked; also, the state of being awake.

11. (n.) The state of forbearing sleep, especially for solemn or festive purposes; a vigil.

12. (n.) An annual parish festival formerly held in commemoration of the dedication of a church. Originally, prayers were said on the evening preceding, and hymns were sung during the night, in the church; subsequently, these vigils were discontinued, and the day itself, often with succeeding days, was occupied in rural pastimes and exercises, attended by eating and drinking, often to excess.

13. (n.) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish.

Greek

1127. gregoreo -- to be awake, to watch
... to watch NASB Word Usage alert (10), awake (1), keep (1), keep watch (4), keep watching
(1), keeping alert (1), stay on the alert (1), stays awake (1), wake (2 ...
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1326. diegeiro -- to arouse completely
... to arouse completely. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diegeiro Phonetic Spelling:
(dee-eg-i'-ro) Short Definition: I wake out of sleep, I arouse Definition ...
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1453. egeiro -- to waken, to raise up
... to waken, to raise up. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: egeiro Phonetic Spelling:
(eg-i'-ro) Short Definition: I wake, arouse, raise up Definition: (a) I ...
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1852. exupnizo -- to awaken out of sleep
... to awaken out of sleep. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: exupnizo Phonetic
Spelling: (ex-oop-nid'-zo) Short Definition: I wake out of sleep Definition: I ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8245. shaqad -- to watch, wake
... 8244, 8245. shaqad. 8246 . to watch, wake. Transliteration: shaqad Phonetic
Spelling: (shaw-kad') Short Definition: watching. ... hasten, remain, wake, watch for ...
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5782. ur -- to rouse oneself, awake
... A primitive root (rather identical with uwr through the idea of opening the eyes);
to wake (literally or figuratively) -- (a-)wake(-n, up), lift up (self), X ...
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6974. quts -- arise, be awake, watch
... with quwts through the idea of abruptness in starting up from sleep (compare yaqats));
to awake (literally or figuratively) -- arise, (be) (a-)wake, watch. ...
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5410a. nathib -- path, pathway
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition path, pathway NASB Word Usage path (4),
pathway* (1), wake (1). 5410, 5410a. nathib. 5410b . Strong's Numbers.
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3364. yaqats -- to awake
... Definition: awoke. Word Origin a prim. root Definition to awake NASB Word Usage
awaken (1), awakened (1), awoke (9), wake (2). be awaked. A ...
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Library

Ere the Morn in Beauty Wake,
... CANON FOR EASTER DAY BY ST. JOHN OF DAMASCUS Ere the morn in beauty wake,. tr.,
John Brownlie 7,7,7,7,7,7. ... ho Heirmos. troparion. Ere the morn in beauty wake,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the greek church/ere the morn in beauty.htm

Wake to the Songs that Lips Unsullied Sing,
... ASPIRATIONS Wake to the songs that lips unsullied sing,. tr., John Brownlie
10,10,10,10. I. Wake to the songs that lips unsullied sing,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns from the morningland/wake to the songs that.htm

Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying
... II. THE CHRISTIAN YEAR Advent 62. Wake, awake, for night is flying. PM
[229]Sleepers, Wake: Melody by Philip Nicolai, 1599; harm ...
/.../advent 62 wake awake for.htm

Our Glad Jubilee. PM
... 545 Our Glad Jubilee. PM. Thanksgiving Anniversary. Wake, wake the song!
our glad jubilee ... thy word. Then wake, wake the song! our ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/545 our glad jubilee p m.htm

The Ten Commandments in Chinook.
... 2 Wake mika iskum ikta spose mamook Saghalie-Tyee yaka. 3 Wake mika mamook kultus
yaka nem Saghalie Tyee. ... 6 Wake mika mamook memaloos klaxta. ...
/.../various/indian methodist hymn-book/the ten commandments in chinook.htm

Enthusiasm.
... When we as children of God wake up and go to work in the vineyard, then those who
are living in wickedness all about us will be reached; but not in any other ...
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A Wise Minister Will be Successful.
... these things?". 5. He must understand how to wake up the church, and get
them out of the way of the conversion of sinners. This is ...
/.../finney/lectures on revivals of religion/lecture xi a wise minister.htm

Diamond Managed with Many Blunders to Read this Rhyme to his ...
... There, you see, mother! And then, let me see"-. Who'll go and wake him? No, not
I; For if I do, he'll be sure to cry. So I suppose nobody did wake him. ...
/.../macdonald/at the back of the north wind/chapter 21 diamond managed with.htm

Watchers, Let Your Lights be Burning,
... II. Wake, awake, no time for sleeping,. Though the midnight hour be dark; ... IV. Ah,
my soul, bestir thee, wake thee,. Day is passing, soon 'tis night; ...
/.../brownlie/hymns of the apostolic church/watchers let your lights be.htm

Morning Hymn
... In ardent love, and cheerful praise. Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart,. ... And hast
refresh'd me whilst I:slept:". Grant, LORD, when I from death shall wake,. ...
/.../palgrave/the treasury of sacred song/clxxvii morning hymn.htm

Thesaurus

Wake (34 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension,
any track; as, the wake of an army. ...Wake (34 Occurrences). ...
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Lyre (32 Occurrences)
... (See RSV). Psalms 57:8 Wake up, my glory! Wake up, psaltery and harp! I will wake
up the dawn. ... (See NAS RSV). Psalms 108:2 Wake up, harp and lyre! ...
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Psaltery (17 Occurrences)
... (KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT). Psalms 57:8 Wake up, my glory! Wake up, psaltery and
harp! I will wake up the dawn. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT). ...
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Adjured (11 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Song of Songs 2:7 I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes
or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please! ...
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Dawn (70 Occurrences)
... (WEB BBE DBY NAS). Psalms 57:8 Wake up, my glory! Wake up, psaltery and harp! I
will wake up the dawn. ... (WEB NAS NIV). Psalms 108:2 Wake up, harp and lyre! ...
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Lute (13 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Psalms 57:8 Awake, my glory; awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn.
(DBY). ... (WEB DBY NAS RSV). Psalms 108:2 Awake, lute and harp: I will wake the dawn ...
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Waked (13 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Wake. Multi-Version Concordance
Waked (13 Occurrences). Mark 4:39 And having waked up, he ...
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Drunken (38 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 15:34 Wake from this drunken fit; live righteous lives, and cease
to sin; for some have no knowledge of God: I speak thus in order to move you to ...
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Command (442 Occurrences)
... Mark 5:41 Then, taking her by the hand, He says to her, "Talitha, koum;"
that is to say, "Little girl, I command you to wake!" (WEY). ...
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Waits (21 Occurrences)

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Bible Concordance

Wake (34 Occurrences)

Mark 4:38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
(Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Mark 5:41 Then, taking her by the hand, He says to her, "Talitha, koum;" that is to say, "Little girl, I command you to wake!"
(WEY)

Luke 7:14 Then He went close and touched the bier, and the bearers halted. "Young man," He said, "I command you, wake!"
(WEY DBY)

John 11:11 He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep."
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 13:11 Do this, knowing the time, that it is already time for you to awaken out of sleep, for salvation is now nearer to us than when we first believed.
(Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 15:34 Wake up righteously, and don't sin, for some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT)

Ephesians 5:14 Therefore he says, "Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
(Root in WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Thessalonians 5:10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 3:2 Wake up, and keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I have found no works of yours perfected before my God.
(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)

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.
(Root in WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 5:12 'Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.'
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 26:12 So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul's head; and they went away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Yahweh was fallen on them.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 3:8 Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.
(Root in BBE YLT)

Job 41:32 He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 3:5 I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)

Psalms 35:23 Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 44:23 Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don't reject us forever.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 57:8 Wake up, my glory! Wake up, psaltery and harp! I will wake up the dawn.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your strength be awake from sleep, and come as our salvation.
(Root in BBE YLT NIV)

Psalms 108:2 Wake up, harp and lyre! I will wake up the dawn.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 139:18 If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 23:35 "They hit me, and I was not hurt! They beat me, and I don't feel it! When will I wake up? I can do it again. I can find another."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Song of Songs 2:7 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Song of Songs 3:5 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Song of Songs 8:4 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 15:5 My heart 'is' toward Moab, Cry do her fugitives unto Zoar, a heifer of the third 'year', For -- the ascent of Luhith -- With weeping he goeth up in it, For, in the way of Horonaim, A cry of destruction they wake up.
(YLT)

Isaiah 26:19 Your dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast forth the dead.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 51:39 When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, says Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 51:57 I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joel 1:5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Joel 3:9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up:
(KJV BBE WBS)

Joel 3:12 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about.
(Root in KJV BBE WBS YLT)

Habakkuk 2:7 Won't your debtors rise up suddenly, and wake up those who make you tremble, and you will be their victim?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Habakkuk 2:19 Woe to him who says to the wood,'Awake!' or to the mute stone,'Arise!' Shall this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in its midst.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Wake

Related Terms

Lyre (32 Occurrences)

Psaltery (17 Occurrences)

Adjured (11 Occurrences)

Dawn (70 Occurrences)

Lute (13 Occurrences)

Waked (13 Occurrences)

Drunken (38 Occurrences)

Command (442 Occurrences)

Waits (21 Occurrences)