diegeirō · wake, rouse

What it means

diegeirō (διεγείρω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “wake, rouse”.

Wake up, rouse; be stirred up.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To rouse someone from sleep, or to stir up his memory.
2. Swell with waves, of the sea.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• stir up ×2
• woke ×2
• waking up ×1
• was growing rough ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Luke×2
• John×1
• 2 Peter×2

• Mark 4:39

  And waking up, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Be silent! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

• Luke 8:24

  And they came and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” And he woke up and rebuked the wind and the surge of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm.

• John 6:18

  And the sea was growing rough because a strong wind was blowing.

• 2 Peter 1:13

  And I consider it right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir up you by way of reminder,

• 2 Peter 3:1

  Beloved, this is now the second letter I am writing to you; in both of which I stir up your sincere mind by way of reminder,

And 1 more times.