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raise

Meaning of “raise”

Sense 1: To rouse; to stir up. Sense 2: To lift or set upright. Sense 3: To exalt. Sense 4: To build or produce. Sense 5: To call forth. Sense 6: To restore to life.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
59 occurrences58 verses29 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 38:8

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Hosea 6:2
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Hosea 6:2 · retained source text

After two daies will he reuiue vs, in the third day he will raise vs vp, and we shall liue in his sight.

1611 marginal note1.Cor.15.4.

Joel 3:7
Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Joel 3:7 · retained source text

Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither yee haue sold them, and wil returne your recompence vpon your owne head.

Amos 5:2
The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Amos 5:2 · retained source text

The virgin of Israel is fallen, she shall no more rise: she is forsaken vpon her land, there is none to raise her vp.

Amos 6:14
But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
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1611 witness · Amos 6:14 · retained source text

But beholde, I wil raise vp against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD, the God of hostes, and they shall afflict you from the entring in of Hemath, vnto the riuer of the wildernesse.

1611 marginal noteOr, valley.

Amos 9:11
¶ In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Amos 9:11 · retained source text

¶ In that day will I raise vp the tabernacle of Dauid, that is fallen, and close vp the breaches thereof, and I will raise vp his ruines, and I will build it as in the dayes of old;

1611 marginal noteHeb. hedge, or wall.

1611 marginal noteActs 15.16.

Micah 5:5
And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Micah 5:5 · retained source text

And this man shall bee the peace when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when hee shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seuen Shepheards, and eight principall men.

1611 marginal noteHeb. princes of men.

Habakkuk 1:3
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Habakkuk 1:3 · retained source text

Why doest thou shew me iniquity, & cause me to behold grieuance? for spoiling and violence are before me: & there are that raise vp strife and contention.

Habakkuk 1:6
For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not theirs.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Habakkuk 1:6 · retained source text

For loe, I raise vp the Caldeans, that bitter and hastie nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possesse the dwelling places that are not theirs.

1611 marginal noteHebr. breadths.

Zechariah 11:16
For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Zechariah 11:16 · retained source text

For loe, I wil raise vp a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that bee cut off, neither shall seeke the yong one, nor heale that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shal eate the flesh of the fat, and teare their clawes in pieces.

1611 marginal noteOr, hidden.

1611 marginal noteOr, beare.

Matthew 3:9
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 3:9 · retained source text

And thinke not to say within your selues, Wee haue Abraham to our father: For I say vnto you, that God is able of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.

1611 marginal noteIohn 18.39.

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