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Strong's G1881 ἐπανίσταμαι (epanistamai)

Epanistamai means “rise up against” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1881 — dath (“commandment”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G1881
Language Greek
Linked Usages 40
Books 14

Strong's G1881 Quick Answer

Strong's G1881 ἐπανίσταμαι (epanistamai) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epanistamai (ep-an-is'-tam-ai) v. 1. to stand up on 2. (figuratively) to attack It has 40 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include rise. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
epanistamai (ep-an-is'-tam-ai) v. 1. to stand up on 2. (figuratively) to attack
Usage
40 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
rise

Meaning and Definition

epanistamai (ep-an-is'-tam-ai) v. 1. to stand up on 2. (figuratively) to attack [middle voice from G1909 and G450] KJV: rise up against Root(s): G1909, G450

Original Word
ἐπανίσταμαι
Transliteration
epanistamai
Derivation
Root: ἀνίστημι R1: 1909 R2: 450
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1881. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to rebel against

Usage: ἐπ-αν-ίστημι [in LXX chiefly for קוּם ;] to raise up against; mid., to rise up against: before ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), Mat.10:21, Mrk.13:12.† (AS)

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How Strong's G1881 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render epanistamai, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

rise Matthew 10:21

How Strong's G1881 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 35 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1881 (ἐπανίσταμαι) appears 38 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1881 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1881 in the New Testament

2 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 10:21 KJV

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Mark 13:12 KJV

Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

Strong's G1881 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

35 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 19:11 Septuagint / Brenton

But if there should be in thee a man hating his neighbor, and he should lay wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him, that he die, and he should flee to one of these cities,

Deuteronomy 22:26 Septuagint / Brenton

And the damsel has not committed a sin worthy of death; as if a man should rise up against his neighbor, and slay him, so is this thing;

Deuteronomy 33:11 Septuagint / Brenton

Bless, Lord, his strength, And accept the works of his hands; Break the loins of his enemies that have risen up against him, And let not them that hate him rise up.

Strong's G1881 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

3 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Judith 5:11 Septuagint / Brenton

Therefore the king of Egypt rose up against them, and dealt subtly with them, and brought them low with laboring in brick, and made them slaves.

Judith 13:5 Septuagint / Brenton

For now is the time to help thine inheritance, and to execute my enterprise to the destruction of the enemies which are risen against us.

Judith 16:17 Septuagint / Brenton

Woe to the nations that rise up against my kindred! The Lord Almighty will take vengeance of them in the day of judgment, In putting fire and worms in their flesh; And they shall feel them, and weep forever.

Usage Excerpts

First 40 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1881.

Deuteronomy 19:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if there should be in thee a man hating his neighbor, and he should lay wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him, that he die, and he should flee to one of these cities,
Deuteronomy 22:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the damsel has not committed a sin worthy of death; as if a man should rise up against his neighbor, and slay him, so is this thing;
Deuteronomy 33:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Bless, Lord, his strength, And accept the works of his hands; Break the loins of his enemies that have risen up against him, And let not them that hate him rise up.
Judges 6:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon the son of Joash said to all the men who rose up against him, Do ye now plead for Baal, or will ye save him? whoever will plead for him, let him be slain this morning: if he be a god let him plead for himself, because one has thrown down his altar.
Judges 9:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and ye are risen up this day against the house of my father, and have slain his sons, being seventy men, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech the son of his bondwoman king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother:
1 Kingdoms 4:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Eli was ninety years old, and his eyes were fixed, and he saw not.
1 Kingdoms 17:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then I went forth after him, and smote him, and drew the spoil out of his mouth: and as he rose up against me, then I caught hold of his throat, and smote him, and slew him.
2 Kingdoms 14:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And behold the whole family rose up against thy handmaid, and they said, Give up the one that smote his brother, and we will put him to death for the life of his brother, whom he slew, and we will take away even your heir: so they will quench my coal that is left, so as not to leave my husband remnant or name on the face of the earth.
2 Kingdoms 18:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said to Hushai, Is it well with the young man Absalom? and Hushai said, Let the enemies of my lord the king, and all whosoever have risen up against him for evil, be as that young man.
2 Kingdoms 22:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt strengthen me with power for the war; Thou shalt cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
4 Kingdoms 16:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of the Assyrians, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, deliver me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me.
Job 17:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Wonder has seized true men upon this; And let the just rise up against the transgressor.
Job 19:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The very persons whom I had loved, rose up against me.
Job 20:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let the heaven reveal his iniquities, And the earth rise up against him.
Job 27:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Nay rather, but let mine enemies be as the overthrow of the ungodly, And they that rise up against me, as the destruction of transgressors.
Job 30:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thieves have risen up against me,
Job 30:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They have risen up against me on the right hand of their offspring; They have stretched out their foot, and directed against me the ways of their destruction.
Psalms 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O Lord, why are they that afflict me multiplied? Many rise up against me.
Psalms 17:40 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thou hast girded me with strength for war: Thou hast beaten down under me all that rose up against me.
Psalms 17:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My deliverer from angry enemies: Thou shalt set me on high above them that rise up against me: Thou shalt deliver me from the unrighteous man.
Psalms 26:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Though an army should set itself in array against me, my heart shall not be afraid: Though war should rise up against me, in this am I confident.
Psalms 26:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Deliver me not over to the desire of them that afflict me; For unjust witnesses have risen up against me, And injustice has lied within herself.
Psalms 43:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In thee will we push down our enemies, And in thy name will we bring to nought them that rise up against us.
Psalms 53:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For strangers have risen up against me, And mighty men have sought my life: They have not set God before them. Pause.
Psalms 58:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Deliver me from mine enemies, O God; And ransom me from those that rise up against me.
Psalms 85:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
O God, transgressors have risen up against me, And an assembly of violent men have sought my life; And have not set thee before them.
Psalms 91:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And mine eye has seen mine enemies, And mine ear shall hear the wicked that rise up against me.
Psalms 108:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let them curse, but thou shalt bless: Let them that rise up against me be ashamed, But let thy servant rejoice.
Psalms 123:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If it had not been that the Lord was among us, When men rose up against us;
Isaiah 14:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will destroy their name, and remnant, and seed: thus saith the Lord.
Isaiah 31:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore he has wisely brought evils upon them, and his word shall not be frustrated; and he shall rise up against the houses of wicked men, and against their vain hope,
Lamentations 3:62 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The lips of them that rose up against me, And their plots against me all the day;
Daniel 11:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now I will tell thee the truth. Behold, there shall yet rise up three kings in Persia: and the fourth shall be very far richer than all: and after that he is master of his wealth, he shall rise up against all the kingdoms of the Greeks.
Daniel 11:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And in those times many shall rise up against the king of the south; and the children of the spoilers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; and they shall fail.
Micah 7:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the son dishonors his father, the daughter will rise up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: those in his house shall be all a man’s enemies.
Matthew 10:21 New Testament, KJV
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Mark 13:12 New Testament, KJV
Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
Judith 5:11 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore the king of Egypt rose up against them, and dealt subtly with them, and brought them low with laboring in brick, and made them slaves.
Judith 13:5 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
For now is the time to help thine inheritance, and to execute my enterprise to the destruction of the enemies which are risen against us.
Judith 16:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Woe to the nations that rise up against my kindred! The Lord Almighty will take vengeance of them in the day of judgment, In putting fire and worms in their flesh; And they shall feel them, and weep forever.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1881, grouped by book.

Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Judith 3 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G1881 FAQ

What does epanistamai (ἐπανίσταμαι) mean?

Epanistamai (Strong's G1881) is a Greek word most simply glossed "rise up against". epanistamai (ep-an-is'-tam-ai) v. 1. to stand up on 2. (figuratively) to attack

How many times is epanistamai (ἐπανίσταμαι) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 40 linked usages for Strong's G1881 across 14 books.

Where can I study epanistamai (ἐπανίσταμαι) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1881 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate epanistamai (ἐπανίσταμαι)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as rise. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1881 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 35 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 3 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1881, with linked reader references where each row is available.