rise from the dead
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Etymology
A translation of the Ancient Greek ἀνίστημι ἐκ νεκρῶν (anístēmi ek nekrôn), from ἀνίστημι (anístēmi) and νεκρός (nekrós, “dead person; dead”). Used in the King James Bible, for instance.
Verb
rise from the dead (third-person singular simple present rises from the dead, present participle rising from the dead, simple past rose from the dead, past participle risen from the dead)
- To become alive (or undead) after having died.
- 2014 October 6, Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith, “Ebola 'risen from the dead' zombie story is a complete hoax”, in Independent:
- The story of dead Ebola victims rising from the dead, with the first "picture" of one of the zombies that has gone viral, (if it weren't glaringly obvious) is a hoax.
- 2014, Reinhard Bonnke, Raised From the Dead: The Miracle that Brings Promise to America:
- “My husband is a man of God,” she repeated. “He had an accident and died, but God has told me that if I can get him to Bonnke, he will rise from the dead.”
- 1997 March 8, Andy Coghlan, “Will cloned cows rise from the dead?”, in New Scientist
- (figuratively) To come back into general use after becoming obsolete.
- 2016 September 28, Robert J. Samuelson, “Will the TPP rise from the dead?”, in The Washington Post
- 2016 October 19, Brad McMillan, “Active Management Could Rise From The Dead”, in Forbes
Translations
to become alive after having died
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