resurrection en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃn̩/
- /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkʃən/
Etymology
From Middle English resurreccioun, resurrection, from Anglo-Norman resurrectiun, Old French resurrection (French: résurrection), and their etymon Late Latin resurrēctiōnem (accusative of resurrēctiō) from Latin resurgō (“to rise again”), from re- (“again”), + surgō (“to rise”). By surface analysis, resurrect + -ion. Displaced native Old English ǣrist.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
The resurrection of Lazarus was a mighty demonstration of Jesus' power over death; but it was not the resurrection unto life eternal. Only Jesus' own resurrection could demonstrate that. The resurrection of Lazarus was of great importance for the disciples.
1971, William Sanford LaSor, “Lazarus”, in Men Who Knew Christ, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54:Jesus had raised the dead before. There was that young girl near Capernaum. Of course, the scribes had said that she was not really dead. Just in a deep sleep. But Peter, James, and John, who witnessed the child's resurrection, assured her that the girl had been completely cold, still, and lifeless. And when Jesus had said "Little girl, I say to you, get up!" the child had come back to life.
2000, Doug Batchelor, “At Jesus' Feet in Sorrow: "Praying for the Dead"”, in At Jesus' feet: The Gospel According to Mary Madgalene, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 40:In medieval thinking, the resurrection of Lazarus was closely tied to Christ's death, because it was a prefiguration of the Savior's rising from the dead. Also, in the internal historicity of the Bible accounts, this event had persuaded many Jews to convert and had pushed the priests to persecute Jesus.
1999, Death and Dying in the Middle Ages, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 357:
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(countable, qualifier:strictly, uncountable) The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again. ▸ The act of being raised from the dead into immortal life (as distinguished from a resuscitation into ordinary mortal life).
Death, like suffering, is an evil, and Jesus the source of life and healing, sees both as enemies. He conquers physical death and restores Lazarus to life. It is resuscitation, not resurrection. Resurrection brings a wonderful, new, and transformed life. Lazarus returned to the same life he had before.
1978, “I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE”, in Where Jesus Walked (Religion), Walls, Mississippi: Quadriga Art, Inc., page 39:The Resurrection does not mean that a dead man came to life again. We are not faced here with a simple problem in resuscitation. Resuscitation is not resurrection, since resuscitation never reaches beyond the natural. The Resurrection means that the Eternal Word who manifested himself in the form of the human—"and was made man"—to acquire all the meaning and all the experience of a human life, and to be means whereby God comes personally within the orbit of humanity as redeeming power, now manifests himself, or is manifested, in still another form. The Resurrection narratives are hopelessly confused on the supposition that they described the activities of a dead man restored to life again. Even on the most literalistic view of the story of Lazarus, it bears a radically different meaning form the accounts of the Risen Christ.
1940, Edwin Lewis, “The Church and Revelation”, in A Philosophy of the Christian Revelation, 1st edition (Religion), Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 65:Seeing the risen Jesus was not an experience of empirical data; it was experience of faith. For the very best empirical experience might have achieved was an experience of resuscitation not resurrection. Recall the story of Lazarus. He was mortal and he died. He was resuscitated and therefore was living again, but even after his resuscitation he was still mortal. Hence people could see him before and after because in both cases he was mortal: and therefore the subject of empirical data even after his resuscitation. The mortal Jesus -the Jesus before his death- could like the mortal Lazarus have been experienced as a fact of empirical data. The Risen Jesus, however, could only be experienced by faith. For resurrection is not returning from the dead it is a leap beyond death to a totally different kind of existence.
2012, William H. Shannon, “Learning to Read the Bible”, in How to Become a Christian Even If You Already Are One (Religion), →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 37–38:
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(Judaism, countable, uncountable) The general resurrection.
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Revelation 20:5–6:
- (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A miraculous comeback or revival (e.g., of a TV series); recovery from a dire predicament.
- (archaic, countable, uncountable) The act of bodysnatching (illicitly exhuming a cadaver).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| resurrections | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
resurrection pie · resurrectionism · resurrectional · resurrection fern · resurrectionary · resurrectioner · preresurrection · resurrectionist · resurrectionize · resurrection gate · resurrection man · resurrection lily · nonresurrection · resurrection plant · postresurrection
Relateds
resurge · surrection · resurgence · resurrect
Synonyms
anastasis (of Jesus) · Resurrection (of Jesus) · gainrising (rising from the dead)
Translations (84)
he תחיית המתים \ תְּחִיַּת הַמֵּתִים (act of arising from the dead) · sga esséirge (act of arising from the dead) · cs vzkříšení (act of arising from the dead) · de Wiederauferstehung (act of arising from the dead) · pl wskrzeszenie (act of arising from the dead) · fr résurrection (act of arising from the dead) · cu въскрьсеньѥ (act of arising from the dead) · cmn 復活 /复活 (act of arising from the dead) · de Auferstehung (act of arising from the dead) · lt prisikėlimas (act of arising from the dead) · sk vzkriesenie (act of arising from the dead) · cy atgyfodiad (act of arising from the dead) · fi ylösnousemus (act of arising from the dead) · yue 復活 /复活 (act of arising from the dead) · sl vstajenje (od mrtvih) (act of arising from the dead) · hi नुशूर (act of arising from the dead) · el ανάσταση (act of arising from the dead) · nl herrijzenis (act of arising from the dead) · ang ǣrist (act of arising from the dead) · ta உயிர்த்தெழுதல் (act of arising from the dead) · is upprisa (act of arising from the dead) · mk воскресение (act of arising from the dead) · sw ufufuo (act of arising from the dead) · wa rezureccion (act of arising from the dead) · pl zmartwychwstanie (act of arising from the dead) · hak 復活 /复活 (act of arising from the dead) · ur نُشُور (act of arising from the dead) · bg възкресе́ние (act of arising from the dead) · ja 復活 (act of arising from the dead) · sh ускрсење (act of arising from the dead) · cu въскрѣшеньѥ (act of arising from the dead) · hu feltámadás (act of arising from the dead) · ca resurrecció (act of arising from the dead) · crh tirilüv (act of arising from the dead) · yi תּחיית המתים (act of arising from the dead) · et ülestõusmine (act of arising from the dead) · vo dönulifükam (act of arising from the dead) · nrf rêsurrection (act of arising from the dead) · es resurrección (act of arising from the dead) · hi मृतोत्थान (act of arising from the dead) · ro înviere (act of arising from the dead) · grc ἀνάστασις (act of arising from the dead) · eo reviviĝo (act of arising from the dead) · nl opstanding (act of arising from the dead) · kk ғарасат (act of arising from the dead) · it resurrezione (act of arising from the dead) · gl resurrección (act of arising from the dead) · ka გაცოცხლება (act of arising from the dead) · sa पुनरुज्जीवन (act of arising from the dead) · ga aiséirí (act of arising from the dead) · crh tirilme (act of arising from the dead) · uk воскреше́ння (act of arising from the dead) · ur اِحْیا (act of arising from the dead) · sh uskrsenje (act of arising from the dead) · nan-hbl 閣活 /阁活 (act of arising from the dead) · nb oppstandelse (act of arising from the dead) · ko 부활 (act of arising from the dead) · tl muling-pagkabuhay (act of arising from the dead) · nl wederopstanding (act of arising from the dead) · oj aabijiibaawin (act of arising from the dead) · hi पुनरुज्जीवन (act of arising from the dead) · nds-de Uperstahung (act of arising from the dead) · zdj mbâthwi (act of arising from the dead) · lv augšāmcelšanās (act of arising from the dead) · ka მკვდრეთით აღდგომა (act of arising from the dead) · wa ravicaedje (act of arising from the dead) · fa رستاخیز (act of arising from the dead) · hy հարություն (act of arising from the dead) · sv uppståndelse (act of arising from the dead) · ru воскресе́ние (act of arising from the dead) · eo resurekto (act of arising from the dead) · nl verrijzenis (act of arising from the dead) · sh ускрсну́ће (act of arising from the dead) · tr diriliş (act of arising from the dead) · ru воскреше́ние (act of arising from the dead) · rue воскресї́ня (act of arising from the dead) · sa मृतोत्थान (act of arising from the dead) · ro reînviere (act of arising from the dead) · nn oppstandelse (act of arising from the dead) · la resurrectiō (act of arising from the dead) · be уваскрашэ́нне (act of arising from the dead) · sh uskrsnúće (act of arising from the dead) · got 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 (act of arising from the dead) · pt ressurreição (act of arising from the dead)