Quick Definition
a waking up, resurrection
Strong's Definition
a resurgence (from death)
Derivation: from G1453 (ἐγείρω);
KJV Usage: resurrection
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἔγερσις, ἐγερσεως, ἡ (ἐγείρω "a rousing, excitation:" τοῦ θυμοῦ, Plato, Tim., p. 70 c.; a rising up, Psa_138:2 (); resurrection from death; Mat_27:58.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἔγερσις egersis 1x
pr. the act of waking or rising up; resurrection resuscitation, Mat_27:53
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἔγερσις , -εως , ἡ
( < ἐγείρω , -ομαι ),
[in LXX : Jdg_7:19 , Psa_139:2 ( H6965 ), 1Es_5:62 * ;]
1. a rousing ( Plat .).
2. a rising (Ps, l.c .): from death, Mat_27:53 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἔγερσις [page 179]
With Mat_27:53 , the only occurrence of this word in the NT, may be compared the heading of a magic spell in P Leid W vii. 14 (ii/iii A.D.) ἔγερσις σώματος νεκροῦ . Nδgeli (p. 49) refers to a use of the word in the same sense in Apollod. II. § 124 Wagn. See also Aristeas 160 where τὴν ἔγερσιν is contrasted with ὅταν εἰς ὕπνον ἔρχωνται .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἔγερσις "a waking" from sleep, Plat. :— "awaking" from death, NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἔγερσις, -εως, ἡ (ἐγείρω, -ομαι)),
[in LXX: Jdg.7:19, Psa.138 (139)2 (קוּם), I Est.5:62 * ;]
__1. a rousing (Plat.).
__2. a rising (Ps, l.with): from death, Mat.27:53.
† (AS)