Quick Definition
ἐπεγείρω v. I arouse, stimulate, excite against
Strong's Definition
to rouse upon, i.e. (figuratively) to excite against
Derivation: from G1909 (ἐπί) and G1453 (ἐγείρω);
KJV Usage: raise, stir up
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-εγείρω: 1 aor. ἐπήγειρα ; to raise or excite against: τὶ ἐπί twa, Acts xiii. 50 (διωγμόν) ; κατά twos, to stir up against one: ras ψυχὰς ... κατὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν, Acts xiv. 2.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπεγείρω epegeirō 2x
to raise or stir up against, excite or instigate against, Acts 13:50; 14:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-εγείρω
[in LXX for עוּר hi., קוּם hi., etc. ;]
to rouse up, excite: c. acc rei, διωγμόν, Ac 13:50; ψυχάς, Ac 14:2.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπεγείρω. Syll 324" (i/B.C.) τούς τε διὰ παντὸς ἐπεγει[ρ]ομένους ἐπὶ τ[ὴ]ν [π]όλιν πολεμίους [ἀμυνόμενος : cf. Ac 1350, 14%, and see Hobart, p. 225.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπεγείρω (epegeirō) — to awaken/rouse. ἐπεγ-είρω, awaken, rouse up, τινά [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, to be roused from sleep, wake up, [Refs 8th c.BC+], only in aorist forms ἐπέγρετο, ἐπεγρόμενος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ἐπήγερται is uncertain reading in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. metaphorically, awaken, excite, πόλεμον εὕδοντ᾽ [NT+6th c.BC+]; ὅσον ἑσμὸν λόγων ἐπεγείρετε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; stir up, τὸ Ἑλληνικόν [NT+5th c.BC+]passive, ἐπηγέρθη [ἡ Ταλθυβίου μῆνις] [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. erect, raise, τὰς ἀκάνθας -ων erecting his prickles, like certain fish when irritated, [Refs 5th c.BC+]