Lexical Definition

‎ἀνακαθίζω‎ anakathízō (an-ak-ath-id'-zo) to sit up ^G:V
from ‎ἀνά‎ and ‎καθίζω‎

sit up.

• properly, to set up, i.e. (reflexively) to sit up

Abbott-Smith

* ἀνα-καθ-ίζω (v.s. καθίζω);
1. trans., to set up.
2. Intrans., to sit up: Lk 7:15 (WH, mg., ἐκάθισεν), Ac 9:40 (freq. in medical writings: MM, VGT, s.v.).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀνακαθίζω,

set up: whence middle, sit up, εἰς τὴν κλίνην[Refs 5th c.BC+]

__II intransitive, sit up, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δὶς ἑπτὰ[μησὶν] -ει [τὰ βρέφη] [Refs]; of a hare listening, [Refs 5th c.BC+]