A causative verb meaning to make someone or something stand up or come into being. In biblical usage, it often carries the specific sense of raising up offspring or a successor, particularly in the context of levirate marriage law where a brother raises up children for his deceased brother. The compound ex-anistēmi intensifies the basic 'stand' root with a prefix suggesting 'out' or 'forth,' emphasizing the bringing forth into existence. The verb appears in both the Synoptic discussion of the Sadducees' resurrection question and in the Jerusalem council debate about Gentile converts.