TO LIFT UP ONES HANDS, is the Gesture of a Man, who is taking an Oath: I have lift up mine Hand unto the Lord, says Gen. xiv. 22.Abraham, that I will not take the least Thing that belongs to you. And: I will bring you into the Land concerning which I Ex. vi. 8.lift up my Hand, which I promised with an Oath to give you.
To lift up one’s Hand against any one, to attack him, to make War with him. Blessed be the Lord thy God which hath delivered up the Men that lift up their Hand against 2 Sam xviii. 28.my Lord the King. And; Sheba, the Son of Bichri, hath lift up his Hand against David, rebelled against him: The Scripture speaking of the Revolt of Jeroboam, the Son of Nebat, makes Use of the same Expression.
1 Kings xi. 26.To lift up one’s Face in the Presence of any one, to appear boldly in his Presence. 2 Sam. ii. 21.I should not dare to hold up my Face to Joab thy Brother. And Esdras; O Lord my God I am ashamed and blush to lift up my Face to Ezra ix. 6.thee. See also Job x. 15. xi. 15.
To lift up one’s Hands, Eyes, Soul, or Heart unto the Lord, are Ways of speaking used commonly in Scripture, to describe the Sentiments and Emotion of one who prays earnestly, and beseeches God with all his Heart to give him the Assistance that he stands in Need of. By lifting up the Eyes, no more than barely looking is meant frequently: I lift up mine Eyes and saw.
To lift up one’s Soul to any Thing, to desire it with Ardor. But to the Land whereunto they lift up their Mind to return, thither shall they not return. We find this Expression often enough in the Psalms. Lord I lift up my Soul unto thee. I beseech Ps. xxvi. lxxxvi. 4. cxliii. 8. Ezek. xviii. 6, 12, 15. xxii. 27. xxxiii. 25. John xiii. 18. Zech. i. 21. Ezek. xxviii. 11. Is. xxxvii. 4. Ex. ii. 8. Job xix. 25.thee with all the Ardor of my Soul.
To lift up one’s Eyes towards Idols, to honour, to invoke them, to put one’s Trust in them.
To lift up one’s Heel against any one, to kick, to rise up against one.
To lift up one’s Horn, to be exalted with Pride, to threaten one with Blows, to insult.
To lift or take up a Lamentation, levare planctum; to begin a mournful Song.
To lift up a Prayer, levare orationem, to address one’s Prayers to God for the People.
To be lifted up, to rise, surgere: There arose a new King in Egypt, a new King reigned. In the Scripture Men generally rose early in the Morning, and even before Day, like the Heroes in Homer. Surgere, to rise, signifies nothing else frequently but to begin an Action. Arise and go, rise and do this, &c. Surgant pueri & ludant: Surge, & comede panem; Surge fac nobis Deos, &c. Surge, Domine, in requiem tuam.
Matth. xxviii. 6.Surgo, is taken likewise for to rise from the dead: De terra surrecturus sum, says Job; Multi qui dormierunt, surrexerunt; surrexit Jesus, non est hic. And; Corpus surget Matth. xxvii. 52. 1 Cor. xv. 42. John vii. 52. Ps. xxxiv. 11.in incorruptione.
A great Prophet is risen up among us, Luke vii. 16. And no Prophet ariseth out of Galilee: A Galilæa Propheta non surgit.
To rise against any one, is said of Accusers and false Witnesses; Surgentes testes iniqui; quæ ignorabunt, interrogabunt me. Two false Witnesses arose and accused Jesus.