risen

Everyday

1. Risen means having gone up or got higher. tree →
2. Risen is used for the sun or moon coming up. tree →
3. Risen is used for prices, numbers or water going up. tree →
4. Risen can mean got up from bed or from sitting, or (old) come back to life. tree →

In the lessons

In maths and science problems: «the temperature has risen by 5 degrees», «prices have risen». In cooking, «the bread has risen». Phrases: «has risen by», «had risen», «risen from».

Examples

• The sun has risen. tree →
• The temperature has risen by 4 degrees since morning. tree →
• Prices have risen this year. tree →
• The bread has risen in the oven. tree →
• The river had risen after the rain. tree →
• The number of pupils has risen from 200 to 250, a rise of 50. tree →
• The sun had not yet risen, but the morning was come. tree →

Note

Use «risen» after has/have/had: «it has risen» (not «it has rose»). Past simple is «rose». Do not confuse with «raised» (raise, raised — something lifts something else). In maths, «risen by» means the difference (add it on); «risen to» means the new total.

In Jewish tradition

Here it describes the sun having come up in the morning.

Interpretation. Tradition links the sunrise to the start of the day's duties and to the times for morning prayer and laws about the thief.

Examples

• The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot came unto Zoar. (Torah GEN.19.23, JPS 1917) tree →
• And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, a brood of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. (Torah NUM.32.14, JPS 1917) tree →
• If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be bloodguiltiness for him — he shall make restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. (Torah EXO.22.3, JPS 1917) tree →
• They are bowed down and fallen; but we are risen, and stand upright. (Writings PSA.20.9, JPS 1917) tree →
• Arise, shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. (Prophets ISA.60.1, JPS 1917) tree →
• For strangers are risen up against me, and violent men have sought after my soul; they have not set God before them. (Writings PSA.54.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Use «risen» after has/have/had: «it has risen» (not «it has rose»). Past simple is «rose». Do not confuse with «raised» (raise, raised — something lifts something else). In maths, «risen by» means the difference (add it on); «risen to» means the new total.