A.to be or become fully awake, watch, LXX Ne.7.3, Ev.Matt.24.43, al., Ach.Tat. 4.17; “ἐπί τισι” LXX Ba.2.9; ἐπὶ τὰς πόλεις ib.Je.5.6:—Pass., ἐγρηγορήθη ἐπὶ τὰ ἀσεβήματά μου ib.La.1.14; opp. καθεύδω, of life opp. death, 1 Ep.Thess.5.10.
γρηγορ-έω , late pres., formed from pf. ἐγρήγορα (q. v.),