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What were the Hebrew and Greek words for "resurrection"?

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No single Hebrew word meant the concept of bodily resurrection.

Is 26:

19 Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.
rise
יְקוּמ֑וּן (yə·qū·mūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

awake
הָקִ֨יצוּ (hā·qî·ṣū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 6974: Arise, be awake, watch

Isaiah used a pair of words, H6965-rise and H6974-awake, to describe resurrection.

Daniel used H6974 in 12:

2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Ezekiel used another pair of words in 37:

10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.
and they came to life
וַיִּֽחְי֗וּ (way·yiḥ·yū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2421: To live, to revive

and stood
וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ (way·ya·‘am·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

At least 4 different Hebrew words were used to imagine the idea of resurrection in the OT.

What about the NT?

Lazarus died in Jn 11:

23“Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
24 Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
resurrection
ἀναστάσει (anastasei)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 386: A rising again, resurrection. From anistemi; a standing up again, i.e. a resurrection from death (its author), or a recovery.

Strong's Greek: 386. ἀνάστασις (anastasis) — 42 Occurrences

BDAG:
① a change for the better in status, rising up, rise
② resurrection from the dead

It was a relatively frequent word in the NT.

25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
The frequent and solo-specific use of G386 in the New Testament reflected the more developed concept of bodily resurrection in this period compared to earlier Jewish thought in the OT. Bodily resurrection was a crucial point in the NT.