ἀναγεννάω
anagennáō · G313 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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to cause to be born again, to be given new birth
(A figurative extension of meaning of ἀναγεννάω ‘to be physically born again,’ not occurring in the NT) To cause to be changed as a form of spiritual rebirth
Examples1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:23 for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable, but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated (participle) 2
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐγώI, we 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 5 groups
- διάthrough+ λόγοςword, saying, message 1
- διάthrough+ ἀνάστασιςresurrection 1
- εἰςto+ ζάωto be alive, to live, to come back to life 1
- εἰςto+ κληρονομίαinheritance 1
- κατάaccording to, against, down+ ἔλεοςmercy 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- οὐnot 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- θεόςGod 1
- πατήρfather 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἀνακαινίζω anakainízō · G340 · to renew, to restore, to bring back
- While ἀναγεννάω emphasizes the metaphor of new birth/regeneration, ἀνακαινίζω emphasizes renewal or restoration to a former or better state. Both express spiritual transformation but through different root metaphors (birth vs. renewal). Used in Heb 6:6 of spiritual restoration.
- ἀνακαινόω anakainóō · G341 · to make new, renewal, to renew
- Similar to ἀνακαινίζω, this verb expresses renewal or making new again, particularly of the inner person (2 Cor 4:16, Col 3:10). While ἀναγεννάω uses the birth metaphor for spiritual transformation, ἀνακαινόω uses the renewal/making-new metaphor for the same spiritual reality.
In the other Testament 1 word
- יָלַד yâlad · H3205 · to bear, to father, to beget
- The standard Hebrew verb for 'to beget' or 'to bear' (of both father and mother), used throughout the OT for physical birth and occasionally metaphorically for spiritual regeneration (e.g., Ps 2:7). ἀναγεννάω in 1 Pet 1:3, 23 expresses the same concept of new spiritual birth with the intensifying prefix ἀνα- ('again').
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To cause to be born again, to be given new birth13.55
- In 1 Peter 1:3, believers bless God, “who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again (anagennḗsas) to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,” describing God's act of granting spiritual new birth.
Word family 29 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ῶ: 1 aorist ἀνεγέννησα; perfect passive ἀναγεγέννημαι; to produce again, beget again,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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