Strong's Lexicon
G313 — ἀναγεννάω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G313 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀναγεννάω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G303 and G1080 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | anagennao |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | an-ag-en-nah'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to beget 2. (by extension) to bear (again) |
| KJV Renderings: | beget, (bear) X (again) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀναγεννάω, (ῶ: 1 aorist ἀνεγέννησα; perfect passive ἀναγεγέννημαι; to produce again, beget again, beget anew; metaphorically: τινα, thoroughly to change the mind of one, so that he lives a new life and one conformed to the will of God, 1Pe 1:3; passively ἐκ τίνος, ibid. 1:23. (In the same sense in ecclesiastical writings (cf. Sophocles Lexicon, under the word). Among secular authors used by Josephus, Antiquities 4, 2, 1 τῶν ἐκ τοῦ στασιάζειν αὐτοῖς ἀναγεννωμένων (yet Bekker ἄν γενομένων) δεινῶν which originated.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀναγεννάω (beget)
1 Peter 1:3
- KJV: Blessed the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead
- GK: ευλογητός ο θεός και πατήρ του κυρίου ημών Ιησού Χριστού ο κατά το πολύ αυτού έλεος αναγεννήσας ημάς εις ελπίδα ζώσαν δι΄ αναστάσεως Ιησού χριστού εκ νεκρών
1 Peter 1:23
- KJV: Being born again not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever
- GK: αναγεγεννημένοι ουκ εκ σποράς φθαρτής αλλά αφθάρτου διά λόγου ζώντος θεού και μένοντος εις τον αιώνα