Strong's Lexicon
G341 — ἀνακαινόω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G341 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀνακαινόω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G303 and a derivative of G2537 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 2 |
| Transliteration: | anakainoo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | an-ak-ai-noh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to renovate |
| KJV Renderings: | renew |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνακαινόω, (ῶ: (present passive ἀνακαινοῦμαι); a word peculiar to the apostle Paul; properly, "to cause to grow up (ἀνά) new, to make new"; passive, new strength and vigor is given to me, 2Co 4:16; to be changed into a new kind of life, opposed to the former corrupt state, Col 3:10. Cf. Winers De verb. comp. Part iii., p. 10 (or Meyer on Colossians, the passage cited; Test. xii. Patr., test. Levi 16, 17ἀνακαινοποιέω. Cf. Köstlin in Herzog edition 2, 1:477f.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀνακαινόω (renew)
2 Corinthians 4:16
- KJV: For which cause we faint not but though our outward man perish yet the inward is renewed day by day
- GK: διό ουκ εκκακούμεν αλλ΄ ει ο έξω ημών άνθρωπος διαφθείρεται αλλ΄ ο έσωθεν ανακαινούνται ημέρα και ημέρα
Colossians 3:10
- KJV: And have put on the new which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him
- GK: και ενδυσάμενοι τον νέον τον ανακαινούμενον εις επίγνωσιν κατ΄ εικόνα του κτίσαντος αυτόν