Strong's Lexicon

G341

G341 — ἀνακαινόω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekanakainooverbOccurrences: 2

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, (: (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

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

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
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