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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἀναγεννάω

MainId: 000315000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: α

StrongCodes: G0313

BaseForms:

  1. BaseFormID: 000315001000000

    PartsOfSpeech: verb

    RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'γεννάω', 'Meanings': []}

    LEXMeanings:

    1. LEXID: 000315001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 13.55

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Be, Become, Exist, Happen

      LEXSubDomains: Change of State

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

        LastEdited: 2021-08-03 12:51:32

        DefinitionShort: (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

        Glosses: ['to cause to be born again', 'to be given new birth']

        Comments: In a number of languages the use of ἀναγεννάω in the sense of ‘to be born again spiritually’ is extremely difficult for people to understand, even as it was in biblical times. However, the concept is such an integral element in so much NT thought and teaching that the expression should be retained, though it may very well require some brief marginal explanation or at least significant cross-referencing.|In its NT usage ἀναγεννάω, of course, has nothing to do with birth as such, but refers to a radical change in personality, with the attendant change in state, and it is for that reason that ἀναγεννάω is here classified in Domain 13 Be, Become, Exist, Happen. See also {D:41.53}.

      LEXReferences: 1PET 1:3, 1PET 1:23