paliggenesia <3824>
paliggenesia paliggenesia
| Pronunciation: | pal-ing-ghen-es-ee'-ah |
| Origin: | from 3825 and 1078 |
| Reference: | TDNT - 1:686,117 |
| PrtSpch: | n f |
| In Greek: | paliggenesia 1, paliggenesiav 1 |
| In NET: | age 1, new birth 1 |
| In AV: | regeneration 2 |
| Count: | 2 |
| Definition: | 1) new birth, reproduction, renewal, recreation, regeneration 1a) hence renovation, regeneration, the production of a new life consecrated to God, a radical change of mind for the better. The word often used to denote the restoration of a thing to its pristine state, its renovation, as a renewal or restoration of life after death 1b) the renovation of the earth after the deluge 1c) the renewal of the world to take place after its destruction by fire, as the Stoics taught 1d) the signal and glorious change of all things (in heaven and earth) for the better, that restoration of the primal and perfect condition of things which existed before the fall of our first parents, which the Jews looked for in connection with the advent of the Messiah, and which Christians expected in connection with the visible return of Jesus from heaven. 1e) other uses 1e1) of Cicero's restoration to rank and fortune on his recall from exile 1e2) of the restoration of the Jewish nation after exile 1e3) of the recovery of knowledge by recollection Synonym : See Definition 5888 from 3825 and 1078; (spiritual) rebirth (the state or the act), i.e. (figuratively) spiritual renovation; specially, Messianic restoration:-regeneration. see GREEK for 3825 see GREEK for 1078 |
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