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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 313. ἀναγεννάω (anagennaó) -- To beget again, to regenerate, to be born again</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/313.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/acts/7-24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/313.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 313</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/312.htm" title="312">◄</a> 313. anagennaó <a href="../greek/314.htm" title="314">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">anagennaó: To beget again, to regenerate, to be born again</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἀναγεννάω</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>anagennaó<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>an-ag-en-nah'-o<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(an-ag-en-nah'-o)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>To beget again, to regenerate, to be born again<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>I beget again, beget into a new life.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>From the Greek prefix ἀνά (ana, meaning "again" or "anew") and γεννάω (gennaó, meaning "to beget" or "to give birth")<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent to ἀναγεννάω, the concept of spiritual renewal can be related to terms like חָדַשׁ (chadash, Strong's H2318), meaning "to renew" or "to restore."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term ἀναγεννάω is used in the New Testament to describe the spiritual rebirth or regeneration of a believer. It signifies a transformative process initiated by God, where an individual is spiritually renewed and becomes a new creation in Christ. This concept is central to Christian theology, emphasizing the necessity of a spiritual rebirth to enter the Kingdom of God.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the idea of rebirth or regeneration was not entirely foreign, as various philosophical and religious traditions spoke of renewal or transformation. However, the Christian concept of being "born again" was distinct in its emphasis on a personal, spiritual transformation through faith in Jesus Christ. This new birth was seen as a work of the Holy Spirit, marking a departure from the old life of sin and a beginning of a new life in righteousness.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>313</b> <i>anagennáō</i> (from <a href="/greek/303.htm">303</a> <i>/aná</i>, "up, again," which intensifies <a href="/greek/1080.htm">1080</a> <i>/gennáō</i>, "give birth") – properly, born-<i>again</i> or "born from <i>on high</i>."</p><p class="discovery"><a href="/greek/313.htm">313</a> <i>/anagennáō</i> ("born again, from above") is used twice in the NT (1 Pet 1:3,23) – both times referring to God <i>regenerating</i> a believer (giving a supernatural, <i>new birth</i>).</p><p class="discovery">[<a href="/greek/313.htm">313</a> (<i>anagennáō</i>) "does not occur in classical or Septuagintal Greek. Any use elsewhere (i.e. outside the NT) is <i>disputed</i> (cf. Moulton-Milligan; Selwyn, <i>First Epistle of St. Peter</i>, 122)" (<i>CBL</i>). This <i>underlines</i> the importance of its <i>two</i> occasions in the NT (1 Pet 1:3,23).]</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/303.htm">ana</a> and <a href="/greek/1080.htm">gennaó</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to beget again<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>born again (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 313: ἀναγεννάω</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἀναγεννάω</span></span>, <span class="greek2">(ῶ</span>: 1 aorist <span class="greek2">ἀνεγέννησα</span>; perfect passive <span class="greek2">ἀναγεγέννημαι</span>; <span class="accented">to produce again, beget again, beget anew</span>; metaphorically: <span class="greek2">τινα</span>, thoroughly to change the mind of one, so that he lives a new life and one conformed to the will of God, <a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1-3.htm">1 Peter 1:3</a>; passively <span class="greek2">ἐκ</span> <span class="greek2">τίνος</span>, ibid. 1:23. (In the same sense in ecclesiastical writings (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Sophocles</span> Lexicon, under the word). Among secular authors used by <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 4, 2, 1 <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">ἐκ</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">στασιάζειν</span> <span class="greek2">αὐτοῖς</span> <span class="greek2">ἀναγεννωμένων</span> (yet Bekker <span class="greek2">ἄν</span> <span class="greek2">γενομένων</span>) <span class="greek2">δεινῶν</span> <span class="accented">which originated</span>.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>beget, cause to be born again.<p>From <a href="/greek/303.htm">ana</a> and <a href="/greek/1080.htm">gennao</a>; to beget or (by extension) bear (again) -- beget, (bear) X (again). <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/303.htm">ana</a> <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/1080.htm">gennao</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>αναγεγεννημενοι αναγεγεννημένοι ἀναγεγεννημένοι αναγεννησας αναγεννήσας ἀναγεννήσας anagegennemenoi anagegenneménoi anagegennēmenoi anagegennēménoi anagennesas anagennēsas anagennḗsas<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_peter/1-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 1:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular">V-APA-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">αὐτοῦ ἔλεος <b>ἀναγεννήσας</b> ἡμᾶς εἰς</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> mercy <span class="itali">has caused us to be born again</span> to a living<br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> hath begotten us <span class="itali">again</span> unto a lively<br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of him mercy <span class="itali">having fathered again</span> us to<p><b><a href="/text/1_peter/1-23.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Peter 1:23</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural">V-PPM/P-NMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3"><b>ἀναγεγεννημένοι</b> οὐκ ἐκ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_peter/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">for you have been born again</span> not of seed<br><a href="/kjvs/1_peter/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">Being born again,</span> not of<br><a href="/interlinear/1_peter/1-23.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">Having been born again</span> not of<p><b><a href="/greek/313.htm">Strong's Greek 313</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_313.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/anagegenne_menoi_313.htm">ἀναγεγεννημένοι — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/anagenne_sas_313.htm">ἀναγεννήσας — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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