3825

3824 Original: παλιγγενεσία Transliteration: paliggenesia

Phonetic: pal-ing-ghen-es-ee'-ah

• Thayer Definition:

new birth, reproduction, renewal, recreation, regeneration

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

the renovation of the earth after the deluge

the renewal of the world to take place after its destruction by fire, as the * Stoics taught 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.

• other uses

of Cicero's restoration to rank and fortune on his recall from exile

of the restoration of the Jewish nation after exile

of the recovery of knowledge by recollection

• Origin: from 3825 and 1078
• TDNT entry: 12:26,1
• Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine
• Strong's Definition: From 3825 and 1078; (spiritual) rebirth (the state or the act), that is, (figuratively) spiritual renovation ; specifically Messianic restoration: - regeneration
  • The antitheses of degenerate.