What does ἀναγεννάω (anagennáō) mean in the Bible?
ἀναγεννάω (anagennáō): Spiritual rebirth or regeneration, emphasizing divine begetting that creates new life in believers.
Greek · G313
ἀναγεννάω
To beget or (by extension) bear (again)
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ἀναγεννάω G313
Pronunciation anagennáō
What does ἀναγεννάω (anagennáō) mean in the Bible?
ἀναγεννάω (anagennáō): Spiritual rebirth or regeneration, emphasizing divine begetting that creates new life in believers.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G313?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include For you have been born again (1), has given us new birth (1).
Where does ἀναγεννάω (anagennáō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Peter 1:3. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It For you have been born again 1× 1 Peter 1:23
has given us new birth 1× 1 Peter 1:3
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Usage map
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First aligned row 1 Peter 1:3
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
1 Peter 2
Source forms
ἀναγεγεννημένοι 1x anagegennēmenoi 1 Peter 1:23
ἀναγεννήσας 1x anagennēsas 1 Peter 1:3
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x 1 Peter 1:3
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Peter 1:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Spiritual rebirth or regeneration, emphasizing divine begetting that creates new life in believers.
Strong's G313
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 1 form 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 Peter 1:1-12 Source Gloss
to beget or (by extension) bear (again)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Peter 1:3 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀναγεννήσας anagennhsav
I beget again, beget into a new life
Read verse 1 Peter 1:23 Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀναγεγεννημένοι anagegennhmenoi
I beget again, beget into a new life
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Aorist, Perfect Voices Active, Passive
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Tenses
Voices
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Aorist Active 1 Pet 1:3 1×
Perfect Passive 1 Pet 1:23 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1 perfect 1
Voice
active 1 passive 1
Mood
participle 2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
New Testament Witnesses
to cause to be born again
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Word Origins
ἀναγεννάω is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Emphasizes salvation as divine regeneration, not self-reform. 1 Peter 1:1-12
Canonical Themes
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain