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
ἀναγεννάω (anagennáō): Spiritual rebirth or regeneration, emphasizing divine begetting that creates new life in believers.
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ἀναγεννάωG313
Pronunciationanagennáō
What does ἀναγεννάω (anagennáō) mean in the Bible?
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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 ItFor you have been born again1×1 Peter 1:23
has given us new birth1×1 Peter 1:3
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row1 Peter 1:3
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
1 Peter2
Source forms
ἀναγεγεννημένοι1xanagegennēmenoi1 Peter 1:23
ἀναγεννήσας1xanagennēsas1 Peter 1:3
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular1x1 Peter 1:3
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural1x1 Peter 1:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Spiritual rebirth or regeneration, emphasizing divine begetting that creates new life in believers.
Strong'sG313
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study link1 Peter 1:1-12Source Gloss
to beget or (by extension) bear (again)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 1:3Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀναγεννήσαςanagennhsav
I beget again, beget into a new life
Read verse1 Peter 1:23Verb Perfect Passive Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀναγεγεννημένοιanagegennhmenoi
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 groups1Aligned forms2TensesAorist, PerfectVoicesActive, Passive
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Tenses
Voices
Participleverbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality2×
Aorist Active1 Pet 1:31×
Perfect Passive1 Pet 1:231×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist1perfect1
Voice
active1passive1
Mood
participle2
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