What does ἀνακαίνωσις (anakaínōsis) mean in the Bible?
ἀνακαίνωσις (anakaínōsis): Renewal involving both divine transformation and human participation, not merely passive restoration.
Greek · G342
ἀνακαίνωσις
Renovation
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ἀνακαίνωσις G342
Pronunciation anakaínōsis
What does ἀνακαίνωσις (anakaínōsis) mean in the Bible?
ἀνακαίνωσις (anakaínōsis): Renewal involving both divine transformation and human participation, not merely passive restoration.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G342?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include renewal (1), renewing (1).
Where does ἀνακαίνωσις (anakaínōsis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 12:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (1), Titus (1).
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 renewal 1× Titus 3:5
renewing 1× Romans 12:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 12:2
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Romans 1 Titus 1
Source forms
ἀνακαινώσει 1x anakainōsei Romans 12:2
ἀνακαινώσεως 1x anakainōseōs Titus 3:5
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Romans 12:2
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 1x Titus 3:5
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Renewal involving both divine transformation and human participation, not merely passive restoration.
Strong's G342
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Romans 12:1-2 Source Gloss
renovation
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Renewal involving both divine transformation and human participation, not merely passive restoration.
(ἀνακαινόω), renewal: Rom.12:2, Tit.3:5 (Cremer, 324; MM, VGT, see word).
Synonymsπαλινγενεσία, in NT, new birth, of which ἀ. is the consequent renewal or renovation, in which man as well as God takes part (see Tr., Syn., § xviii)
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.
Romans 12:2 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀνακαινώσει anakainwsei
renewing
Read verse Titus 3:5 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ἀνακαινώσεως anakainwsewv
renewing
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Dative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Titus 3:5 1×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Rom 12:2 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
Renewal, renovation.
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀνακαίνωσις is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Highlights the Spirit’s ongoing work in reshaping the believer’s thinking. Romans 12:1-2
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