Quick Definition
παλιγγενεσία, ας, ἡ n.f. a new birth, regeneration
Strong's Definition
from 3825 and 1078; (spiritual) rebirth (the state or the act), i.e. (figuratively) spiritual renovation; specially, Messianic restoration
KJV Usage: regeneration
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | πάλιν + γίνομαι
41.53 · Behavior and Related States · Change Behavior
to be born again, to experience new birth, rebirth to experience a complete change in one’s way of life to what it should be, with the implication of return to a former state or relation The metaphor of ‘new birth’ is so important in the NT that it should be retained if at all possible. In some languages ‘new birth’ can be expressed as ‘to cause to be born all over again’ or ‘to have a new life as though one were born a second time.’ See also 13.55.
67.147 · Time · Indefinite Units of Time: Age, Lifetime, Interval, Period
new age, Messianic age an era involving the renewal of the world (with special reference to the time of the Messiah)
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
παλιγγενεσία (T WH παλινγεν. [cf. Tdf. Proleg. p. 77 bot.]), -as, 7, (πάλιν and γένεσις), prop. new birth, reproduction, renewal, re-creation, (see Halm on Cie. pro Sest. § 140), Vulg. and Augustine regeneratio; hence, moral renovation, regeneration, the production of a new life consecrated to God, a radical change of mind for the better, (effected in baptism [ef. reff. 5. ν. βάπτισμα, 3]): Tit. iii. 5 [ef. the Comm. ad loc. (esp. Holtzmann, where see p- 172 sq. for reff.); Weiss, Bibl. Theol. esp. 88 84, 108; cf. Suicer, Thes. s. v.]. Commonly, however, the word denotes the restoration of a thing to its pristine state, its renovation, as the renewal or restoration of life after death, Philo leg. ad Gaium § 41; de cherub. ὃ 32; [de poster. Cain. § 36]; Long. past.3, 4 (2) (παλιγγ. ἐκ θανάτου); Leian. encom. muscae 7; Schol. ad Soph. Elec. 62 (Πυθαγόρας περὶ παλιγγενεσίας ereparevero); Plut. mor. p- 998 6. [i. 6. de esu earn. ii. 4,4] (ὅτι χρῶνται κοινοῖς ai ψυχαὶ σώμασιν ἐν ταῖς παλιγγενεσίαις [οἵ. ibid. i. 7, 5; also de Is. et Osir. 72; de Ei ap. Delph. 9; ete.]); the renovation of the earth after the deluge, Philo de vita Moys. ii. § 12; Clem. Rom. 1 Cor. 9, 4; the renewal of the world to take place after its destruction by fire, as the Stoics taught, Philo [de incorrupt. mundi §§ 3, 14, 17]; de mund. §15; Antonin. 11, 1 [(cf. Gataker ad loc.) ; Zeller, Philos. d. Griech. iii. p. 188]; that 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 the primitive Christians expected in connection with the visible return of Jesus from heaven: Mt. xix. 28 (where the ΡΟ κα ο ρ Syriac correctly |Zgua odds, in the new age or world) ; cf. Bertholdt, Christologia Judaeorum, p. 214 sq. ; Gfrorer, Jahrhundert des Heils, ii. p. 272 sqq.; [Schiirer, Neutest. Zeitgesch. § 29, 9; Weber, Altsynagog. Palist. Theol. § 89]. (Further, the word is used of Cicero’s restoration to rank and fortune on his recall from exile, Cic. ad Att. 6,6; of the restoration of the Jewish nation after the exile, aX. πατρίδος, Joseph. antt. 11, 3,9; of the recovery of knowledge by recollection, παλιγγ- τῆς γνώσεώς ἐστιν ἡ ἀνάμνησις, Olympiodor. quoted by Cousin in the Journal des Savans for 1834, p.488.) [Cf. Trench § xviii.; Cremer 3te Aufl. 5. v.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
παλιγγενεσία palingenesia 2x
a new birth; regeneration, renovation, Mt. 19:28; Tit. 3:5. See unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, William D. Mounce, The Origin of the New Testament Metaphor of Rebirth, University of Aberdeen, Scotland*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† παλινγενεσία (Rec. παλιγγ-), -ας, ἡ
(< πάλιν, γένεσις),
new birth, renewal, restoration, regeneration; of persons (Plut., Phil., al.), of spiritual regeneration, διὰ λουτροῦ παλινγενεστίας (gen. attr., v. Ellic., in l.), Tit 3:5;
of the world, as in Stoics, Jewish Apocal., al. (v. Dalman, Words, 177 ff.), Mt 19:28.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
παλινγενεσία. It lies outside our object to discuss the meaning or this term in the teaching of the Stoics and Pythagoreans, but as illustrating its reference to the Messianic ‘‘ rebirth” of the world in Mt 1978, we may cite its application to the world’s renewal after the flood in Philo Vt, Mos. (ed. Cohn) IL. 65 and to the restoration of Judah in Jos. Azz/¢, XI. 66 (iii. 9). See also Dalman Words, p 177 ff. The word occurs in Wiinsch AF p. 1717 (iii/a.D.) ὁρκίζω σε τὸν θεὸν τὸν τῆς παλινγενεσίας OwBappaBav: also in a (= UI. p. xlii) δῶρ[ον] παλινγενεσίας. For the adj. see the magic P Lond 121°? (iii/a.p.) (=I. p. 100) σὺ εἶ ὁ πατὴρ τῆς παλινγενοῦς αἰῶνος. Dibelius has an elaborate note on παλινγενεσία in the HZNTZ ad ‘lit 3°: for its place in the mystery religions, see also Angus, Mystery Religions and Christianity, p. 95 ff. 6 , πάνοικει
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
παλιγγενεσία (palingenesia) — regeneration. πᾰλιγ-γενεσία, ἡ, rebirth, regeneration, of the world, παλιγγενεσίας ἡγεμόνες, of Noah and his sons, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; renewal of a race, [Refs]; of persons, beginning of a new life, εἰς π. ὁρμᾶν [Refs 1st c.AD+]: hence of restoration after exile, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; transmigration, reincarnation of souls, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; compare μετεμψύχωσις near the end
2. in Stoic Philos., rebirth of the κόσμος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. in Medicine texts, relapse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; regrowth of a tumour, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. in Roman Law, = restitutio natalium, [Refs 6th c.AD+]
III. in “NT.”,
III.1. resurrection, [NT]
III.2. regeneration by baptism, διὰ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας [NT]