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παλιγγενεσία

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Gloss: regeneration

Transliteration: palingenesia

Strong’s: G3824

παλινγενεσία (Rec. παλιγγ-), -ας, ἡ
(πάλιν, γενεσις),
new birth, renewal, restoration, regeneration;
__(a) of persons (Plut., Phil., al.), of spiritual regeneration, διὰ λουτροῦ παλινγενεστίας (genitive attr., see Ellic., in l), Tit.3:5;
__(b) of the world, as in Stoics, Jewish Apocal., al. (see Dalman, Words, 177 ff.), Mat.19:28.†
(AS)

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