ἀνακαίν-ωσις G0342
renewal, the act or state of being made new again
This noun denotes renewal or the state of being made new. Romans 12:2 exhorts believers not to conform to this age but be transformed by τῇ ἀνακαινώσει τοῦ νοός—the renewal of the mind—to discern God's will. Titus 3:5 declares God saved us through the washing of regeneration and ἀνακαινώσεως πνεύματος ἁγίου—renewal by the Holy Spirit. Both passages describe God's transforming work producing new thinking and new life. Romans emphasizes cognitive transformation enabling moral discernment; Titus emphasizes the Spirit's regenerating and renewing work in salvation.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The renewal concept appears uniformly: Spanish 'renovación,' French 'renouvellement,' German 'Erneuerung' (renewal). Romans applies it specifically to the mind's transformation, while Titus presents it as the Spirit's comprehensive work. Both contexts attribute renewal to divine agency—it's not self-improvement but God's recreating power restoring believers toward their intended purpose and nature. 2×
AR["تَجديدِ", "تَجْدِيدِ"]·ben["নবীকরণে", "নবীকরণের"]·DE["Erneuerung"]·EN["renewal"]·FR["renouvellement"]·heb["חִדּוּשׁ"]·HI["नये-करने", "नवीनता"]·ID["pembaharuan", "pembaruan"]·IT["anakainōseōs", "rinnovamento"]·jav["anyar"]·KO["새로움으로", "새롭게-함-의"]·PT["da-renovação", "renovação"]·RU["для-", "обновление"]·ES["renovación"]·SW["kufanywa-upya"]·TR["yenilemesinin", "yenilenmesiyle"]·urd["تجدید-کے", "نئے-کرنے"]
Related Senses
H3117 1. day, specific time (2231×)H5704 1. until, unto, as far as (1238×)H8141 1. year, unit of time (880×)H6258 1. and now (421×)G2250 1. day (388×)H5750 1. again, more, further (288×)H5769 1. forever, to eternity (280×)H6256 1. time, period (264×)H2320 1. month, calendar period (260×)H0310a 2. after (temporal) (258×)H3915 1. night, period of darkness (234×)H1242 1. morning (214×)H5750 2. still, yet (continuative) (166×)G5119 1. then (160×)G3568 1. now (147×)G2193 1. until (143×)G3825 1. (141×)G3752 1. (123×)H6153 1. evening, time of day (123×)H0227a 1. then (122×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀνακαίν-ωσις, εως, ἡ, ={ἀνακαίνισις}, NT