Strong’s G313 · Greek

ἀναγεννάω
anagennáō

Definition

to beget or (by extension) bear (again)

Etymology

from G303 (ἀνά) and G1080 (γεννάω);

Where the KJV renders it

  • beget
  • (bear) X (again)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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