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regeneration

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Regeneration  \Re*gen`er*a"tion\  (-?"sh?n),  n.  [L.  regeneratio: 
  cf  F.  r['e]g['e]neration.] 
  1.  The  act  of  regenerating,  or  the  state  of  being 
  regenerated. 
 
  2.  (Theol.)  The  entering  into  a  new  spiritual  life;  the  act 
  of  becoming,  or  of  being  made  Christian;  that  change  by 
  which  holy  affectations  and  purposes  are  substituted  for 
  the  opposite  motives  in  the  heart. 
 
  He  saved  us  by  the  washing  of  regeneration,  and 
  renewing  of  the  Holy  Chost.  --Tit.  iii.  5. 
 
  3.  (Biol.)  The  reproduction  of  a  part  which  has  been  removed 
  or  destroyed;  re-formation;  --  a  process  especially 
  characteristic  of  a  many  of  the  lower  animals;  as  the 
  regeneration  of  lost  feelers,  limbs,  and  claws  by  spiders 
  and  crabs. 
 
  4.  (Physiol.) 
  a  The  reproduction  or  renewal  of  tissues,  cells,  etc., 
  which  have  been  used  up  and  destroyed  by  the  ordinary 
  processes  of  life;  as  the  continual  regeneration  of 
  the  epithelial  cells  of  the  body,  or  the  regeneration 
  of  the  contractile  substance  of  muscle. 
  b  The  union  of  parts  which  have  been  severed,  so  that 
  they  become  anatomically  perfect;  as  the  regeneration 
  of  a  nerve. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  regeneration 
  n  1:  (biology)  growth  anew  of  lost  or  destroyed  parts  or  organs 
  2:  the  activity  of  spiritual  or  physical  renewal 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Regeneration 
  only  found  in  Matt.  19:28  and  Titus  3:5.  This  word  literally 
  means  a  "new  birth."  The  Greek  word  so  rendered  (palingenesia) 
  is  used  by  classical  writers  with  reference  to  the  changes 
  produced  by  the  return  of  spring.  In  Matt.  19:28  the  word  is 
  equivalent  to  the  "restitution  of  all  things"  (Acts  3:21).  In 
  Titus  3:5  it  denotes  that  change  of  heart  elsewhere  spoken  of  as 
  a  passing  from  death  to  life  (1  John  3:14);  becoming  a  new 
  creature  in  Christ  Jesus  (2  Cor.  5:17);  being  born  again  (John 
  3:5);  a  renewal  of  the  mind  (Rom.  12:2);  a  resurrection  from  the 
  dead  (Eph.  2:6);  a  being  quickened  (2:1,  5). 
 
  This  change  is  ascribed  to  the  Holy  Spirit.  It  originates  not 
  with  man  but  with  God  (John  1:12,  13;  1  John  2:29;  5:1,  4). 
 
  As  to  the  nature  of  the  change,  it  consists  in  the  implanting 
  of  a  new  principle  or  disposition  in  the  soul;  the  impartation 
  of  spiritual  life  to  those  who  are  by  nature  "dead  in  trespasses 
  and  sins." 
 
  The  necessity  of  such  a  change  is  emphatically  affirmed  in 
  Scripture  (John  3:3;  Rom.  7:18;  8:7-9;  1  Cor.  2:14;  Eph.  2:1; 
  4:21-24).




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