παλιγγενεσία

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.), Matt 19,28,†