Strong's #3824: paliggenesia (pronounced pal-ing-ghen-es-ee'-ah)

from 3825 and 1078; (spiritual) rebirth (the state or the act), i.e. (figuratively) spiritual renovation; specially, Messianic restoration:--regeneration.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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paliggenesia

1) new birth, reproduction, renewal, recreation, regeneration

1a) hence renovation, regeneration, the production of a new life consecrated to God, a radical change of mind for the better. The word often used to denote the restoration of a thing to its pristine state, its renovation, as a renewal or restoration of life after death

1b) the renovation of the earth after the deluge

1c) the renewal of the world to take place after its destruction by fire, as the Stoics taught

1d) the signal and glorious change of all things (in heaven and earth) for the better, that restoration of the primal and perfect condition of things which existed before the fall of our first parents, which the Jews looked for in connection with the advent of the Messiah, and which Christians expected in connection with the visible return of Jesus from heaven.

1e) other uses

1e1) of Cicero' s restoration to rank and fortune on his recall from exile

1e2) of the restoration of the Jewish nation after exile

1e3) of the recovery of knowledge by recollection

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from G3825 and G1078

Citing in TDNT: 1:686, 117

Usage:

This word is used 2 times:

 

Matthew 19:28: "me, in the regeneration when the Son of man"
Titus 3:5: "us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;"