Hypertext Webster Gateway: "regeneration"
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).
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) 1.7 (wn)
regeneration
n 1: (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or
organs
2: the activity of spiritual or physical renewal
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