King James Bible Dictionary

Only found in Matthew 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 Matthew 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 Corinthians 5:17); being born again (John 3:5); a renewal of the mind (Romans 12:2); a resurrection from the dead (Ephesians 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; Romans 7:18; 8:7-9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Ephesians 2:1; 4:21-24).

General references
Deuteronomy 30:6; Deuteronomy 29:4; 1 Kings 8:58; Psalms 36:9; Psalms 51:2; Psalms 51:7; Psalms 51:10; Psalms 65:3; Psalms 68:18; Psalms 87:4; Psalms 87:6; Psalms 110:3; Proverbs 4:23; Proverbs 12:28; Proverbs 14:27; Proverbs 16:1; Isaiah 1:16-17; Isaiah 1:25; Isaiah 4:4; Isaiah 12:3; Isaiah 26:12; Isaiah 29:23; Isaiah 32:3-4; Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 32:17; Isaiah 35:5-6; Isaiah 42:16; Isaiah 43:7; Isaiah 44:3-5; Isaiah 49:9; Isaiah 55:1-3; Jeremiah 13:23; Jeremiah 17:13-14; Jeremiah 24:7; Jeremiah 31:3; Jeremiah 31:33-34; Hebrews 8:10-11; Jeremiah 32:38-40; Jeremiah 33:6; Ezekiel 11:19-20; Ezekiel 16:9; Ezekiel 18:31; Ezekiel 36:26-27; Ezekiel 36:29; Ezekiel 37:1-14; Ezekiel 44:7; Ezekiel 44:9; Zech 12:10; Matthew 12:33-35; Matthew 12:43-44; Matthew 13:23; Matthew 13:33; Mark 4:20; Luke 13:21; Matthew 18:3; Mark 10:15; Luke 18:17; Mark 4:26-29; Luke 1:16-17; Luke 8:35; Luke 8:38-39; Mark 5:19-20; John 1:4; John 1:13; John 1:16; John 3:3-8; John 4:10; John 4:14; John 5:24; John 6:44-45; John 6:47; John 6:50-51; John 6:57; John 8:12; John 8:32; John 8:36; John 10:9-10; John 13:8; John 15:1; John 15:3; John 17:2; Acts 2:38; Acts 2:47; Acts 3:26; Acts 11:17; Acts 11:21; Acts 15:9; Acts 16:14; Acts 21:19; Acts 26:18; Romans 2:28-29; Romans 6:3-23; Romans 7:6; Romans 7:24-25; Romans 8:2-6; Romans 8:9; Romans 8:13-16; Romans 12:2; Romans 15:16; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 1:24; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 2:12; 1 Corinthians 2:14-16; 1 Corinthians 3:6-7; 1 Corinthians 3:9; 1 Corinthians 6:11; 1 Corinthians 12:6; 1 Corinthians 12:13; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 2 Corinthians 1:21-22; 2 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 4:6; 2 Corinthians 5:5; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 2:20; Galatians 4:29; Galatians 6:15; Ephesians 2:1; Ephesians 2:5-6; Ephesians 2:8; Ephesians 2:10; Ephesians 4:7-8; Ephesians 4:16; Ephesians 4:21-24; Ephesians 5:14; Philippians 1:6; Colossians 2:11-13; Colossians 3:9-10; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; Titus 3:5-6; Hebrews 4:1-12; Hebrews 10:16-17; Hebrews 10:22-23; James 1:18; James 5:19-20; 1 Peter 1:2-3; 1 Peter 1:22-23; 1 Peter 2:3; 1 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 1:3-4; 1 John 2:27; 1 John 2:29; 1 John 3:9; 1 John 3:14; 1 John 4:7; 1 John 5:1; 1 John 5:4-5; 1 John 5:11-12; 1 John 5:18
Atonement; Reconciliation; Redemption; Sanctification; Sin, Forgiveness of

Instances of:

Jacob
Genesis 32:29

Saul
1 Samuel 10:9

Saul of Tarsus
Acts 9:3-18

All righteous persons
Righteous

REGENERA'TION, noun

1. Reproduction; the act of producing anew.

2. In theology, new birth by the grace of God; that change by which the will and natural enmity of man to God and his law are subdued, and a principle of supreme love to God and his law, or holy affections, are implanted in the heart.

He saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit. Titus 3:5.