born-again

English

Alternative forms

• born again

Etymology

From the New Testament: "Jesus replied, 'Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born again.'" [John 3:3, Today's New International Version]

Adjective

Wikipedia

born-again (not comparable)

1. Having a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ as a personal saviour.

   He proclaimed himself a born-again Christian during a church retreat.

2. (by extension) Having the zeal of a convert of a non-religious cause or activity.

   After not picking up a shovel for twenty years, she finally saw the beauty in flowers and declared herself a born-again gardener.

3. Of or pertaining to evangelical Christianity.

   To many people a born-again philosophy is a fundamentalist philosophy.

Related terms

• born-again virgin
• rebirth
• reborn

Translations

renewed commitment to Jesus Christ

• Dutch: wedergeboren (nl)
• French: né(e) à nouveau (fr)/de nouveau (fr), rené (fr) (rare)
• German: wiedergeboren (de)
• Greek: γεννηθη ανωθεν (el) (gennithi anothen)

• Italian: rinato (it) m, rinata (it) f
• Latin: natus denuo (la)
• Spanish: renacido (es)

Noun

born-again (plural born-agains)

1. Someone who has a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ as a personal saviour.
2. Anyone with a renewed commitment to any kind of cause or belief.
3. An evangelical Christian.