born-again

See also: 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

born-again (not comparable)

(Christianity) Having been spiritually changed through faith.
(Christianity) Having a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ.
He proclaimed himself a born-again Christian during a church retreat.
- 2021 December 9, Rob Kuznia, Curt Devine and Yahya Abou-Ghazala, “Epik is a refuge for the deplatformed far right. Here’s why its CEO insists on doing it”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  And in both cases, a man named Rob Monster – an outspoken born-again Christian and the CEO of a tech company called Epik – made pointed restorations, republishing much of the New Zealand content and putting Gab back online. All in the name, he said, of free speech.
(Christianity) Of or pertaining to evangelicalism.
To many people a born-again philosophy is a fundamentalist philosophy.
(by extension) Having a newly won zeal for some activity.
After not picking up a shovel for twenty years, she finally saw the beauty in flowers and declared herself a born-again gardener.
Utter; out-and-out.
- 2023, Cindy Dees, The Medusa Project:
  Jack Scatalone might have been a born-again bastard during their training, but he was their bastard. And the Special Forces never abandoned one of their own.

Derived terms

born-again virgin

Related terms

Translations

renewed commitment to Jesus Christ

Chinese:
Cantonese: 重生 (cung⁴ sang¹)

Mandarin: 重生 (zh) (chóngshēng)
Dutch: wedergeboren (nl)
Faroese: endurføddur
French: né(e) à nouveau (fr)/de nouveau (fr), rené (fr) (rare)
German: wiedergeboren (de)
Greek: γεννηθη ανωθεν (gennithi anothen)
Italian: rinato (it) m, rinata (it) f
Latin: natus denuo
Romanian: născut din nou
Spanish: renacido (es)
Swedish: pånyttfödd (sv)

Noun

born-again (plural born-agains)

Someone who has been spiritually changed through their (Christian) faith.
Someone who has a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ.
An evangelical Christian.
Anyone with a renewed commitment to any kind of cause or belief.