verb
anakainomō
Strong’sG341
I renew, amend, change
stem anakain-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ἀνα-καινόω, -ῶ
= ἀνακαινίζω (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G341 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
in passive, to be renewed, NT:—in middle, renew, Refs
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| anakainotōἀνακαινοῦται | happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular | renewed | 1× |
| anakainorōntonἀνακαινούμενον | happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle accusative singular masculine | renewed | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anakainomō | anakainome | anakainomē | anakainomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | anakainosō | anakainose | anakainosē | anakainoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anakainotō1×ἀνακαινοῦται | anakainote | anakainotē | anakainotelē |
| we 1st person plural | anakainonō | anakainone | anakainonē | anakainonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | anakainovō | anakainove | anakainovē | anakainovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | anakainolō | anakainole | anakainolē | anakainolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anakainomeiō | anakainomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | anakainoseiō | anakainoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anakainoteiō | anakainoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | anakainoneiō | anakainoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | anakainoveiō | anakainoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | anakainoleiō | anakainoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | anakainosōr | anakainosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anakainotōr | anakainotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | anakainovōr | anakainovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | anakainolōr | anakainolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | anakainomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | anakainosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | anakainotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | anakainonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | anakainovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | anakainoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | anakainorō | anakainorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | anakainorōntos1× | anakainorēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
anakain is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
anakainotō“renewed”happening now · he/she/itpresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular1×
2 Corinthians 4:16… anthrōpos diaftherotō, alla tos esō nu anakainotō hēmera kai hēmera.… yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
anakainorōnton“renewed”happening now · objectpresent middle or passive participle accusative singular masculine1×
Colossians 3:10kai enduerantois ton neon ton anakainorōnton eis epignōsian kata eikonan tou ktizarantou …… the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of …