ΚΑΙΝΟΥΡΓΕΙΝ, καινουργειν
KAINOURGEIN, kainourgein
Sounds Like: kai-noor-GEH-in
Translations: to make new, to renew, to innovate, to do a new thing
From the root: ΚΑΙΝΟΥΡΓΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to make new' or 'to renew'. It implies bringing something into a fresh or original state, or initiating something new. It is often used in contexts of spiritual or moral renewal, or the creation of new things by God.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2537 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 113:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΙΝΟΥΡΓΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΚΑΙΝΟΥΡΓΕΙ — was making new, was renewing, was innovating, was creating anew
- ἘΚΑΙΝΟΥΡΓΗΣΑΝ — they renewed, they made new, they innovated, they restored
- ΚΑΙΝΟΥΡΓΕ — to make new, to renew, to innovate, to restore
- ΚΑΙΝΟΥΡΓΕΩ — to make new, to renew, to restore, to innovate
- ΚΑΙΝΟΥΡΓΩΝ — making new, renewing, restoring, creating anew
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