born-again en · ADJ
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].
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Having been spiritually changed through faith.
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(not-comparable) Having a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ.
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.
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:He proclaimed himself a born-again Christian during a church retreat.
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to evangelicalism.
To many people a born-again philosophy is a fundamentalist philosophy.
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(broadly, not-comparable) 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.
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(not-comparable) Utter; out-and-out.
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.
2023, Cindy Dees, The Medusa Project:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| born again | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
born-again virgin · born-again virginity
Relateds
Translations (14)
nl wedergeboren (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) · fr rené (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) · it rinata (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) · sv pånyttfödd (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) · yue 重生 (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) · la natus denuo (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) · cmn 重生 (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) · el γεννηθη ανωθεν (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) · it rinato (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) · fo endurføddur (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) · ro născut din nou (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) · es renacido (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) · de wiedergeboren (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ) · fr né(e) à nouveau/de nouveau (renewed commitment to Jesus Christ)