Renew
King James Dictionary [1]
Renew', L renovo re and novo, or re and new.
1. To renovate to restore to a former state, or to a good state, after decay or depravation to rebuild to repair.
Asa renewed the altar of the Lord. 2 Chronicles 15 .
2. To re-establish to confirm.
Let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there. 1 Samuel 11 .
3. To make again as, to renew a treaty or covenant. 4. To repeat as, to renew expressions of friendship to renew a promise to renew an attempt. 5. To revive as, to renew the glories of an ancestor or of a former age. 6. To begin again.
The last great age renews its finish'd course.
7. To make new to make fresh or vigorous as, to renew youth to renew strength to renew the face of the earth.
Psalms 103 . Isaiah 40 . Psalms 104 .
8. In theology, to make new to renovate to transform to change from natural enmity to the love of God and his law to implant holy affections in the heart to regenerate.
Be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12 . Ephesians 4 .
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary [2]
I pause at these words purposely to drop an observation or two on a point of so much consequence, in the Christian life, as the blessed effects of these divine operations in the heart, by God the Holy Ghost. His is the gracious work to renew the mind of every sinner, when by his grace he makes willing in the day of his power. He opens the eye to see, and the heart to feel, the dreadful consequences of sin, and the infinite importance of salvation. His is the blessed act to bring the heart savingly acquainted with the person, offices, characters, and relations of the Lord Jesus Christ. His is the delightful ministry to bring the distressed soul under the comforting influences of his supporting love, and to shew the heart, under desponding circumstances, that there is more in Jesus's blood and righteousness to save, than in all our sins to destroy. And by bringing home these soul-strengthening, soul-refreshing views of Christ, and applying them with sovereign power to the heart, "he fills the heart with joy unspeakable and full of glory." I hope the reader hath not now for the first time to learn acquaintance with this divine office of the Holy Ghost, but can say with the apostle, "the Lord, according to his mercy, hath saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he hath shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour." ( Titus 1:3; Tit 1:5-6)
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( v. i.) To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.
(2): ( v. t.) To make new spiritually; to regenerate.
(3): ( v. t.) To make new again; to restore to freshness, perfection, or vigor; to give new life to; to rejuvenate; to re/stablish; to recreate; to rebuild.
(4): ( v. t.) Specifically, to substitute for (an old obligation or right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent.
(5): ( v. t.) To begin again; to recommence.
(6): ( v. t.) To repeat; to go over again.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
rḗ - nū ´: The word is used in various senses: (1) of material things, e.g. Psalm 104:30; here it means to give a new appearance, to refresh, to restore the face of the earth; (2) in 1 Samuel 11:14 , to establish more firmly the kingdom by reinstalling King Saul; (3) in 2 Chronicles 15:8 , to rebuild or repair the broken altar; (4) in Lamentations 5:21 , "renew our days," restore the favors of former days; (5) in Isaiah 41:1 , 'let them gather together, or marshal their strongest arguments for answer'; (6) in Psalm 103:5; Isaiah 40:31 , it refers to the restoring of spiritual strength; (7) in the New Testament it invariably refers to spiritual renewal, e.g. Romans 12:2; 2 Corinthians 4:16; Ephesians 4:23; Colossians 3:10; Titus 3:5; Hebrews 6:6; all derivatives of καινός , kainós , "new."
