Strong's Greek · G738

G738 artigénnētos

ἀρτιγέννητος

ar-teeg-en'-nay-tos

newborn

Looking for Hebrew H738 ʼărîy? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G738. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

artigénnētos appears once in Scripture, in 1 Peter 2:2. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

just born, i.e. (figuratively) a young convert

In the King James Version

new born

Derivation

from G737 (ἄρτι) and G1084 (γεννητός);

Appears 1 time in Scripture

1 Peter 2:2

“Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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