born-again meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

born-again

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].

Christianity Having been spiritually changed through faith.

Christianity Having a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ.

He proclaimed himself a born-again Christian during a church retreat.
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:

Christianity Of or pertaining to evangelicalism.

To many people a born-again philosophy is a fundamentalist philosophy.

Broadly 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.

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:

Derived terms: born-again virgin, born-again virginity
Related terms: rebirth, reborn

born-again

noun

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].

Someone who has been spiritually changed through their (Christian) faith.

Someone who has a renewed commitment to Jesus Christ.

An evangelical Christian.

Anyone with a renewed commitment to any kind of cause or belief.