King James Bible Dictionary

RENEW', verb transitive [Latin 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 15:8.

2. To re-establish; to confirm.

Let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there. 1 Samuel 11:14.

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 103:5. Isaiah 40:31. Psalms 104:30.

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 12:1. Ephesians 4:23.

RENEW'ABLE, adjective That may be renewed; as a lease renewable at pleasure.

RENEW'AL, noun

1. The act of renewing; the act of forming anew; as the renewal of a treaty.

2. Renovation; regeneration.

3. Revival; restoration to a former or to a good state.

RENEW'ED, participle passive Made new again; repaired; re-established; repeated; revived; renovated; regenerated.

RENEW'EDNESS, noun State of being renewed.

RENEW'ER, noun One who renews.

RENEW'ING, participle present tense

1. Making new again; repairing; re-establishing; repeating; reviving; renovating.

2. adjective Tending or adapted to renovate.

RENEW'ING, noun The act of making new; renewal.