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which is conceived in her.” It is used of the act of God in the birth of Christ, Acts 13:33;
Heb. 1:5; 5:5, quoted from Psalm 2:7, none of which indicate that Christ became the Son
of God at His birth.
It is used metaphorically (a) in the writings of the apostle John, of the gracious act of
God in conferring upon those who believe the nature and disposition of “children,”
imparting to them spiritual life, John 3:3, 5, 7; 1 John 2:29; 3:9; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18; (b) of one
who by means of preaching the gospel becomes the human instrument in the impartation
of spiritual life, 1 Cor. 4:15; Philem. 10; (c) in 2 Pet. 2:12, with reference to the evil men
whom the apostle is describing, the
RV
rightly has “born mere animals” (
KJV
, “natural
brute beasts”); (d) in the sense of gendering strife, 2 Tim. 2:23. See A, No. 3,
BRING
,
CONCEIVE
,
DELIVER
,
GENDER
,
SPRING
.
2.
(
1
, 313),
, “again, or from above,” with No. 1, is found in
1 Pet. 1:3, 23.¶
Note:
In John 3:3, 5, 7, the adverb
, “anew, or from above,” accompanies the
simple verb
. See
ABOVE
.
3.
$
(
!
, 616), “to give birth to, to bring forth” (from
$
, “to be
pregnant”), is used metaphorically of spiritual birth by means of the Word of God, Jas.
1:18, and of death as the offspring of sin (v. 15; so in the best texts). See
BRING
, A, No.
30.¶
4.
(
&
, 5088), “to bring forth,” Luke 1:57; John 16:21; Heb. 11:11; Rev.
12:2, 4, or, “to be born,” said of the Child, Matt. 2:2; Luke 2:11, is used metaphorically in
Jas. 1:15, of lust as bringing forth sin. See
$
, above, used in the same verse. See
BRING
,
DELIVER
,
TRAVAIL
(
BE IN
).
B. Nouns.
1.
(
!
, 1085), “a generation, kind, stock,” is used in the dative case, with the
article, to signify “by race,” in Acts 18:2 and 24,
RV
, for the
KJV
, “born.” See
COUNTRYMEN
,
DIVERSITY
,
GENERATION
,
KIND
,
KINDRED
,
NATION
,
OFFSPRING
,
STOCK
.
2.
(
+
$
, 1626) denotes “an abortion, an untimely birth”; from
, “to miscarry.” In 1 Cor. 15:8 the apostle likens himself to “one born out of
due time”; i.e., in point of time, inferior to the rest of the apostles, as an immature birth
comes short of a mature one.¶
C. Adjectives.
1.
(
, 1084), “born” (related to
, verb No. 1), is used in Matt.
11:11 and Luke 7:28 in the phrase “born of women,” a periphrasis for “men,” and
suggestive of frailty.¶
2.
(
$ !
, 738), “newborn” ( , “newly, recently,” and No. 1),
is used in 1 Pet. 2:2.¶
Notes:
(1) For
see
FIRSTBORN
.
(2) For
, see
ONLY BEGOTTEN
.
For
BEGGAR
see
BEG
BEGIN, BEGINNING, BEGINNER