Renew

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 Chronicles 15:8]].

2. To re-establish; to confirm.

Let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there. [[1 Samuel 11#14|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|Psalms 103:5]]. [[Isaiah 40#31|Isaiah 40:31]]. [[Psalms 104#30|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|Romans 12:1]]. [[Ephesians 4#23|Ephesians 4:23]].