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Word Study: repent metanoeō

March 22, 2021 By Krisan Marotta

Word Study: repent metanoeō | WednesdayintheWord.com

Tools and resources you need to do a word study on the Greek word for repent: metanoeo.

metanoeō, repent

  • Strong’s number: G3340
  • Greek Lexical Dictionary: Strong’s #3340 – μετανοέω
  • Greek Word: μετανοέω
  • Part of speech: verb
  • Transliteration: metanoeō
  • Phonetic spelling: met-an-o-eh’-o
  • Quick Definition:
  • Usage: to think differently or afterwards, that is, reconsider (morally to feel compunction): – repent.
  • Etymoloy: from (meta 3326 with, among, after) and (noeo 3539 to think)
  • NASB Trranslation: repent (26), repented (5), repents (3).
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New Testament Usage

metanoeo – 34x in the New Testament

Mat 3:2; Mat 4:17; Mat 11:20; Mat 11:21; Mat 12:41; Mar 1:15; Mar 6:12; Luk 10:13; Luk 11:32; Luk 13:3; Luk 13:5; Luk 15:7; Luk 15:10; Luk 16:30; Luk 17:3; Luk 17:4; Act 2:38; Act 3:19; Act 8:22; Act 17:30; Act 26:20; 2Co 12:21; Rev 2:5 (2x); Rev 2:16; Rev 2:21 (2x); Rev 2:22; Rev 3:3; Rev 3:19; Rev 9:20; Rev 9:21; Rev 16:9; Rev 16:11.

metanoeo – 18x in the Septuagint (LXX)

1Sa 15:29; Pro 20:25; Pro 24:32; Pro 30:1; Isa 46:8; Jer 4:28; Jer 8:6; Jer 18:8; Jer 18:10; Jer 38:19; Joe 2:13; Joel 2:14; Amos 7:3; Amos 7:6; Jon 3:9; Jon 3:10; Jon 4:2; Zec 8:14.

Many of the OT passages use metanoeo in the context of God “relenting” from something.

Englishman’s Concordance: μετανοέω

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Lexicons:

  • Thayers 3340: to change one’s mind, i.e. to repent; to change one’s mind for better, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one’s past sins
  • Strongs 3340: to think differently or afterwards, that is, reconsider (morally to feel compunction): – repent.
  • Mounce 3340: to repent, to change any or all of the elements composing one’s life: attitude, thoughts, and behaviors concerning the demands of God for right living
  • Related words: metanoia (3314; noun; repentance);
  • Hebrew Equivalent words: Strong #: 5162 (נָחַם naw‑kham);  7725 (שׁוּב shoob);  
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Reference Works

  • PreceptsAustin: repent/metanoeo; repentance/metanoia
  • 12 Isaiah 55:6-13 Invitation to Repent
  • Matthew 12:43-45 Return of the Unclean Spirit
  • 46 1Corinthians 15:50-58 The end of death
  • 16 Jeremiah 50:1-20 Will the bad guys get what’s coming to them?
  • Psalm 130 Hope in the Lord
  • 04 Jeremiah 7:1-15 What is wrong with religion?
  • Parable of the Prodigal Son
  • RC Sproul Crucial Questions series: What Is Repentance? (Kindle) (iBooks) (Español Kindle)
  • Repentance – Teaching Series by RC Sproul
  • Repentance Required by RC Sproul
  • Repentance and Faith by Albert Martin
  • Repentance that leads to life by Albert Martin
  • Manasseh’s Repentance by RC Sproul
  • Judah repents by RC Sproul
  • Job’s repentance and restoration by RC Sproul
  • Multiple Dictionary Articles – Repentance
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