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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).
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
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);
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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