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Lexicon :: Strong's G3340 - metanoeō

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μετανοέω
Transliteration
metanoeō (Key)
Pronunciation
met-an-o-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:975,636

Trench's Synonyms: lxix. μετανοέω, μεταμέλομαι.

Strong’s Definitions

μετανοέω metanoéō, met-an-o-eh'-o; from G3326 and G3539; to think differently or afterwards, i.e. reconsider (morally, feel compunction):—repent.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's G3340 in the following manner: repent (34x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's G3340 in the following manner: repent (34x).

  1. to change one's mind, i.e. to repent

  2. to change one's mind for better, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one's past sins

    "Repentance (metanoia, 'change of mind') involves a turning with contrition from sin to God; the repentant sinner is in the proper condition to accept the divine forgiveness." (F. F. Bruce. The Acts of the Apostles [Greek Text Commentary], London: Tyndale, 1952, p. 97.)
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μετανοέω metanoéō, met-an-o-eh'-o; from G3326 and G3539; to think differently or afterwards, i.e. reconsider (morally, feel compunction):—repent.
STRONGS G3340:
μετανοέω, μετάνω; future μετανοήσω; 1 aorist μετενόησα; from (Antiphon), Xenophon down; the Sept. several times for נִחַם; to change one's mind, i. e. to repent (to feel sorry that one has done this or that, Jonah 3:9), of having offended someone, Luke 17:3f; with ἐπί τίνι added (the dative of the wrong, Hebrew עַל, Amos 7:3; Joel 2:13; Jonah 3:10; Jonah 4:2), of (on account of) something (so Latinme paenitet alicujus rei), 2 Corinthians 12:21; used especially of those who, conscious of their sins and with manifest tokens of sorrow, are intent; on obtaining God's pardon; to repent (Latinpaenitentiam agere): μετανοῶ ἐν σάκκῳ καί σποδῷ, clothed in sackcloth and besprinkled with ashes, Matthew 11:21; Luke 10:13. to change one's mind for the better, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one's past sins: Matthew 3:2; Matthew 4:17; Mark 1:15 (cf. Matthew 3:6 ἐξομολογούμενοι τάς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν; Matthew 3:8 and Luke 3:8 καρπούς ἀξίους τῆς μετανοίας, i. e. conduct worthy of a heart changed and abhorring sin); (Matthew 11:20; Mark 6:12); Luke 13:3, 5; Luke 15:7, 10; Luke 16:30; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Acts 17:30; Revelation 2:5, 16; Revelation 3:3, 19; on the phrase μετανοεῖν εἰς τό κήρυγμα τίνος, Matthew 12:41 and Luke 11:32, see εἰς, B. II. 2 d.; (Winer's Grammar, 397 (371)). Since τό μετανοεῖν expresses mental direction, the termini from which and to which may be specified: ἀπό τῆς κακίας, to withdraw or turn one's soul from, etc. (cf. Winers Grammar, 622 (577); especially Buttmann, 322 (277)), Acts 8:22; ἐκ τίνος, Revelation 2:21; Revelation 9:20; Revelation 16:11 (see ἐκ, I. 6; (cf. Buttmann, 327 (281), and Winer's Grammar, as above)); μετανοεῖν καί ἐπιστρέφειν ἐπί τόν Θεόν, Acts 26:20; followed by an infinitive indicating purpose (Winer's Grammar, 318 (298)), Revelation 16:9. (Synonym: see μεταμέλομαι.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joel
2:13
Amos
7:3
Jonah
3:9; 3:10; 4:2
Matthew
3:2; 3:6; 3:8; 4:17; 11:20; 11:21; 12:41
Mark
1:15; 6:12
Luke
3:8; 10:13; 11:32; 13:3; 13:5; 15:7; 15:10; 16:30; 17:3
Acts
2:38; 3:19; 8:22; 17:30; 26:20
2 Corinthians
12:21
Revelation
2:5; 2:16; 2:21; 3:3; 3:19; 9:20; 16:9; 16:11

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3340 matches the Greek μετανοέω (metanoeō),
which occurs 34 times in 32 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:2 - "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:17 - From that time, Yeshua began to preach, and to say, "Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:20 - Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn't repent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:21 - "Woe to you, Kora'zin! Woe to you, Beit-Tzaidah! For if the mighty works had been done in Tzor and Tzidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:41 - The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Yonah; and behold, someone greater than Yonah is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:15 - and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:12 - They went out and preached that people should repent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:13 - "Woe to you, Kora'zin! Woe to you, Beit-Tzaidah! For if the mighty works had been done in Tzor and Tzidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:32 - The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Yonah, and behold, one greater than Yonah is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:3 - I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:5 - I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:7 - I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:10 - Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:30 - "He said, 'No, father Avraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:3 - Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:4 - If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:38 - Rock said to them, "Repent, and be immersed, everyone of you, in the name of Yeshua the Messiah for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Ruach HaKodesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:19 - "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:22 - Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:30 - The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but declared first to them of Dammesek, at Yerushalayim, and throughout all the country of Yehudah, and also to the Goyim, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21 - that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness and sexual immorality and lustfulness which they committed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:5 - Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your menorah out of its place, unless you repent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:16 - Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:21 - I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:22 - Behold, I will throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:3 - Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and you won't know what hour I will come upon you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:19 - As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:20 - The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn't repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn't worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:21 - They didn't repent of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their sexual immorality, nor of their thefts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:9 - People were scorched with great heat, and people blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They didn't repent and give him glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:11 - and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. They didn't repent of their works.
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