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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 G3340, for the kingdom of heaven [fn]is at hand.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:17 -

From that time Jesus began to [fn]preach and say, “Repent G3340, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:20 -

Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His [fn]miracles were done, because they did not repent G3340.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:21 - “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the [fn]miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented G3340 long ago in [fn]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 with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented G3340 at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah 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 [fn]is at hand; repent G3340 and [fn]believe in the gospel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:12 - And they went out and [fn]preached that men should repent G3340.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:13 -

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the [fn]miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented G3340 long ago, sitting in [fn]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 at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented G3340 at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, something greater than Jonah is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:3 - “I tell you, no, but unless you [fn]repent G3340, you will all likewise perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:5 - “I tell you, no, but unless you repent G3340, you will all likewise perish.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:7 - “I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents G3340 than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:10 - “In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents G3340.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:30 - “But he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent G3340!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:3 - “[fn]Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents G3340, forgive him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:4 - “And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent G3340,’ [fn]forgive him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:38 - And Peter said to them, “Repent G3340, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ [fn]for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:19 - “Therefore repent G3340 and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that [fn]times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:22 - “Therefore repent G3340 of this wickedness of yours, and pray earnestly to the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:30 - “Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now commanding men that everyone everywhere should repent G3340,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent G3340 and turn to God, practicing deeds appropriate to repentance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21 - I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented G3340 of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality which they have practiced.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:5 - ‘Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent G3340 and do the [fn]deeds you did at first. But if not, I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place, unless you repent G3340.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:16 - ‘Therefore repent G3340. But if not, 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 - ‘And I gave her time to repent G3340, and she does not wish to repent G3340 of her sexual immorality.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:22 - ‘Behold, I will throw her [fn]on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent G3340 of [fn]her deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:3 - ‘So remember [fn]what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent G3340. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:19 - ‘Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline. Therefore be zealous and repent G3340.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:20 -

And the rest of [fn]mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent G3340 of the works of their hands, so as not to 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 - And they did not repent G3340 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 - And men were scorched with [fn]fierce heat, and they blasphemed the name of God who has the authority over these plagues, and they did not repent G3340 so as to 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, and they did not repent G3340 of their deeds.
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