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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 - and saying, 'Reform, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:17 - From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, 'Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:20 - Then began he to reproach the cities in which were done most of his mighty works, because they did not reform.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:21 - 'Wo to thee, Chorazin! wo to thee, Bethsaida! because, if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago in sackcloth and ashes they had reformed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:41 - 'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, for they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah, and lo, a greater than Jonah here!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:15 - and saying -- 'Fulfilled hath been the time, and the reign of God hath come nigh, reform ye, and believe in the good news.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:12 - And having gone forth they were preaching that men might reform,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:13 - 'Wo to thee, Chorazin; wo to thee, Bethsaida; for if in Tyre and Sidon had been done the mighty works that were done in you, long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes, they had reformed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:32 - 'Men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it, because they reformed at the proclamation of Jonah; and lo, greater than Jonah here!

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:3 - No -- I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye even so shall perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:5 - No -- I say to you, but, if ye may not reform, all ye in like manner shall perish.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:7 - 'I say to you, that so joy shall be in the heaven over one sinner reforming, rather than over ninety-nine righteous men, who have no need of reformation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:10 - 'So I say to you, joy doth come before the messengers of God over one sinner reforming.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:30 - and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:3 - 'Take heed to yourselves, and, if thy brother may sin in regard to thee, rebuke him, and if he may reform, forgive him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:4 - and if seven times in the day he may sin against thee, and seven times in the day may turn back to thee, saying, I reform; thou shalt forgive him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:38

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:38 - and Peter said unto them, 'Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:19 - reform ye, therefore, and turn back, for your sins being blotted out, that 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 - reform, therefore, from this thy wickedness, and beseech God, if then the purpose of thy heart may be forgiven thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 17:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:30 - the times, indeed, therefore, of the ignorance God having overlooked, doth now command all men everywhere to reform,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 - but to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem, to all the region also of Judea, and to the nations, I was preaching to reform, and to turn back unto God, doing works worthy of reformation;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21 - lest again having come, my God may humble me in regard to you, and I may bewail many of those having sinned before, and not having reformed concerning the uncleanness, and whoredom, and lasciviousness, that they did practise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:5 - remember, then, whence thou hast fallen, and reform, and the first works do; and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will remove thy lamp-stand from its place -- if thou mayest not reform;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:16 - 'Reform! and if not, I come to thee quickly, and will fight 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 did give to her a time that she might reform from her whoredom, and she did not reform;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:22 - lo, I will cast her into a couch, and those committing adultery with her into great tribulation -- if they may not repent of their works,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:3 - 'Remember, then, how thou hast received, and heard, and be keeping, and reform: if, then, thou mayest not watch, I will come upon thee as a thief, and thou mayest not know what hour I will come upon thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:19 - 'As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:20 - and the rest of men, who were not killed in these plagues, neither did reform from the works of their hands, that they may not bow before the demons, and idols, those of gold, and those of silver, and those of brass, and those of stone, and those of wood, that are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:21 - yea they did not reform from their murders, nor from their sorceries, nor from their whoredoms, nor from their thefts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:9 - and men were scorched with great heat, and they did speak evil of the name of God, who hath authority over these plagues, and they did not reform -- to give to Him glory.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:11 - and they did speak evil of the God of the heaven, from their pains, and from their sores, and they did not reform from their works.
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