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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:2 -

and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:17 -

From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near.”

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:20 -

Then he proceeded to denounce the towns where most of his miracles were done, because they did not repent:

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:21 -

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented in sackcloth and ashes long ago.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:41 -

“The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s preaching; and look ​— ​something greater than Jonah is here.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:15 -

“The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:12 -

So they went out and preached that people should repent.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:13 -

“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:32 -

“The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s preaching, and look ​— ​something greater than Jonah is here.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:3 -

“No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:5 -

“No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:7 -

“I tell you, in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who don’t need repentance.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:10 -

“I tell you, in the same way, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:30 -

“ ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said. ‘But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:3 -

“Be on your guard. If your brother sins,[fn] rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:4 -

“And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and comes back to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:38 -

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:19 -

“Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:22 -

“Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, your heart’s intent may be forgiven.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 17:30 -

“Therefore, having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands all people everywhere to repent,

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:20 -

“Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21 -

I fear that when I come my God will again[fn] humiliate me in your presence, and I will grieve for many who sinned before and have not repented of the moral impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality they practiced.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:5 -

“Remember then how far you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you[fn] and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:16 -

“So repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:21 -

“I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:22 -

“Look, I will throw her into a sickbed and those who commit adultery with her into great affliction. Unless they repent of her[fn] works,

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:3 -

“Remember, then, what you have received and heard; keep it, and repent. If you are not alert, I will come[fn] like a thief, and you have no idea at what hour I will come upon you.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:19 -

“As many as I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be zealous and repent.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:20 -

The rest of the people, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands to stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:21 -

And they did not repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:9 -

and people were scorched by the intense heat. So they blasphemed the name of God, who has the power[fn] over these plagues, and they did not repent and give him glory.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:11 -

and blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, but they did not repent of their works.

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