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Lexicon :: Strong's G3341 - metanoia

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μετάνοια
Transliteration
metanoia (Key)
Pronunciation
met-an'-oy-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
22x in 3 unique form(s) TR
24x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:975,636

Strong’s Definitions

μετάνοια metánoia, met-an'-oy-ah; from G3340; (subjectively) compunction (for guilt, including reformation); by implication, reversal (of (another's) decision):—repentance.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's G3341 in the following manner: repentance (24x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's G3341 in the following manner: repentance (24x).

  1. a change of mind, as it appears to one who repents, of a purpose he has formed or of something he has done

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μετάνοια metánoia, met-an'-oy-ah; from G3340; (subjectively) compunction (for guilt, including reformation); by implication, reversal (of (another's) decision):—repentance.
STRONGS G3341:
μετάνοια, μετανοίας, ἡ (μετανοέω), a change of mind: as it appears in one who repents of a purpose he has formed or of something he has done, Hebrews 12:17 on which see εὑρίσκω, 3 ((Thucydides 3, 36, 3); Polybius 4, 66, 7; Plutarch, Peric c. 10; mor., p. 26 a.; τῆς ἀδελφοκτονιας μετάνοια, Josephus, Antiquities 13, 11, 3); especially the change of mind of those who have begun to abhor their errors and misdeeds, and have determined to enter upon a better course of life, so that it embraces both a recognition of sin and sorrow for it and hearty amendment, the tokens and effects of which are good deeds (Lactantius, 6, 24, 6 would have it rendered in Latin byresipiscentia) (A. V. repentance): Matthew 3:8, 11; Luke 3:8, (16 Lachmann); Luke 15:7; Luke 24:47; Acts 26:20; βάπτισμα μετανοίας, a baptism binding its subjects to repentance (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 2 β.), Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3; Acts 13:24; Acts 19:4; (ἡ εἰς (τόν) Θεόν μετάνοια, Acts 20:21, see μετανοέω, at the end); διδόναι τίνι μετάνοιαν, to give one the ability to repent, or to cause him to repent, Acts 5:31; Acts 11:18; 2 Timothy 2:25; τινα εἰς μετάνοιαν καλεῖν, Luke 5:32, and Rec. in Matthew 9:13; Mark 2:17; ἄγειν, Romans 2:4 (Josephus, Antiquities 4, 6, 10 at the end); ἀνακαινίζειν, Hebrews 6:6; χωρῆσαι εἰς μετάνοιαν, to come to the point of repenting, or be brought to repentance, 2 Peter 3:9 (but see χωρέω, 1 at the end); μετάνοια ἀπό νεκρῶν ἔργων, that change of mind by which we turn from, desist from, etc. Hebrews 6:1 (Buttmann, 322 (277)); used merely of the improved spiritual state resulting from deep sorrow for sin, 2 Corinthians 7:9f (Sir. 44:16: Wis. 11:24 (23); Wisdom 12:10,19; Or. Man. Prayer of Manasseh 1:7f ((cf. the Sept. edition Tdf. Prolog., p. 112f)); Philo, qued det. pot. insid. § 26 at the beginning; Antoninus 8, 10; (Cebes, tab. 10 at the end).)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
3:8; 3:11; 9:13
Mark
1:4; 2:17
Luke
3:3; 3:8; 5:32; 15:7; 24:47
Acts
5:31; 11:18; 13:24; 19:4; 20:21; 26:20
Romans
2:4
2 Corinthians
7:9
2 Timothy
2:25
Hebrews
6:1; 6:6; 12:17
2 Peter
3:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3341 matches the Greek μετάνοια (metanoia),
which occurs 22 times in 22 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:8 - Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of repentance!

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:11 - I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you in the Ruach HaKodesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:4 - Yochanan came immersing in the wilderness and preaching the immersion of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:3 - He came into all the region around the Yarden, preaching the immersion of repentance for remission of sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:8 - Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Avraham for our father;' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Avraham from these stones!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:32 - I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."

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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 24:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:47 - and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Yerushalayim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:31

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:31 - God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Yisra'el, and remission of sins.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:18 - When they heard these things, they held their shalom, and glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Goyim repentance to life!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:24 - before his coming, when Yochanan had first preached the immersion of repentance to Yisra'el.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:4 - Sha'ul said, "Yochanan indeed immersed with the immersion of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Yeshua."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:21 - testifying both to Yehudim and to Yevanim repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Yeshua.

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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 Rom 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:4 - Or do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and patience, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:9 - I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:10 - For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 2:25 - in gentleness correcting those who oppose him: perhaps God may give them repentance leading to a full knowledge of the truth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:1 - Therefore leaving the doctrine of the first principles of Messiah, let us press on to perfection -- not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith toward God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:6 - and then fell away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify the Son of God for themselves again, and put him to open shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:17 - For you know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for a change of mind though he sought it diligently with tears.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:9 - The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
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