Greek verb · G3338
μεταμέλλομαι
metamellomaimet-am-el'-lom-ahee
to repent
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: metaméllomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3338is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 3 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3338
to care afterwards, i.e. regret
The King James renders it: repent (self).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
metamellomai is rendered "to repent". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across three books.
- Three of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 21:29‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.
Matthew 21:29μεταμεληθεὶς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's six uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- did repent1
- having regretted1
- having repented1
- I do regret1
- I was regreting1
- will change His mind1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μετά | meta | with/after | Uses461 |
| μετανοέω | metanoeo | to repent | Uses34 |
| μετάνοια | metanoia | repentance | Uses22 |
| μεταβαίνω | metabaino | to depart | Uses12 |
| μεταξύ | metaxy | between/meanwhile | Uses9 |
| μεταπέμπω | metapempo | to summon | Uses9 |
| μεταλαμβάνω | metalambano | to partake | Uses7 |
| μετατίθημι | metatithemi | to transport | Uses6 |
| μεταδίδωμι | metadidomi | to share | Uses5 |
| μετασχηματίζω | metaschematizo | to transform | Uses5 |
| μετακαλέω | metakaleo | to summon | Uses4 |
| μεταμορφόω | metamorphoo | to transform | Uses4 |
and 8 more on the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- μεταμεληθεὶς2
- μεταμεληθήσεται1
- μεταμέλομαι1
- μετεμελήθητε1
- μετεμελόμην1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-AOP-NSM
- verb · aorist passive form, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-AOI-2P
- verb · future passive form, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-FOI-3S
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singular1V-INI-1S
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PNI-1S
Matthew
three uses
‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.
- μεταμεληθεὶςmetameletheisverb · aorist passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having repented
For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
- μετεμελήθητεmetemeletheteverb · aorist passive form, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: did repent
When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.
- μεταμεληθεὶςmetameletheisverb · aorist passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having regretted
2 Corinthians
two uses
Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it, I now see that my letter caused you sorrow, but only for a short time.
- μεταμέλομαιmetamelomaiverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I do regret
- μετεμελόμηνmetemelomenverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I was regreting
Hebrews
one use
but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
- μεταμεληθήσεταιmetamelethesetaiverb · future passive form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will change His mind
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.