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Greek verb · G3340

μετανοέω

metanoeomet-an-o-eh'-o

to repent

34 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: metanoéō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3340is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 6 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 17
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G3340

to think differently or afterwards, i.e. reconsider (morally, feel compunction)

The King James renders it: repent.

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

metanoeo is rendered "to repent". It stands 34 times in the Greek text, across six books.

  • Twelve of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 3:2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
  • The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.

The first use

and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

Matthew 3:2μετανοεῖτε

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twelve of the word's thirty-four uses are in Revelation.

The other 21 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • do repent10
  • they repented4
  • to repent3
  • you shall repent3
  • repenting2
  • did they repent1
  • having repented1
  • he shall repent1
  • I repent1
  • repented1
  • she may repent1
  • they did repent1

and 5 more, 34 uses in all

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.

μετάmetawith/afterUses461
μετάνοιαmetanoiarepentanceUses22
μεταβαίνωmetabainoto departUses12
μεταξύmetaxybetween/meanwhileUses9
μεταπέμπωmetapempoto summonUses9
μεταλαμβάνωmetalambanoto partakeUses7
μετατίθημιmetatithemito transportUses6
μεταμέλλομαιmetamellomaito repentUses6
μεταδίδωμιmetadidomito shareUses5
μετασχηματίζωmetaschematizoto transformUses5
μετακαλέωmetakaleoto summonUses4
μεταμορφόωmetamorphooto transformUses4

and 8 more on the stem.

All 34, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

17 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

  • μετενόησαν8
  • μετανόησον5
  • μετανοεῖτε3
  • μετανοεῖν2
  • μετανοήσατε2
  • μετανοήσῃ2
  • μετανοῆτε2
  • μετανοῆσαι1
  • μετανοησάντων1
  • μετανοήσῃς1
  • μετανοήσουσιν1
  • μετανοήσωσιν1

and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural9V-AAI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singular5V-AAM-2S
  • verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural3V-PAM-2P
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural2V-AAM-2P
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-AAS-3S
  • verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PAN
  • verb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular2V-PAP-DSM
  • verb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural2V-PAS-2P
  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
  • verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-AAP-GPM
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1V-AAS-2S
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person plural1V-AAS-3P

Matthew

five uses
  • and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

    Matthew 3:2

    • μετανοεῖτεmetanoeiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do repent
  • From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

    Matthew 4:17

    • μετανοεῖτεmetanoeiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do repent
  • Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.

    Matthew 11:20

    • μετενόησαν·¶metenoesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they repented
  • “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

    Matthew 11:21

    • μετενόησανmetenoesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they have repented
  • The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

    Matthew 12:41

    • μετενόησανmetenoesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they repented

Mark

two uses
  • “The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”

    Mark 1:15

    • μετανοεῖτεmetanoeiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do repent
  • So they set out and preached that the people should repent.

    Mark 6:12

    • μετανοῶσινmetanoosinverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may repent

Luke

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

    Luke 10:13

    • μετενόησανmetenoesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they would have repented
  • The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

    Luke 11:32

    • μετενόησανmetenoesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they repented
  • No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

    Luke 13:3

    • μετανοῆτεmetanoeteverb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you shall repent
  • No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”

    Luke 13:5

    • μετανοῆτεmetanoeteverb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you shall repent
  • In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.

    Luke 15:7

    • μετανοοῦντιmetanoountiverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: repenting
  • In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”

    Luke 15:10

    • μετανοοῦντι.¶metanoountiverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: repenting
  • ‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone is sent to them from the dead, they will repent.’

    Luke 16:30

    • μετανοήσουσινmetanoesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will repent
  • Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

    Luke 17:3

    • μετανοήσῃmetanoeseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he shall repent
  • Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”

    Luke 17:4

    • μετανοῶmetanooverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I repent

Acts

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

    Acts 2:38

    • μετανοήσατεmetanoesateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do repent
  • Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,

    Acts 3:19

    • μετανοήσατεmetanoesateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do repent
  • Repent, therefore, of your wickedness, and pray to the Lord. Perhaps He will forgive you for the intent of your heart.

    Acts 8:22

    • μετανόησονmetanoesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do repent
  • Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent.

    Acts 17:30

    • μετανοεῖνmetanoeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to repent
  • First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

    Acts 26:20

    • μετανοεῖνmetanoeinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to repent

2 Corinthians

one use
  • I am afraid that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of their acts of impurity, sexual immorality, and debauchery.

    2 Corinthians 12:21

    • μετανοησάντωνmetanoesantonverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: having repented

Revelation

twelve uses
  • Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

    Revelation 2:5

    • μετανόησονmetanoesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do repent
    • μετανοήσῃςmetanoesesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you shall repent
  • Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.

    Revelation 2:16

    • μετανόησονmetanoesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do repent
  • Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.

    Revelation 2:21

    • μετανοήσῃmetanoeseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: she may repent
    • μετανοῆσαιmetanoesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to repent
  • Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.

    Revelation 2:22

    • μετανοήσωσινmetanoesosinverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they shall repent
  • Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

    Revelation 3:3

    • μετανόησονmetanoesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do repent
  • Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

    Revelation 3:19

    • μετανόησονmetanoesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do repent
  • Now the rest of mankind who were not killed by these plagues still did not repent of the works of their hands. They did not stop worshiping demons and idols of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see or hear or walk.

    Revelation 9:20

    • μετενόησανmetenoesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: repented
  • Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.

    Revelation 9:21

    • μετενόησανmetenoesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they repented
  • And the people were scorched by intense heat, and they cursed the name of God, who had authority over these plagues; yet they did not repent and give Him glory.

    Revelation 16:9

    • μετενόησανmetenoesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: did they repent
  • and curse the God of heaven for their pains and sores; yet they did not repent of their deeds.

    Revelation 16:11

    • μετενόησανmetenoesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they did repent

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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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