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 27New Testament books
- 17spellings
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.
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| μετά | meta | with/after | Uses461 |
| 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 |
| μεταμέλλομαι | metamellomai | to repent | 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.
The words it stands beside
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.”
- 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.”
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!”
- μετανοεῖτεmetanoeiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do repent
So they set out and preached that the people should repent.
- 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.
- 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.
- μετενόησανmetenoesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they repented
No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
- μετανοῆτεmetanoeteverb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you shall repent
No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.’
- μετανοήσουσινmetanoesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will repent
Watch yourselves. If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.
- 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.”
- 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.
- μετανοήσατεmetanoesateverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do repent
Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- μετανόησονmetanoesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do repent
Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.
- 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.
- 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.
- μετανόησονmetanoesonverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do repent
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- 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.
- μετενόησανmetenoesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: repented
Furthermore, they did not repent of their murder, sorcery, sexual immorality, and theft.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
