μετανοέω
metanoeō
to repent
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word "metanoeō" (G3340) is defined as "to repent." This verb is used 34 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in the Christian narrative. The meaning of "metanoeō" is not simply a feeling of regret or remorse, but rather a change of mind or direction, often in response to a message or call to action. The range of usage for "metanoeō" suggests that it is a verb that is closely tied to the concept of conversion or turning away from one's previous path. It is often used in conjunction with other verbs such as "epistrephō" (to turn to) or "proskartereō" (to persevere), emphasizing the idea of a fundamental shift in one's perspective or behavior. The significance of "metanoeō" lies in its connection to the idea of spiritual transformation, highlighting the importance of a change of heart in the Christian life.
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Occurrences in Scripture
34 total occurrences across the text
“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
Matthew 4:17From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 11:20Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they didn’t repent.
Matthew 11:21“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.
Mark 1:15and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and God’s Kingdom is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News.”
Mark 6:12They went out and preached that people should repent.
Luke 10:13“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Luke 11:32The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
Luke 13:3I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
Luke 13:5I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.”
Luke 15:7I 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.
Luke 15:10Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”
Luke 16:30“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’
Luke 17:3Be careful. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him.
Luke 17:4If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”
Acts 2:38Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 3:19“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
Acts 8:22Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
Acts 17:30The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent,
Acts 26:20but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
2 Corinthians 12:21that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness, sexual immorality, and lustfulness which they committed.
Revelation 2:5Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.
Revelation 2:5Remember therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works; or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lamp stand out of its place, unless you repent.
Revelation 2:16Repent therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
Revelation 2:21I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
Revelation 2:21I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality.
Revelation 2:22Behold, I will throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into great oppression, unless they repent of her works.
Revelation 3:3Remember therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If therefore you won’t watch, I will come as a thief, and you won’t know what hour I will come upon you.
Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
Revelation 9:20The rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, didn’t repent of the works of their hands, that they wouldn’t worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can’t see, hear, or walk.
Revelation 9:21They didn’t repent of their murders, their sorceries, their sexual immorality, or their thefts.
Revelation 16:9People were scorched with great heat, and people blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues. They didn’t repent and give him glory.
Revelation 16:11and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores. They didn’t repent of their works.