Strong G3338μεταμέλλομαι
to repent
- Transliteration
- metamellomai
- Pronunciation
- met-am-el'-lom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
μετα-μέλομαι
[in LXX chiefly for נָהַם: ni.;]
depon., pass.,
to regret, repent one: Mat.21:30, 32 27:3, 2Co.7:8, Heb.7:21" (LXX) †
SYN.: μετανοέω, to change one's mind, repent. On the distinction, difficult to maintain by usage, between these words, see Thayer, see word; Tr., Syn., § lxix (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for נָהַם: ni.;]
depon., pass.,
to regret, repent one: Mat.21:30, 32 27:3, 2Co.7:8, Heb.7:21" (LXX) †
SYN.: μετανοέω, to change one's mind, repent. On the distinction, difficult to maintain by usage, between these words, see Thayer, see word; Tr., Syn., § lxix (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3338 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- repent5
- do1
- will1
First verses
- Matthew 21:29He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
- Matthew 21:32For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
- Matthew 27:3Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
- 2 Corinthians 7:8For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
- Hebrews 7:21(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μεταμέλ-ομαι,
rare except in present and imperfect: future - μελήσομαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.16 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, also - μεληθήσομαι LXX.Psa.109(110).4, Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 899)]: aorist -εμελήθην [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.23.2, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.75, later -ήσθην “PThead.” 51.15 (4th c.AD))]; also Epic dialect μετεμέμβλετο probably in [Refs (Panyasis Epicus in “Etymologicum Genuinum” see at {μῦθος} (“Coll.Alex.” p.249 Powell))]: perfect - μεμέλημαι [LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.1Mac.11.10, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.34 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]:—feel repentance, regret:—Constr.:
1 with participle, μετεμέλοντο οὐ δεξάμενοι they repented that they had not.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.27, compare 7.50)]; μ. ὅτι.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.14; ὁ μεταμελόμενος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1110b23.)]
2 μεταμέλεσθαί τινι repent at a thing, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.9; ἐπί τινι [prev. author] 19.75)]; τινων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 43.)]
3 absolutely, change one's purpose or line of conduct, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.5, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.50.6.)]
II causal in future participle, τὸ μεταμελησόμενον that which will cause regret, matter for future repentance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.23.)]
III ={μεταμέλει}[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.1, μεταμέλεσθαι αὐτοῖς περὶ ὧν ἂν συμβουλεύσωνται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Demodocus” 382d)].:—the form μεταμελέομαι, censured by Thom.Mag.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (p.123 R., occurs in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 27.)]
rare except in present and imperfect: future - μελήσομαι [LXX+5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.16 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, also - μεληθήσομαι LXX.Psa.109(110).4, Scholia 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 899)]: aorist -εμελήθην [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 8.23.2, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 19.75, later -ήσθην “PThead.” 51.15 (4th c.AD))]; also Epic dialect μετεμέμβλετο probably in [Refs (Panyasis Epicus in “Etymologicum Genuinum” see at {μῦθος} (“Coll.Alex.” p.249 Powell))]: perfect - μεμέλημαι [LXX+1st c.BC+ (LXX.1Mac.11.10, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ κακιῶν ί” p.34 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]:—feel repentance, regret:—Constr.:
1 with participle, μετεμέλοντο οὐ δεξάμενοι they repented that they had not.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.27, compare 7.50)]; μ. ὅτι.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.14; ὁ μεταμελόμενος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1110b23.)]
2 μεταμέλεσθαί τινι repent at a thing, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.9; ἐπί τινι [prev. author] 19.75)]; τινων [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Phalaris Epistolographus “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 43.)]
3 absolutely, change one's purpose or line of conduct, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.6.5, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.50.6.)]
II causal in future participle, τὸ μεταμελησόμενον that which will cause regret, matter for future repentance, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.23.)]
III ={μεταμέλει}[Refs 5th c.BC+ (1.1, μεταμέλεσθαι αὐτοῖς περὶ ὧν ἂν συμβουλεύσωνται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Demodocus” 382d)].:—the form μεταμελέομαι, censured by Thom.Mag.[Refs 5th c.BC+ (p.123 R., occurs in 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 27.)]