metamellomai (to repent)

Meaning

Usually translated “having repented”, “did repent” and “having regretted”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

having repented 1
did repent 1
having regretted 1
i do regret 1
i was regreting 1
will change his mind 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Matthew 3
2 Corinthians 1
Hebrews 1

3 books in all.

Related words

Explore in Scripture

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:)

Greek dictionary

μεταμέλλομαι metamellomai · to repent

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)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “repent” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

RE'PENT, adjective

[Latin repo, to creep.]

Creeping; as a repent root.

All definitions and other forms of “repent”

REPENT', verb intransitive

[Latin re and paeniteo, from paena, pain. Gr. See Pain.]

To feel pain, sorrow or regret for something done or spoken; as, to repent that we have lost much time in idleness or sensual pleasure; to repent that we have injured or wounded the feelings of a friend.
To express sorrow for something past.
To change the mind in consequence of the inconvenience or injury done by past conduct.“Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return” Exodus 13:17
Applied to the Supreme Being, to change the course of providential dealings. Genesis 6:7 Psalms 106:45
In theology, to sorrow or be pained for sin, as a violation of God's holy law, a dishonor to his character and government, and the foulest ingratitude to a Being of infinite benevolence.“Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish” Luke 13:3

REPENT', verb intransitive

To remember with sorrow; as, to repent rash words; to repent an injury done to a neighbor; to repent follies and vices. [See Repentance.]
With the reciprocal pronoun.“No man repented him of his wickedness” Jeremiah 8:6

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.