μετανοέω

μετάνω; future μετανοήσω; 1 aorist μετενόησα; from (Antiphon), Xenophon down; the Sept. several times for נִחַם; to change one's mind, i. e. to repent (to feel sorry that one has done this or that, Jon 3:9), of having offended someone, Lk 17:3f; with ἐπί τίνι added (the dative of the wrong, Hebrew עַל, Amos 7:3; Joel 2:13; Jon 3:10; Jon 4:2), of (on account of) something (so Latinme paenitet alicujus rei), 2 Cor 12:21; used especially of those who, conscious of their sins and with manifest tokens of sorrow, are intent; on obtaining God's pardon; to repent (Latinpaenitentiam agere): μετανοῶ ἐν σάκκῳ καί σποδῷ, clothed in sackcloth and besprinkled with ashes, Mt 11:21; Lk 10:13. to change one's mind for the better, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one's past sins: Mt 3:2; Mt 4:17; Mk 1:15 (cf. Mt 3:6 ἐξομολογούμενοι τάς ἁμαρτίας αὐτῶν; Mt 3:8 and Lk 3:8 καρπούς ἀξίους τῆς μετανοίας, i. e. conduct worthy of a heart changed and abhorring sin); (Mt 11:20; Mk 6:12); Lk 13:3, Lk 13:5; Lk 15:7, Lk 15:10; Lk 16:30; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Acts 17:30; Rev 2:5, Rev 2:16; Rev 3:3, Rev 3:19; on the phrase μετανοεῖν εἰς τό κήρυγμα τίνος, Mt 12:41 and Lk 11:32, see εἰς, B. II. 2 d.; (Winer's Grammar, 397 (371)). Since τό μετανοεῖν expresses mental direction, the termini from which and to which may be specified: ἀπό τῆς κακίας, to withdraw or turn one's soul from, etc. (cf. Winers Grammar, 622 (577); especially Buttmann, 322 (277)), Acts 8:22; ἐκ τίνος, Rev 2:21; Rev 9:20; Rev 16:11 (see ἐκ, I. 6; (cf. Buttmann, 327 (281), and Winer's Grammar, as above)); μετανοεῖν καί ἐπιστρέφειν ἐπί τόν Θεόν, Acts 26:20; followed by an infinitive indicating purpose (Winer's Grammar, 318 (298)), Rev 16:9. (Synonym: see μεταμέλομαι.)