G3338: μεταμέλλομαι
metaméllomai · “to repent”
Definition
to care afterwards, i.e. regret
KJV translates it as: repent (self)
Word origin: from G3326 (μετά) and the middle voice of G3199 (μέλω);
Extended definition
[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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3338 is translated
- having repented ×1
- did repent ×1
- having regretted it ×1
- i do regret it; ×1
- i was regreting it, ×1
- will change his mind; ×1
Bible verses with G3338 (metaméllomai)
Metaméllomai appears in 5 verses.
- Matthew 21:29
He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.
- Matthew 21:32
For 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 27:3
Then 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 7:8
For 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:)