2001 Translation

METANOIAN, metanoian

Sounds Like: meh-TAH-noy-ahn

Translations: repentance, a repentance, change of mind, a change of mind

From the root: ΜΕΤΑΝΟΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a change of mind, a turning around, or a transformation of one's inner disposition, often implying a turning away from sin. It signifies a fundamental shift in one's thinking and behavior, leading to a new direction in life.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3341 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:188

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 16:9

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:10

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 6:6, 7:6, 8:2, 57:1

Codex Sinaiticus

• Proverbs — 14:15
• Wisdom — 11:23
• Luke — 5:32, 24:47
• Acts of the Apostles — 5:31, 11:18, 20:21
• Romans — 2:4
• 2 Corinthians — 7:9, 7:10
• Hebrews — 6:6
• Epistle of Barnabas — 16:9
• Shepherd of Hermas — 15:5, 22:3, 29:8

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 29:274

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 4:51
• Book 3 — 1:22
• Book 4 — 6:144
• Book 6 — 3:38
• Book 7 — 2:54
• Book 9 — 8:176
• Book 11 — 5:156
• Book 16 — 4:125, 10:352, 11:392
• Book 20 — 8:178

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 1:10, 5:8, 29:4
• Book Three — 6:19
• Book Four — 6:2
• Book Five — 9:13

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 40:1
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 30:1, 49:3, 121:3, 139:4

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 66:370

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Odes — 8:8
• Proverbs — 14:15
• Wisdom — 11:23, 12:19

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 4 — 1:8, 3:3, 3:5, 3:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 8 — 3:5, 6:2, 8:2, 8:3, 10:3, 11:1
• Parable 9 — 26:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 3 — 7:5
• Vision 4 — 1:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 3:11
• Luke — 5:32, 24:47
• Acts — 5:31, 11:18, 20:21
• Romans — 2:4
• 2 Corinthians — 7:9, 7:10
• 2 Timothy — 2:25
• Hebrews — 6:6
• 2 Peter — 3:9

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΤΑΝΟΙΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΜΑΙΤΑΝΟΙΑ — repentance, a change of mind, a change of heart
• ΜΕΝΑΝΟΙΑΣ — of repentance, of a change of mind, of regret
• ΜΕΤΑΜΟΙΑ — repentance, a change of mind, regret
• ΜΕΤΑΜΟΙΑΝ — repentance, a repentance
• ΜΕΤΑΜΟΙΑΣ — of repentance, repentance
• ΜΕΤΑΝΟΗΣΙ — repentance, a change of mind, a change of heart, a turning around
• ΜΕΤΑΝΟΙΑ — repentance, a repentance, change of mind, conversion
• ΜΕΤΑΝΟΙΑΣ — of repentance, of a change of mind, of a change of heart
• ΜΕΤΑΝΟΙΑΤΟΙΣ — (to) repentance, (to) a change of mind

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