ΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΕΙΑ, μεταμελεια
METAMELEIA, metameleia
Sounds Like: meh-tah-meh-LEH-yah
Translations: regret, repentance, a regret, a repentance
From the root: ΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a change of mind that results in regret or remorse, often leading to a change in behavior. It describes the feeling of sorrow or compunction for past actions, whether good or bad, and is frequently used in the context of repentance for sins. It is a compound word formed from ΜΕΤΑ (meta, 'after, with') and ΜΕΛΩ (melō, 'to care for, to be a concern').
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3338 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 12:35
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms of Solomon — 9:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΕΙΑ.
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.
- ΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΕΙΑΝ — repentance, regret, remorse, a repentance, a regret, a remorse
- ΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΕΙΑΣ — of regret, of repentance, of remorse
- ΤΗΝΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΕΙΑΝ — the repentance, the regret, the remorse
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