ΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΩ, μεταμελω
METAMELŌ, metamelō
Sounds Like: meh-tah-MEH-loh
Translations: to regret, to repent, to change one's mind
From the root: ΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning to feel regret or remorse, or to change one's mind about something. It implies a shift in one's thoughts or feelings concerning past actions or decisions. It is often used in the context of repentance, indicating a change of heart that leads to a change in behavior.
Inflection: Present, Active, Indicative, First Person Singular
Strong’s number: G3338 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 18 — 8:299
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΩ.
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.
- ΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΕΙΝ — to regret, to repent, to change one's mind, to feel remorse
- ΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΗΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will regret, will repent, will change one's mind, will be sorry
- ΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΗΣΑΝ — they repented, they regretted, they changed their mind
- ΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΟΜΕΝΟΣ — repenting, regretting, changing one's mind, feeling remorse
- ΜΕΤΑΜΕΛΟΥ — regret, repent, change one's mind, feel remorse
- ΜΕΤΕΜΕΛΕ — regretted, repented, changed one's mind
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