2001 Translation

METANOIA, metanoia

Sounds Like: meh-TAH-noy-ah

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

From the root: ΜΕΤΑΝΟΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a change of mind, a turning around, or a conversion. It implies a fundamental shift in one's thinking, attitude, or direction, often leading to a change in behavior. It is frequently used in a religious context to denote a turning away from sin and towards God.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3341 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:39, 10:57

Codex Sinaiticus

• Wisdom — 12:19
• Matthew — 3:11
• 2 Peter — 3:9
• Shepherd of Hermas — 6:5, 15:5, 29:10

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 3:23, 6:163
• Book 4 — 8:191
• Book 5 — 2:166
• Book 13 — 11:314
• Book 16 — 8:240

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 23:14
• Book Six — 7:7

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 11:1

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 16:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 2 — 1:7
• Mandate 4 — 1:8, 1:10, 2:2
• Mandate 12 — 3:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 6 — 2:3
• Parable 7 — 1:6
• Parable 8 — 6:6, 7:2, 8:5, 9:4
• Parable 9 — 19:1, 19:2, 19:3, 20:4, 22:4, 26:5, 26:6

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 2 — 2:5
• Vision 3 — 7:5

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
• ΜΕΤΑΝΟΙΑΝ — repentance, a repentance, change of mind, a change of mind
• ΜΕΤΑΝΟΙΑΣ — of repentance, of a change of mind, of a change of heart
• ΜΕΤΑΝΟΙΑΤΟΙΣ — (to) repentance, (to) a change of mind

This concordance database is in beta

That means it's an unfinished preview of what we're building and is still being refined and corrected. It was initially generated from Google Gemini 2.5. It will be edited and corrected over time, with additional information added as we go.

It is your responsibility to double-check anything important.

Please report any errors or important missing information.