Metaméllomai — G3338

Definition

verb

to care afterwards, i.e. regret

1. to repent oneself (in R. V. uniformly with this reflexive rendering )

Usually translated as

repent

Origin

from G3326 and the middle voice of G3199

• metá (G3326)
• mélō (G3199)

Occurrences

Metaméllomai occurs 6 times in 5 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (3), 2 Corinthians (1), Hebrews (1)

• Matthew 21:29 — He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented (μεταμεληθεὶς), 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 (μετεμελήθητε) not afterward, that ye might believe him.
• Matthew 27:3 — Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented (μεταμεληθεὶς) 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 (μεταμέλομαι), though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
• 2 Corinthians 7:8 — For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent (μετεμελόμην): 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 (μεταμεληθήσεται), Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)