Dictionary entry

μετανοέω

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

μετα-νοέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX for נחם ni., I Ki 15:29, Je 4:28, al.;]

to change one's mind or purpose, hence, to repent; in NT (exc. Lk 17:3, 4), of repentance from sin, involving amendment: seq. ἀπό, Ac 8:22; ἔκ, Re 2:21, 229:20, 2116:11 (מִןשׁוּב); ἐπί, II Co 12:21; absol., Mt 3:24:1711:2012:41, Mk 1:156:12, Lk 11:3213:3, 515:7, 1016:3017:3, 4, Ac 2:383:1917:3026:20Re 2:5, 16, 213:3, 19; c. inf., Re 16:9; ἐν σάκκῳ κ. σποδῷ, Mt 11:21, Lk 10:13.†

SYN.: μεταμέλομαι, q.v.