μετανοέω

metanoevw metanoevw,
metavnw; future
metanohvsw; 1 aorist
metenovhsa; from (Antiphon), Xenophon down; the Septuagint several times for !j'nI; to change one's mind, i. e. to repent (to feel sorry that one has done this or that, ), of having offended someone, f; with
ejpiv
tivni added (the dative of the wrong, Hebrew l[', ; ; ; ), of (on account of) something (so Latin me paenitet alicujus rei), ; used especially of those who, conscious of their sins and with manifest tokens of sorrow, are intent; on obtaining God's pardon; to repent (Latin paenitentiam agere):
metanow'
ejn
savkkw/
kaiv
spodw'/, clothed in sackcloth and besprinkled with ashes, ; . to change one's mind for the better, heartily to amend with abhorrence of one's past sins: ; ; (cf.
ejxomologouvmenoi
tav"
aJmartiva"
aujtw'n; and
karpouv"
ajxivou"
th'"
metanoiva", i. e. conduct worthy of a heart changed and abhorring sin); (; ); ,; ,; ; ; ; ; ,; ,; on the phrase
metanoei'n
eij"
tov
khvrugma
tivno", and , see
eij", B. II. 2 d.; (Winer's Grammar, 397 (371)). Since
tov
metanoei'n expresses mental direction, the termini from which and to which may be specified:
ajpov
th'"
kakiva", to withdraw or turn one's soul from, etc. (cf. Winer's Grammar, 622 (577); especially Buttmann, 322 (277)), ;
ejk
tivno", f; f; (see
ejk, I. 6; (cf. Buttmann, 327 (281), and Winer's Grammar, as above));
metanoei'n
kaiv
ejpistrevfein
ejpiv
tovn
Qeovn, ; followed by an infinitive indicating purpose (Winer's Grammar, 318 (298)), . (Synonym: see
metamevlomai.)*