Bible word study

Metanoia (Strong’s G3341): Meaning in the Bible

Metanoia (μετάνοια) is the Greek word numbered G3341 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as (subjectively) compunction (for guilt, including reformation); by implication, reversal (of (another's) decision). In the King James Bible it is translated repentance..

• Original wordμετάνοια
• Transliterationmetánoia
• Pronunciationmet-an'-oy-ah
• Strong’s numberG3341
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. from G3340;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Metanoia appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Metanoia (G3341) stands behind 24 English renderings in 24 verses across 9 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Acts (6), Luke (5), Matthew (3).

How the King James Bible renders Metanoia, by count

• repentance23 of 24 (96 percent)
• that repentance1 of 24 (4 percent)

Three places to read Metanoia

• Matthew 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
• Luke 15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
• Romans 2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

And Christ

Jesus opened his public ministry with this word. It is not endless guilt but a change of mind that turns the whole direction of a life, and he tied it to good news, telling us to turn and believe the gospel.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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