verb
metamelomō
Strong’sG3338
I change my mind
stem metamel-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books5 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
μετα-μέλομαι,
[in LXX chiefly for נחם: ni.;]
SYN.: μετανοέω, to change one's mind, repent. On the distinction, difficult to maintain by usage, between these words, v. Thayer, s.v.; Tr., Syn., § lxix.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3338 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
rare except in present and imperfect: future - μελήσομαι LXX+5th c.BC+: aorist -εμελήθην Refs 2nd c.BC+; also Epic dialect μετεμέμβλετο probably in Refs: perfect - μεμέλημαι LXX+1st c.BC+:—feel repentance, regret:—Constr.:
1 with participle, μετεμέλοντο οὐ δεξάμενοι they repented that they had not.., Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. ὅτι.. Refs 4th c.BC+
2 μεταμέλεσθαί τινι repent at a thing, Refs 1st c.BC+; τινων Refs 3rd c.BC+
3 absolutely, change one's purpose or line of conduct, Refs 5th c.BC+
II causal in future participle, τὸ μεταμελησόμενον that which will cause regret, matter for future repentance, Refs 5th c.BC+
III ={μεταμέλει}Refs 5th c.BC+.:—the form μεταμελέομαι, censured by Thom.Mag.Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| metamelomōμεταμέλομαι | happening now · Ipresent middle or passive indicative 1st person singular | regret | 1× |
| metamelomeμετεμελόμην | was happening · Iimperfect middle or passive indicative 1st person singular | regret | 1× |
| metamelitiμεταμεληθήσεται | will happen · he/she/itfuture passive indicative 3rd person singular | change his mind | 1× |
| metamelivaμετεμελήθητε | happened · yeaorist passive indicative 2nd person plural | change … minds | 1× |
| metamelirantosμεταμεληθεὶς | happened · subjectaorist passive participle nominative singular masculine | repented | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 4 occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metamelomō1×μεταμέλομαι | metamelome1×μετεμελόμην | metamelomē | metamelomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | metamelosō | metamelose | metamelosē | metameloselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metamelotō | metamelote | metamelotē | metamelotelē |
| we 1st person plural | metamelonō | metamelone | metamelonē | metamelonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | metamelovō | metamelove | metamelovē | metamelovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | metamelolō | metamelole | metamelolē | metamelolelē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | will happen future | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metamelimi | metamelima |
| you 2nd person singular | metamelisi | metamelisa |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metameliti1×μεταμεληθήσεται | metamelita |
| we 1st person plural | metamelini | metamelina |
| ye 2nd person plural | metamelivi | metameliva1×μετεμελήθητε |
| they 3rd person plural | metamelili | metamelila |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metamelomeiō | metamelomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | metameloseiō | metameloseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metameloteiō | metameloteiē |
| we 1st person plural | metameloneiō | metameloneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | metameloveiō | metameloveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | metameloleiō | metameloleiē |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metamelimeia |
| you 2nd person singular | metameliseia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metameliteia |
| we 1st person plural | metamelineia |
| ye 2nd person plural | metameliveia |
| they 3rd person plural | metamelileia |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | metamelosōr | metamelosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metamelotōr | metamelotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | metamelovōr | metamelovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | metamelolōr | metamelolēr |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | metamelisar |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metamelitar |
| ye 2nd person plural | metamelivar |
| they 3rd person plural | metamelilar |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metamelomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | metamelosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metamelotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | metamelonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | metamelovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | metameloloiō |
acted on passive voice
| Who person | happened aorist |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | metamelimoia |
| you 2nd person singular | metamelisoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | metamelitoia |
| we 1st person plural | metamelinoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | metamelivoia |
| they 3rd person plural | metameliloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | metamelorō | metamelorē | ||
| acted on passive voice | metameliri | metamelira |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | metamelorōntos | metamelorēntos | ||
| acted on passive voice | metamelirintos | metamelirantos2×μεταμεληθεὶς |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
metamel is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
metamelomō“regret”happening now · Ipresent middle or passive indicative 1st person singular1×
2 Corinthians 7:8… lupama vin en ta epistola, ouk metamelomō; ei kai metamelome blepamō hoti tas …… by my letter, I do not regret it. Although I did regret it …
metamelome“regret”was happening · Iimperfect middle or passive indicative 1st person singular1×
2 Corinthians 7:8… ta epistola, ouk metamelomō; ei kai metamelome blepamō hoti tas epistolas ekeinas ei …… not regret it. Although I did regret it— for I see that my …
metameliti“change his mind”will happen · he/she/itfuture passive indicative 3rd person singular1×
Hebrews 7:21… pros auton; Omnuata kurios, kai ouk metameliti, Sis hierevos eis ton aiōnon,… Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
metameliva“change … minds”happened · yeaorist passive indicative 2nd person plural1×
Matthew 21:32“change … minds”… pisteuala auto; vis de horarantois oude metameliva husterem teu pisteuara auto.… prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
metamelirantos“repented”happened · subjectaorist passive participle nominative singular masculine2×
Matthew 21:29… apokrinirantos legata; Ouk thelamō; husterem de metamelirantos aperchata.… not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.
Matthew 27:3“repented”… Ioudos tos paradōarōntos auton hoti katakrinita metamelirantos strefata teim triakonta argurieim toi archierevoi …When Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was filled with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders.