Genesis 6:6
And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
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Repented
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Revelation 16:11
And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
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נָחַם
nâcham · naw-kham'
17 times translated as this KJV form108 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to sigh, i.e. breathe strongly; by implication, to be sorry, i.e. (in a favorable sense) to pity, console or (reflexively) rue; or (unfavorably) to avenge (oneself)
Strong's KJV usage: comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 6:6Strong's last: Zechariah 8:14
Open full H5162 profile →μετανοέω
metanoéō · met-an-o-eh'-o
10 times translated as this KJV form37 total Strong's occurrences
to think differently or afterwards, i.e. reconsider (morally, feel compunction)
Strong's KJV usage: :--repent.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 11:20Strong's last: Revelation 16:11
Open full G3340 profile →μεταμέλλομαι
metaméllomai · met-am-el'-lom-ahee
2 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to care afterwards, i.e. regret
Strong's KJV usage: :--repent (self).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 21:29Strong's last: Matthew 21:32
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H5162
And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
H5162
And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
H5162
And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
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repent
RE'PENT, adjective [Latin repo, to creep.] Creeping; as a repent root.
REPENT', verb intransitive [Latin re and paeniteo, from paena, pain. Gr. See Pain.]
1. To feel pain, sorrow or regret for something done or spoken; as, to repent that we have lost much time in idleness or sensual pleasure; to repent that we have injured or wounded the feelings of a friend. A person repents only of what he himself has done or said.
2. To express sorrow for something past.
Enobarbus did before thy face repent
3. To change the mind in consequence of the inconvenience or injury done by past conduct.
Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return. Exodus 13:17.
4. Applied to the Supreme Being, to change the course of providential dealings. Genesis 6:7. Psalms 106:45.
5. In theology, to sorrow or be pained for sin, as a violation of God's holy law, a dishonor to his character and government, and the foulest ingratitude to a Being of infinite benevolence.
Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13:3. Acts 3:19.
REPENT', verb intransitive
1. To remember with sorrow; as, to repent rash words; to repent an injury done to a neighbor; to repent follies and vices. [See Repentance.]
2. With the reciprocal pronoun.
No man repented him of his wickedness. Jeremiah 8:6.
[This form of expression is now obsolete.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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