Words the Bible translates as be sorry
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- naḥamנָחַםto comfort: to ease another's grief and settle a troubled heart back into peace
+2 more meanings
- to regret or relent: to reverse one's inner stance toward something already done or announced
- to ease oneself: to settle one's own stirred-up heart, often by resolving to act in revenge
- lupeōλυπέωto grieve: to cause someone sorrow or pain, or to feel that sorrow oneself
- metamellomaiμεταμέλλομαιto wish undone something you have already done or decided: to be sorry about it, or to take it back
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