Words the Bible translates as repent
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- shuvשׁוּבto turn back: to reverse a movement and retrace the way already taken, whether going home, sending something back, or turning toward or away from God
- 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
- metanoeōμετανοέωto turn your whole life back toward God: a deep change of heart, mind, and direction, not just a feeling of regret
- metamellomaiμεταμέλλομαιto wish undone something you have already done or decided: to be sorry about it, or to take it back
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