Etymology

metanoete

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Ancient Greek μετανοῆτε
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromμετανοῆτε
  2. English todaymetanoete

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετανοῆτε (metanoête), subjunctive of μετανοῶ (metanoô, “to repent”), from the Gospel of Luke: : οὐχί, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀλλ’ ἐὰν μὴ μετανοῆτε, πάντες ὁμοίως ἀπολεῖσθε. oukhí, légō humîn, all’ eàn mḕ metanoête, pántes homoíōs apoleîsthe. I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. ―Luke 13:3 and 13:5, NIV

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