What does εἷς · ἁμαρτωλός · μετανοέω mean in the Bible?
εἷς · ἁμαρτωλός · μετανοέω is a Greek phrase meaning "one sinner repenting".
Greek · G1520, G268, G3340
ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι
One · sinful · to repent
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εἷς G1520 one
Pronunciation heîs
Unity emphasizing singularity to exclusion of others; theologically expresses oneness in Christ and divine nature.
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ἁμαρτωλός G268 sinful
Pronunciation hamartōlós
Designates someone as wicked or estranged from God, not merely imperfect; often contrasts righteous persons
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μετανοέω G3340 to repent
Pronunciation metanoéō
Repentance involving change of mind and amendment of life, not mere regret or sorrow for sin.
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What does ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι (heni hamartōlō metanoounti) mean in the Bible?
εἷς · ἁμαρτωλός · μετανοέω is a Greek phrase meaning "one sinner repenting".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1520, G268, G3340?
G1520, G268, G3340 is connected to 342 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. one sinner repenting
Source Gloss
one sinner repenting
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 342 Case pattern Nominative (157) Number pattern Singular (280)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 8:19 · Matt 9:18 · Matt 18:24 · Matt 19:16 · Matt 19:17 · Matt 20:21 · Matt 22:35 · Matt 23:8 · Matt 23:9 · Matt 23:10 · Matt 24:40 · Matt 26:14 · Matt 26:21 · Matt 26:22 · Matt 26:47 · Matt 26:51 96×
Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 5:18 · Matt 5:29 · Matt 5:30 · Matt 6:29 · Matt 10:29 · Matt 18:12 · Matt 18:14 · Mark 4:8 · Mark 4:20 · Mark 10:21 · Luke 12:6 · Luke 12:27 · Luke 18:22 · John 1:3 · John 6:22 · John 10:30 44×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Matt 5:18 · Matt 19:6 · Matt 24:41 · Matt 26:69 · Mark 10:8 · Mark 12:42 · Mark 14:66 · Luke 17:35 · John 10:16 · Acts 4:32 · Acts 19:34 · Gal 4:24 · Eph 4:5 · 2 Pet 3:8 · Rev 9:12 17×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 6:24 · Matt 18:10 · Luke 16:13 · Acts 17:26 · Acts 17:27 · Acts 21:26 · Rom 3:12 · Rom 5:12 · Rom 5:15 · Rom 5:16 · Rom 5:17 · Rom 5:19 · Rom 9:10 · 1 Cor 4:6 · 1 Cor 10:17 · Gal 3:20 26×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Luke 14:18 · Luke 17:34 · Luke 22:59 · Acts 24:21 · 1 Tim 3:2 · 1 Tim 3:12 · Titus 1:6 · Heb 12:16 8×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Luke 10:42 · Rom 5:16 · Rom 5:18 · Gal 3:16 · Eph 4:16 · Rev 6:1 7×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Mark 16:2 · Luke 5:12 · Luke 5:17 · Luke 8:22 · Luke 13:10 · Luke 20:1 · Luke 24:1 · John 20:1 · John 20:19 · Acts 20:7 · 1 Cor 10:8 · Eph 4:4 · Phil 1:27 · Heb 10:14 · Rev 18:8 · Rev 18:10 18×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 20:13 · Matt 25:40 · Matt 25:45 · Luke 4:40 · Luke 11:46 · Luke 12:52 · Luke 15:7 · Luke 15:10 · Luke 15:15 · 2 Cor 11:2 · Gal 5:14 · Eph 4:7 · Col 4:6 13×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Rom 12:4 · Rom 15:6 · 1 Cor 12:9 · 1 Cor 12:13 · Eph 2:16 · Eph 2:18 · Phil 1:27 · Col 3:15 · Jas 2:10 9×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 6:24 · Matt 6:27 · Matt 10:42 · Matt 13:46 · Matt 16:14 · Matt 18:6 · Matt 18:16 · Matt 18:28 · Matt 21:24 · Matt 23:15 · Matt 27:15 · Mark 8:14 · Mark 9:42 · Mark 11:29 · Mark 12:6 · Mark 15:6 42×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 33 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 21 present 11 future 1
Voice
active 33
Mood
indicative 11 imperative 9 subjunctive 7 participle 3 infinitive 3
NT Occurrences
Matthew 3:2 Μετανοεῖτε present active imperative imperative Matthew 4:17 Μετανοεῖτε present active imperative imperative Matthew 11:20 μετενόησαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 11:21 μετενόησαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 12:41 μετενόησαν aorist active indicative completed Mark 1:15 μετανοεῖτε present active imperative imperative Mark 6:12 μετανοῶσιν present active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 10:13 μετενόησαν aorist active indicative completed Luke 11:32 μετενόησαν aorist active indicative completed Luke 13:3 μετανοῆτε present active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 13:5 μετανοῆτε present active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 15:10 μετανοοῦντι present active participle participle Luke 15:7 μετανοοῦντι present active participle participle Luke 16:30 μετανοήσουσιν future active indicative prospective Luke 17:3 μετανοήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Luke 17:4 Μετανοῶ present active indicative ongoing Acts 2:38 Μετανοήσατε aorist active imperative imperative Acts 8:22 μετανόησον aorist active imperative imperative Acts 17:30 μετανοεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Acts 26:20 μετανοεῖν present active infinitive infinitive 2 Corinthians 12:21 μετανοησάντων aorist active participle participle Revelation 2:16 μετανόησον aorist active imperative imperative Revelation 2:21 μετανοήσῃ aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Revelation 2:21 μετανοῆσαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Revelation 2:22 μετανοήσωσιν aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Revelation 2:5 μετανόησον aorist active imperative imperative Revelation 2:5 μετανοήσῃς aorist active subjunctive subjunctive Revelation 3:19 μετανόησον aorist active imperative imperative Revelation 3:3 μετανόησον aorist active imperative imperative Revelation 9:20 μετενόησαν aorist active indicative completed Revelation 9:21 μετενόησαν aorist active indicative completed Revelation 16:11 μετενόησαν aorist active indicative completed Revelation 16:9 μετενόησαν aorist active indicative completed
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain