What does ἀμεταμέλητος (ametamélētos) mean in the Bible?
ἀμεταμέλητος (ametamélētos): Not subject to divine regret or reversal; God's gifts and calling remain eternally operative.
Greek · G278
ἀμεταμέλητος
Irrevocable
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ἀμεταμέλητος G278
Pronunciation ametamélētos
What does ἀμεταμέλητος (ametamélētos) mean in the Bible?
ἀμεταμέλητος (ametamélētos): Not subject to divine regret or reversal; God's gifts and calling remain eternally operative.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G278?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [are] irrevocable (1), without regret (1).
Where does ἀμεταμέλητος (ametamélētos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 11:29. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Corinthians (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [are] irrevocable 1× Romans 11:29
without regret 1× 2 Corinthians 7:10
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 11:29
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Romans 1 2 Corinthians 1
Source forms
ἀμεταμέλητα 1x ametamelēta Romans 11:29
ἀμεταμέλητον 1x ametamelēton 2 Corinthians 7:10
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x 2 Corinthians 7:10
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural 1x Romans 11:29
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Not subject to divine regret or reversal; God's gifts and calling remain eternally operative.
Strong's G278
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Romans 11:25-32 Source Gloss
irrevocable
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 11:29 Adjective Nominative Plural Neuter
ἀμεταμέλητα ametamelhta
not to be repented of
Read verse 2 Corinthians 7:10 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
ἀμεταμέλητον ametamelhton
not to be repented of
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Plural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Neuter Rom 11:29 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 2 Cor 7:10 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
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New Testament Witnesses
Irrevocable, not subject to regret.
Showing 1 selected witness from 2 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀμεταμέλητος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Affirms the permanence of God’s covenant gifts and calling. Romans 11:25-32
Canonical Themes
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