Senses
1. regret, feel remorse — To feel regret or remorse after the fact, a change of feeling (not necessarily repentance in the full theological sense of metanoia). Used of the son who regretted refusing to work (Matt 21:29, 32), Judas who felt remorse for betraying Jesus (Matt 27:3), Paul's initial regret over a stern letter (2 Cor 7:8), and God's oath from which he will not change his mind (Heb 7:21). Multilingual glosses consistently render regret/remorse: Arabic nadima, German bereuen, French regretter/se repentir, Hebrew hitcharet/nicham, Hindi pachtatana, Korean huhoe, Spanish arrepentirse. 6×
AR["أَندَمُ","إِذْ-نَدِمَ","كُنتُ-نادِمًا","نَدِمتُم","نَدِمَ","يَنْدَمَ"]·ben["অনুতাপ-করবেন","অনুতাপ-করলে","অনুতাপ-করে","অনুতাপিত-হয়ে","আমি-অনুতপ্ত।","আমি-অনুতাপ-করছিলাম;"]·DE["bereuen","μεταμεληθεὶς","μεταμεληθεὶς›","μετεμελήθητε"]·EN["I-regret","I-was-regretting","having-regretted","regretted","will-change-his-mind"]·FR["regretter","se-repentir"]·heb["הִתְחַרַטְתִּי","יִנָּחֵם","מִתְחַרֵט","נִחַם","נִחַמְתֶּם"]·HI["पछताए","पछताएगा,","पछताकर","पछताता-था-मैं","पछताता-हूं"]·ID["akan-menyesal","aku-menyesal","menyesal"]·IT["metameletheis","metameletheis›","metamelēthēsetai","metemelethete","pentirsi"]·jav["badhé-keduwèn","getun","getun,","kawula-getun"]·KO["후회하고","후회하여","후회하지","후회하지-않는다","후회하지-않았다","후회했더라도"]·PT["arrependendo-se,","me-arrependia","me-arrependo","se-arrependerá","tendo-se-arrependido","vos-arrependestes"]·RU["жалел","жалею","раскается","раскаявшись","раскаявшись,","раскаялись"]·ES["arrepintiéndose","habiendo-arrepentido","me-arrepentía","me-arrepiento","os-arrepentisteis","se-arrepentirá"]·SW["akamkaribia","akijuta","juta","kumwamini","nilijuta;","sijuti."]·TR["pişman oluyordum","pişman oluyorum","pişman-olacak","pişman-olarak","pişman-oldunuz"]·urd["پچھتا-کر","پچھتائے","پچھتائے-گا","پچھتاتا-تھا","پچھتاتا-ہوں","پچھتاوے-ہُوئے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μεταμέλ-ομαι, rare except in present and imperfect: future - μελήσομαι LXX+5th c.BC+: aorist -εμελήθην Refs 2nd c.BC+; also Epic dialect μετεμέμβλετο probably in Refs: perfect - μεμέλημαι LXX+1st c.BC+:—feel repentance, regret:—Constr.: __1 with participle, μετεμέλοντο οὐ δεξάμενοι they repented that they had not.., Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. ὅτι.. Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 μεταμέλεσθαί τινι repent at a thing,…