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μετάνοια metanoia

“repentance” · 22 times in the New Testament

Through the Bible

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  • “repentance” 20
  • “repent” 1
  • “about repentance” 1
As a table, book by book
BookTimes
Matthew2
Mark1
Luke5
Acts6
Romans1
2 Corinthians2
2 Timothy1
Hebrews3
2 Peter1

How the BSB translates it

Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.

  1. repentance20
  2. about repentance1
  3. repent1

Where it occurs

Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.

“repentance” 20
  • Matthew 2

    • 3:8 …then in keeping with repentance
    • 3:11 …you with water for repentance but after me will…
  • Mark 1

    • 1:4 …wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of…
  • Luke 4

    • 3:3 …Jordan preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of…
    • 3:8 …then in keeping with repentance And do not begin…
    • 5:32 …righteous but sinners to repentance
    • 24:47 …and in His name repentance and forgiveness of sins…
  • Acts 5

    • 5:31 …in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins…
    • 11:18 …granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life…
    • 13:24 …John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people…
    • 19:4 …baptism was a baptism of repentance He told the people…
    • 26:20 …deeds worthy of their repentance
  • Romans 1

    • 2:4 …kindness leads you to repentance
  • 2 Corinthians 2

    • 7:9 …sorrow led you to repentance For you felt the…
    • 7:10 …Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation…
  • 2 Timothy 1

    • 2:25 …God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge…
  • Hebrews 3

    • 6:1 …laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and…
    • 6:6 …to be restored to repentance because they themselves are…
    • 12:17 …could find no ground for repentance though he sought the…
  • 2 Peter 1

    • 3:9 …everyone to come to repentance
“repent” 1
  • Luke 1

    • 15:7 …who do not need to repent
“about repentance” 1
  • Acts 1

    • 20:21 …Jews and Greeks alike about repentance to God and faith…

The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.