REPENTANCE #2

by Dr. Hank Lindstrom

"REPENT":  occurs in the Old Testament 46 times
"REPENT":  occurs in the New Testament 66 times

Total of 112 times in the Old and New Testaments

NEW TESTAMENT:

"REPENT" appears 58 times from:
"METANOIA" (24 times)
"METANOEO" (34 times)

"REPENT" appears 6 times from:
"METAMELLOMIA," which means "to regret or to care after"
(Matthew 21:29,32; 27:3; II Corinthians 7:8 [occurs twice]; Hebrews 7;21)

"REPENT" appears 2 times from:
"AMETAMELETOS," which means "irrevocable"
(Romans 11:29; II Corinthians 7:10)

OLD TESTAMENT:

"REPENT" appears 43 times from:
"NACHAM," which means "to be comforted, to be eased, to sigh or groan, or to lament"
8 times, God, not man, is said to repent.
9 times it refers to some things about which God does or does not repent.
6 times man does the repenting.
This means that God does 86% of the repenting in the Old Testament (37/43=86%)

"REPENT" appears 3 times from:
"SHUV," a Hebrew word which means "to turn, to turn away from, or to return"
(1 KINGS 8:47; EZEK. 18:30)
THIS IS A BAD TRANSLATION!