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repented

Meaning of “repented”

Past tense and past participle of repent: changed the mind or purpose concerning what had been done or intended, often coupled with grief or sorrow.

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32 occurrences32 verses15 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 6:6

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Revelation 2:21
And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
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1611 witness · Revelation 2:21 · retained source text

And I gaue her space to repent of her fornication, and she repented not.

Revelation 9:20
And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
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1611 witness · Revelation 9:20 · retained source text

And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues, yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship deuils, and idoles of golde, and siluer, and brasse, and stone, and of wood, which neither can see, nor heare, nor walke:

1611 marginal notePsal. 115.4. & 135.15.

Revelation 9:21
Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
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1611 witness · Revelation 9:21 · retained source text

Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Revelation 16:9
And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
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1611 witness · Revelation 16:9 · retained source text

And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the Name of God, which hath power ouer these plagues: and they repented not, to giue him glory.

1611 marginal noteOr, burned

Revelation 16:11
And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
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1611 witness · Revelation 16:11 · retained source text

And blasphemed the God of heauen, because of their paines, and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

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To feel pain, sorrow or regret for something done or spoken; ... To change the mind in consequence of the inconvenience or injury done by past conduct.

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