KJV dictionary & concordance
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.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 6:6
Complete exact-word concordance
And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
And let that man be as the cities which the LORD ouerthrew and repented not: and let him heare the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noonetide,
1611 marginal noteGen.19.25.
Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the Lord, and besought the Lord, and the Lord repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
Did Hezekiah King of Iudah and all Iudah put him at all to death? did hee not feare the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the euill which he had pronounced against them? thus might wee procure great euill against our soules.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the face of the LORD.
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote vpon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea euen confounded, because I did beare the reproch of my youth.
1611 marginal noteDeut.30.2.
The Lord repented for this: It shall not be, saith the Lord.
The LORD repented for this. It shall not be, saith the LORD.
The Lord repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord God.
The LORD repented for this. This also shall not bee, saith the LORD God.
¶ And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
¶ And God saw their workes, that they turned from their euill way, and God repented of the euill that hee had sayd, that he would doe vnto them, and he did it not.
For thus saith the Lord of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and I repented not:
For thus saith the LORD of hostes, As I thought to punish you, when your fathers prouoked mee to wrath, saith the LORD of hostes, and I repented not:
¶ Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
¶ Then began he to vpbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.
1611 marginal noteLuke 10.13.
Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
Woe vnto thee Chorazin, woe vnto thee Bethsaida: for if the mightie workes which were done in you, had bene done in Tyre and Sidon, they would haue repented long agoe in sackcloth and ashes.
The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
The men of Nineue shall rise in iudgement with this generation, and shall condemne it, because they repented at the preaching of Ionas, and behold, a greater then Ionas is here.
1611 marginal noteIona. 3.5.
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Historical English dictionary sources
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.
