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metanoete

/ˌmɛtənəʊˈiːti/

metanoete noun: metanoia.

Noun

metanoete (uncountable)

  1. Metanoia.
    • In the light of this approaching crisis, John has a one-word message for the people who come out to the desert to hear him: “Metanoete!” The New American Bible translates this as “Reform your lives!” But metanoete, which is very important in all the Gospels and in the book you are reading, is also...[2002, Jim Harbaugh, A 12-Step Approach to the Sunday Readings, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 5

Origin of metanoete

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετανοῆτε (metanoête), subjunctive of μετανοῶ (metanoô, “to repent”), from the Gospel of Luke: : οὐχί, λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀλλ’ ἐὰν μὴ μετανοῆτε, πάντες ὁμοίως ἀπολεῖσθε. oukhí, légō humîn, all’ eàn mḕ metanoête, pántes homoíōs apoleîsthe. I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. ―Luke 13:3 and 13:5, NIV

Questions about metanoete

What does metanoete mean?
Metanoete means metanoia.
What part of speech is metanoete?
Metanoete is a noun.
How do you pronounce metanoete?
Metanoete is pronounced /ˌmɛtənəʊˈiːti/.

Words near metanoete in the dictionary

  1. metania
  2. metanias
  3. metanil yellow
  4. metanode
  5. metanodes
  6. metanoete
  7. metanogenic
  8. metanoia
  9. metanoias
  10. metanopirone
  11. metanorite

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