An old post from the former site, I lost the database and domain in 2017 🙁 Repent, Repentance A. Verbs. 1. metanoeo (G3340), lit., “to perceive afterwards” (meta, “after,” implying “change,” noeo, “to perceive”; nous, “the mind, the seat of moral reflection”), in contrast to pronoeo, “to perceive beforehand,” hence signifies “to change one’s mind or …
Chasten, Chastening, Chastise, Chastisement A. Verb. paideuo (G3811) primarily denotes “to train children,” suggesting the broad idea of education (pais, “a child”), Act_7:22; Act_22:3; see also Tit_2:12, “instructing” (RV), here of a training gracious and firm; grace, which brings salvation, employs means to give us full possession of it, hence, “to chastise,” this being part …
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