The paper discusses and systematically analyses the term μετάνοια (most commonly
translated with the word repentance), and the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament. The
general introductory part of the article explores the etymological and semantic meaning
of the term μετάνοια in the original Greek language and classical Greek literature, as well
as a brief history of the translation of this term into modern languages. The second part
of the paper deals with the Hebrew biblical concepts »naham« (נחם (and »šûb« (שׁוּב(, which
are related to the term metanoia, with an overview of their translation into Greek (LXX)
and other modern languages, while the third, last part analyses the use of the term μετάνοια/
μετανοεῖν in the New Testament, with particular emphasis on Luke's two-volume work (Gospels
and Acts), which mostly uses these terms.
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