Impenitent

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

1ametanoetosG279

lit., "without change of mind" (a, negative, metanoeo, "to change one's mind," meta, signifying "change," nous, "the mind"), is used in Rom 2:5, "impenitent" (or "unrepentant"). Moulton and Milligan show from the papyri writings that the word is also used "in a Passive sense, 'not affected by change of mind,' like ametameletos in Rom 11:29," "without repentance."