Strong's Lexicon

G3403

G3403 — μιμνήσκω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekmimneskoverbOccurrences: 3

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G3403
Word:μιμνήσκω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a prolonged form of G3415 (from which some of the tenses are borrowed)
Language:Greek
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:mimnesko
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mim-nace'-ko
Meaning:1. to remind 2. (middle voice) to recall to mind, remember
KJV Renderings:be mindful, remember

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μιμνήσκω: (ΜΝΑΩ (allied with μένω, μανθάνω; cf. Latinmaneo, moneo, mentio, etc.; cf. Curtius, § 429)); to remind: Homer, Pindar, Theognis, Euripides, others; passive and middle, present μιμνῄσκομαι (Heb 2:6; Heb 13:3; rare in Attic); 1 aorist ἐμνήσθην; perfect μέμνημαι; 1 future passive in a middle sense, μνησθήσομαι (Heb 10:17 L T Tr WH); the Sept. for æÈëÇø; to be recalled or to return to one’s mind, to remind oneself of, to remember; ἐμνήσθην, with a passive significance (cf. Buttmann, 52 (46)), to be recalled to mind, to be remembered, had in remembrance: ἐνώπιον τίνος, before, i. e., in the mind of one (see ἐνώπιον, 1 c.), Act 10:31; Rev 16:19 (passively also in Eze 18:22; (Sir 16:17 Rec.); and ἀναμνησθῆναι, Num 10:9; Psalm 108:16 ()); — with a middle significance, followed by a genitive of the thing (Winers Grammar, § 30, 10 c.), to remember a thing: Mat 26:75; Luk 24:8; Act 11:16; 2Pe 3:2; Jud 1:17; μνησθῆναι ἐλέους, to call to remembrance former love, Luk 1:54 (cf. Psa 24:6 ()); τῆς διαθήκης, Luk 1:72 (Gen 9:15; Exo 2:24; 1Ma 4:10; 2Ma 1:2); μή μνησθῆναι τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τίνος (A. V. to remember no more) i. e. to forgive, Heb 8:12; Heb 10:17 (after the Hebrew; see Psa 24:7 (); (); Isa 43:25; and on the other hand, to remember the sins of anyone is said of one about to punish them, Jer 14:10; 1Ma 5:4 1Ma 6:12); with genitive of a person, to remember for good, remember and care for: Luk 23:42; followed by ὅτι, Mat 5:23; Mat 27:63; Luk 16:25; Joh 2:17; Joh 2:22; Joh 12:16; by ὡς, Luk 24:6. perfect μέμνημαι, in the sense of a present (cf. Winers Grammar, 274 (257)), to be mindful of: with the genitive of the thing, 2Ti 1:4; πάντα μου μέμνησθε, in all things ye are mindful of me, 1Co 11:2; present μιμνῄσκομαι, with the genitive of the person, to remember one in order to care for him, Heb 2:2 (from Psa 8:5); . (Compare: ἀναμιμνῄσκω, ἐπαναμιμνῄσκω, ὑπομιμνῄσκω.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

μιμνήσκω (be mindful)

Hebrews 2:6

KJV: But one in a certain place testified saying What is man that thou art mindful of him or the son of man that thou visitest him
GK: διεμαρτύρατο δε που τις λέγων τι εστιν άνθρωπος ότι μιμνήσκη αυτού η υιός ανθρώπου ότι επισκέπτη αυτόν

Hebrews 13:3

KJV: Remember them that are in bonds as bound with them them which suffer adversity as being yourselves also in the body
GK: μιμνήσκεσθε των δεσμίων ως συνδεδεμένοι των κακουχουμένων ως και αυτοί όντες εν σώματι
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