Strong's Lexicon
G3421 — μνημονεύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3421 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μνημονεύω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of G3420 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 21 |
| Transliteration: | mnemoneuo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | mnay-mon-yoo'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to exercise memory, i.e. recollect 2. (by implication) to punish 3. also to rehearse |
| KJV Renderings: | make mention; be mindful, remember |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μνημονεύω; imperfect 3 person plural ἐμνημόνευον; 1 aorist ἐμνημόνευσα; (μνημῶν mindful); from Herodotus down; the Sept. for æÈëÇø;
1. to be mindful of, to remember, to call to mind: absolutely, Mar 8:18; τίνος, Luk 17:32; Joh 15:20; Joh 16:4; Joh 16:21; Act 20:35; 1Th 1:3; (Heb 13:7); contextually equivalent to to think of and feel for a person or thing: with the genitive of the thing, Col 4:18; τῶν πτωχῶν, Gal 2:10 (see μιμνήσκω, at the end); with an accusative of the object to hold in memory, keep in mind: τινα, 2Ti 2:8; τί, Mat 16:9; 1Th 2:9; τά ἀδικήματα, of God as punishing them, Rev 18:5 (see μιμνήσκω). Cf. Matthiae, § 347 Anm. 2; Winers Grammar, p. 205 (193); (Buttmann, § 132, 14). followed by ὅτι, Act 20:31; Eph 2:11; 2Th 2:5; followed by an indirect question, Rev 2:5; Rev 3:3.
2. to make mention of: τίνος, Heb 11:15 (but others refer this to 1 above) (Plutarch, Themistius, 32; τί, Plato, de rep. 4, p. 441 d.; legg. 4, p. 723 c.); περί τίνος (as μνασθαι in classic Greek, see Matthiae, § 341 Anm. 1), Heb 11:22; so in Latinmemini de aliquo; cf. Ramshorn, Latin Gr. § 111 note 1; (Harpers’ Latin Dictionary, under the wordmemini, I. 3; cf. English remember about, etc.).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μνημονεύω (make mention; be mindful)
Matthew 16:9
- KJV: Do ye not yet understand neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets ye took up
- GK: ούπω νοείτε ουδέ μνημονεύετε τους πέντε άρτους των πεντακισχιλίων και πόσους κοφίνους ελάβετε
Mark 8:18
- KJV: Having eyes see ye not and having ears hear ye not and do ye not remember
- GK: οφθαλμούς έχοντες ου βλέπετε και ώτα έχοντες ουκ ακούετε και ου μνημονεύετε
Luke 17:32
- KJV: Remember Lot’s wife
- GK: μνημονεύετε της γυναικός Λωτ
John 15:20
- KJV: Remember the word that I said unto you The servant is not greater than his lord If they have persecuted me they will also persecute you if they have kept my saying they will keep yours also
- GK: μνημονεύετε του λόγου ου εγώ είπον υμίν ουκ έστι δούλος μείζων του κυρίου αυτού ει εμέ εδίωξαν και υμάς διώξουσιν ει τον λόγον μου ετήρησαν και τον υμέτερον τηρήσουσιν
John 16:4
- KJV: But these things have I told you that when the time shall come ye may remember that I told you of them And these things I said not unto you at the beginning because I was with you
- GK: αλλά ταύτα λελάληκα υμίν ίνα όταν έλθη η ώρα μνημονεύητε αυτών ότι εγώ είπον υμίν ταύτα δε υμίν εξ αρχής ουκ είπον ότι μεθ΄ υμών ήμην
John 16:21
- KJV: A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow because her hour is come but as soon as she is delivered of the child she remembereth no more the anguish for joy that a man is born into the world
- GK: η γυνή όταν τίκτη λύπην έχει ότι ήλθεν η ώρα αυτής όταν δε γεννήση το παιδίον ουκέτι μνημονεύει της θλίψεως διά την χαράν ότι εγεννήθη άνθρωπος εις τον κόσμον
Acts 20:31
- KJV: Therefore watch and remember that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears
- GK: διό γρηγορείτε μνημονεύοντες ότι τριετίαν νύκτα και ημέραν ουκ επαυσάμην μετά δακρύων νουθετών ένα έκαστον
Acts 20:35
- KJV: I have shewed you all things how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus how he said It is more blessed to give than to receive
- GK: πάντα υπέδειξα υμίν ότι ούτω κοπιώντας δει αντιλαμβάνεσθαι των ασθενούντων μνημονεύειν τε των λόγων του κυρίου Ιησού ότι αυτός είπε μακάριόν εστι διδόναι μάλλον η λαμβάνειν
Galatians 2:10
- KJV: Only that we should remember the poor the same which I also was forward to do
- GK: μόνον των πτωχών ίνα μνημονεύωμεν ο και εσπούδασα αυτό τούτο ποιήσαι