STRONGS NUMBER G3421


Word Summary
mnēmoneuō: to call to mind, to make mention of
Original Word: μνημονεύω
Transliteration: mnēmoneuō
Phonetic Spelling: (mnay-mon-yoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to call to mind, to make mention of
Meaning: to call to mind, to make mention of
Strong's Concordance
make mention; be mindful, remember.

From a derivative of mneme; to exercise memory, i.e. Recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse -- make mention; be mindful, remember.

see GREEK mneme

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3421: μνημονεύω

μνημονεύω; imperfect 3 person plural ἐμνημόνευον; 1 aorist ἐμνημόνευσα; (μνημῶν mindful); from Herodotus down; the Sept. for זָכַר;

1. to be mindful of, to remember, to call to mind: absolutely, Mark 8:18; τίνος, Luke 17:32; John 15:20; John 16:4, 21; Acts 20:35; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; (Hebrews 13:7); contextually equivalent to to think of and feel for a person or thing: with the genitive of the thing, Colossians 4:18; τῶν πτωχῶν, Galatians 2:10 (see μιμνήσκω, at the end); with an accusative of the object to hold in memory, keep in mind: τινα, 2 Timothy 2:8; τί, Matthew 16:9; 1 Thessalonians 2:9; τά ἀδικήματα, of God as punishing them, Revelation 18:5 (see μιμνήσκω). Cf. Matthiae, § 347 Anm. 2; Winers Grammar, p. 205 (193); (Buttmann, § 132, 14). followed by ὅτι, Acts 20:31; Ephesians 2:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:5; followed by an indirect question, Revelation 2:5; Revelation 3:3.

2. to make mention of: τίνος, Hebrews 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), Hebrews 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.).