ἐπιλησμονή
epilēsmonḗ · G1953 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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forgetting, not recalling
Not recalling information concerning some particular matter
ExamplesJames 1:25 But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer, this person will be blessed in what he does.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀκροατήςhearer 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 2 words
- μνήμη mnḗmē · G3420 · to remember, to recall, to think about again
- Greek noun meaning memory or remembrance; the direct lexical opposite of ἐπιλησμονή (forgetfulness/negligence) in the remember/forget semantic domain.
- ἀνάμνησις anámnēsis · G364 · means of remembering, reminder
- Greek noun denoting active remembrance or recollection; functions as an antonym to ἐπιλησμονή as remembering stands opposite to forgetting.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To forget, to not recall29.14
- James 1:25 contrasts the one who “looks intently at the perfect law” and acts on it with one who is merely “a forgetful hearer,” ἐπιλησμονή naming the forgetfulness that lets a hearer's attention slip away without lasting effect.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπιλησμονῆς, ἡ (ἐπιλήσμων forgetful (Winers Grammar, 93 (89))), forgetfulness: ἀκροατής…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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