Word

μιμνήσκω

mimnḗskō · G3403 · Greek · 23 occurrences

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Meanings

to remember, to recall, to think about again, memory, remembrance

To recall information from memory, but without necessarily the implication that persons have actually forgotten

Examples
Matthew 5:23 “Therefore, if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,
Matthew 26:75 And Peter remembered the statement that Jesus had made: “Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.
Matthew 27:63 and they said, “Sir, we remember that when that deceiver was still alive, He said, ‘After three days I am rising.’
to recall, to remember

To recall or be aware of information, and as a result to respond in an appropriate manner (for example, punishing, helping, honoring, etc., depending upon the context)

Examples
1 Corinthians 11:2 Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you.
Hebrews 2:6 But someone has testified somewhere, saying, “WHAT IS MAN, THAT YOU THINK OF HIM? OR A SON OF MAN, THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HIM?
Hebrews 8:12 “FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TOWARD THEIR WRONGDOINGS, AND THEIR SINS I WILL NO LONGER REMEMBER.”

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

23 occurrences in 12 groups

Not stated: you (one person) 4
Not stated: I 3
Not stated: you (more than one) 3
Not stated (infinitive) 3
Other words · 8 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

16 occurrences in 13 groups

ῥῆμαword, saying 5
Other words · 12 groups that occur once or twice (14) 14

To or for whomIndirect object

1 occurrences in 2 groups

ἈβραάμAbraham 1
σπέρμαseed, descendants 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 2 groups

ἐνώπιονin front of+ θεόςGod 2
εἰςto+ αἰώνage, forever 1

With adverbsAdverbs

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ἔτιstill 2
οὐnot 2
τότεthen 1

What is done to itIt is the object

4 occurrences in 3 groups

λέγωto say 2
ἐπαινέωto praise 1
ἔπωto say 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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Semantic domains 2 entries

To recall, to remember29.16: This sense denotes bringing a specific past matter back to mind, especially so as to act on it. Matthew 5:23 instructs, “if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you,” resolve the matter first.
To remember, to recall, to think about again, memory, remembrance29.7: This sense denotes the general act of calling something to mind. Luke 1:54 praises God for having “given help to His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy.”

Word family 27 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : (ΜΝΑΩ (allied with μένω, μανθάνω; cf. Latinmaneo, moneo, mentio, etc.; cf. Curtius, §…

: (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 זָכַר; 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.), Acts 10:31; Rev 16:19 (passively also in Ezek 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: Mt 26:75; Lk 24:8; Acts 11:16; 2 Pet 3:2; Jude 1:17; μνησθῆναι ἐλέους, to call to remembrance former love, Lk 1:54 (cf. Ps 24:6); τῆς διαθήκης, Lk 1:72 (Gen 9:15; Ex 2:24; Ex 2:1 Macc. 4:10; 2 Macc. 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 Ps 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; Jer 14:1 Macc. 5:4 1 Macc. 6:12); with genitive of a person, to remember for good, remember and care for: Lk 23:42; followed by ὅτι, Mt 5:23; Mt 27:63; Lk 16:25; Jn 2:17, Jn 2:22; Jn 12:16; by ὡς, Lk 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, 2 Tim 1:4; πάντα μου μέμνησθε, in all things ye are mindful of me, 1 Cor 11:2; present μιμνῄσκομαι, with the genitive of the person, to remember one in order to care for him, Heb 2:2 (from Ps 8:5); . (Compare: ἀναμιμνῄσκω, ἐπαναμιμνῄσκω, ὑπομιμνῄσκω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

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