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μνημόσυνον

mnēmósynon · G3422 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. memorial, in memory of, something to cause people to remember

    (Derivative of μνημονεύω ‘to think about again, to remember,’) An instrument or means designed to cause to remember

    Examples

    Matthew 26:13 “Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

    Mark 14:9 “Truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the entire world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

    Acts 10:4 And he looked at him intently and became terrified, and said, “What is it, lord?” And he said to him, “Your prayers and charitable gifts have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

How it’s used In 2 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

2 occurrences in 1 groups

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

3 occurrences in 1 groups

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.

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.

In the other Testament 2 words
זִכְרוֹן zikrôwn · H2146 · remembrance, reminder
Greek μνημόσυνον and Hebrew זִכְרוֹן both denote a memorial or record intended to preserve remembrance, confirming direct translation equivalence in contexts describing commemorative record-keeping.
אַזְכָּרָה ʼazkârâh · H234 · token portion, memorial portion
אַזְכָּרָה (ʼazkârâh, H234) denotes the memorial portion of a grain offering burned on the altar as a reminder to God (Leviticus 2:2, 2:9, 2:16, etc.), while μνημόσυνον (mnēmósynon, G3422) broadens to any memorial record or act of remembrance before God (Matthew 26:13, Acts 10:4); both share the core semantic of a tangible memorial that brings someone/something to remembrance.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Memorial, in memory of, something to cause people to remember29.12
This sense denotes an act or object established so that something will be remembered. Matthew 26:13 says that wherever the gospel is preached, the woman who anointed Jesus “will also be told, in memory of her.”
Word family 27 words

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

μένω ménō · G3306 · to remain, to stay, to await · 118×μνημεῖον mnēmeîon · G3419 · grave, tomb, monument · 38×ὑπομονή hypomonḗ · G5281 · endurance, being able to endure · 32×μιμνήσκω mimnḗskō · G3403 · to remind, i.e. to recall to mind · 23×μνημονεύω mnēmoneúō · G3421 · to remember, to recall, to think about again · 21×ὑπομένω hypoménō · G5278 · to resist, to hold one’s ground, to not be moved · 17×ἐπιμένω epiménō · G1961 · to remain, to stay, to continue · 16×μνῆμα mnēma · G3418 · grave, tomb · 10×μνεία mneía · G3417 · to remember, to recall, to think about again · 7×προσμένω prosménō · G4357 · to stay on, to remain, to continue · 7×ὑπομιμνήσκω hypomimnḗskō · G5279 · to remind, to cause to remember, to cause to think about again · 7×ἀναμιμνήσκω anamimnḗskō · G363 · to remind, to cause to remember, to cause to think about again · 6×διαμένω diaménō · G1265 · to remain, to continue, to remain in · 5×ἀνάμνησις anámnēsis · G364 · means of remembering, reminder · 4×ἐμμένω emménō · G1696 · to remain, to stay, to continue · 4×μνημόσυνονmnēmósynon · G3422μνηστεύω mnēsteúō · G3423 · to be engaged, to be promised in marriage · 3×παραμένω paraménō · G3887 · to stay with, to remain with, to continue · 3×ὑπόμνησις hypómnēsis · G5280 · to remind, to cause to remember, to cause to think about again · 3×καταμένω kataménō · G2650 · to remain, to stay · 2×μονή monḗ · G3438 · place, dwelling place · 2×ἀναμένω anaménō · G362 · to await, to wait for · 1×ἐπαναμιμνήσκω epanamimnḗskō · G1878 · to remind, to cause to remember, to cause to think about again · 1×μνήμη mnḗmē · G3420 · to remember, to recall, to think about again · 1×περιμένω periménō · G4037 · to await, to wait for · 1×μνάομαι mnáomai · G3415 · to remember, to recall, to think about again · 0×συμπαραμένω symparaménō · G4839 · to remain in company, i.e. still live · 0×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon μνημοσύνου, τό (μνημῶν), a memorial (that by which the memory of any person or thing is…
μνημοσύνου, τό (μνημῶν), a memorial (that by which the memory of any person or thing is preserved), a remembrance: εἰς μνημόσυνον τίνος, to perpetuate one's memory, Mt 26:13; Mk 14:9; αἱ προσευχαί σου... ἀνέβησαν εἰς μνημόσυνον ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ (without the figure) have become known to God, so that he heeds and is about to help thee, Acts 10:4. (Herodotus, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Plutarch, others; the Sept. for זֶכֶר, זִכָּרון; also for אַזְכָּרָה, i. e. that part of a sacrifice which was burned on the altar together with the frankincense, that its fragrance might ascend to heaven and commend the offerer to God's remembrance, Lev 2:9, Lev 2:16; Lev 5:12; Num 5:26; hence, εὐωδία εἰς μνημόσυνον, Sir. 45:16; and often in Siracid., 1 Macc., etc.)

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Recalling from Memory3 occurrences

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.

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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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