ὑπόμνησις
hypómnēsis · G5280 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to remind, to cause to remember, to cause to think about again
To cause to recall and to think about again
Examples2 Timothy 1:5 For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelled in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well.
2 Peter 1:13 I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,
2 Peter 3:1 Beloved, this is now the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of a reminder,
How it’s used In 3 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
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1
- σύyou 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- λαμβάνωto receive, to take 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin 4
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 1 word
- λήθη lḗthē · G3024 · to forget, to not remember, to lose sight of
- λήθη represents 'forgetfulness' or 'oblivion,' the direct lexical opposite of 'reminding/recollection.' Where ὑπόμνησις brings something to mind, λήθη describes its absence from mind. This is a genuine dictionary-level antonym.
In the other Testament 2 words
- זִכְרוֹן zikrôwn · H2146 · remembrance, reminder
- זִכָּרוֹן is the standard Hebrew noun for 'remembrance' or 'memorial,' semantically equivalent to ὑπόμνησις as a term denoting the act or content of recollection/reminding. Both are abstract nouns referring to the cognitive act of bringing something back to mind.
- זֵכֶר zêker · H2143 · remembrance, memory, renown
- זֵכֶר is another Hebrew noun for 'remembrance' or 'memorial,' closely parallel to ὑπόμνησις in denoting the idea of recollection or memorial. It is a direct semantic equivalent often used in contexts of calling something to remembrance.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To remind, to cause to remember, to cause to think about again29.10
- 2 Timothy 1:5 has Paul recall being “mindful” of the sincere faith that first dwelled in Timothy's grandmother and mother.
Word family 27 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὑπομνήσεως, ἡ (ὑπομιμνῄσκω), from Euripides, Thur., Plato down; a. transitively…
a. transitively (Vulg.commonitio), a reminding (2 Macc. 6:17): ἐν ὑπομνήσει, by putting you in remembrance, 2 Pet 1:13; 2 Pet 3:1 (Winers Grammar, § 61, 3 b.).
b. intransitive, remembrance: with a genitive of the object 2 Tim 1:5 ((R. V. having been reminded of etc.); others adhere to the transitive sense (see Ellicott, Huther, Holtzmann at the passage). Synonym: see ἀνάμνησις, at the end.)
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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