Berean Strong's Lexicon
mimnéskó: To remember, to recall, to be mindful of
Original Word: μιμνῄσκω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: mimnéskó
Pronunciation: mim-NAYS-ko
Phonetic Spelling: (mim-nace'-ko)
Definition: To remember, to recall, to be mindful of
Meaning: I remember, call to mind, recall, mention.
Word Origin: A prolonged form of a primary verb, μνάομαι (mnáomai), which is used only in certain tenses.
Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - זָכַר (zakar) - H2142: To remember, to recall, to call to mind.
- זִכָּרוֹן (zikaron) - H2146: Memorial, remembrance.
Usage: The Greek verb μιμνῄσκω primarily means "to remember" or "to recall." It is used in the New Testament to denote the act of bringing something to mind, being mindful of someone or something, or commemorating an event. This verb can imply both a mental recollection and an active consideration or acknowledgment of a person or event.
Cultural and Historical Background: In the ancient Greco-Roman world, memory was highly valued as a means of preserving history, tradition, and personal relationships. Remembering was not just a mental exercise but a way to honor and maintain connections with the past. In Jewish culture, remembrance was integral to religious practice, as seen in the frequent calls to remember God's deeds and commandments. This cultural emphasis on memory is reflected in the biblical use of μιμνῄσκω, where remembering often carries a sense of covenantal faithfulness and spiritual mindfulness.
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 3403 mimnḗskō (from 3415 /mnáomai, "to remember, recollect," NAS dictionary) – properly, recall, bring to mind, remind oneself actively (purposefully); to remember, have in mind, "be mindful of."
3403 (mimnskō) means "actively remember" (i.e. intentionally) – not off-handedly or merely incidentally.
[3403 should be treated (semantically) the same as 3415 (mnáomai), so BAGD, J. Thayer – i.e. as by-forms of the same verb (having the same meaning).
The high level of personal (self) involvement and personal interest motivating this remembering accounts for why it is always in the Greek middle voice.]
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Originfrom a prim. verb
Definitionto remind, remember
NASB Translationrecall (1), remember (13), remembered (8), remembrance (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3403: μιμνήσκωμιμνήσκω: (
ΜΝΑΩ (allied with
μένω,
μανθάνω; cf. Latin
maneo, moneo, mentio, etc.; cf.
Curtius, § 429));
to remind:
Homer,
Pindar,
Theognis,
Euripides, others; passive and middle, present
μιμνῄσκομαι (
Hebrews 2:6;
Hebrews 13:3; rare in Attic); 1 aorist
ἐμνήσθην; perfect
μέμνημαι; 1 future passive in a middle sense,
μνησθήσομαι (
Hebrews 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;
Revelation 16:19 (passively also in
Ezekiel 18:22; (Sir. 16:17
Rec.); and
ἀναμνησθῆναι,
Numbers 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: Matthew 26:75; Luke 24:8; Acts 11:16; 2 Peter 3:2; Jude 1:17; μνησθῆναι ἐλέους, to call to remembrance former love, Luke 1:54 (cf. Psalm 24:6 ()); τῆς διαθήκης, Luke 1:72 (Genesis 9:15; Exodus 2:24; 1 Macc. 4:10; 2 Macc. 1:2); μή μνησθῆναι τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν τίνος (A. V. to remember no more) i. e. to forgive, Hebrews 8:12; Hebrews 10:17 (after the Hebrew; see Psalm 24:7 (); (); Isaiah 43:25; and on the other hand, to remember the sins of anyone is said of one about to punish them, Jeremiah 14:10; 1 Macc. 5:4 1 Macc. 6:12); with genitive of a person, to remember for good, remember and care for: Luke 23:42; followed by ὅτι, Matthew 5:23; Matthew 27:63; Luke 16:25; John 2:17, 22; John 12:16; by ὡς, Luke 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 Timothy 1:4; πάντα μου μέμνησθε, in all things ye are mindful of me, 1 Corinthians 11:2; present μιμνῄσκομαι, with the genitive of the person, to remember one in order to care for him, Hebrews 2:2 (from Psalm 8:5); . (Compare: ἀναμιμνῄσκω, ἐπαναμιμνῄσκω, ὑπομιμνῄσκω.)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
be mindful, remember. A prolonged form of mnaomai (from which some of the tenses are borrowed); to remind, i.e. (middle voice) to recall to mind -- be mindful, remember.
see GREEK mnaomai
Forms and Transliterations
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