Strong G3420μνήμη
remembrance
- Transliteration
- mnēmē
- Pronunciation
- mnay'-may
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G3403; memory: - remembrance.
Detailed definition
μνήμη, -ης, ἡ
(μνάομαι), [in LXX for זֵכֶר, זִכְרוֹן;]
memory, remembrance, mention: μ. ποιεῖσθαι, with genitive, to remember, 2Pe.1:15 (but in cl., π., μ. π. more frequently = to make mention, and so perh. here, cf. Mayor, in l; and for ex. from π., see Zorell, see word).†
SYN.: μνεία, q.v (AS)
(μνάομαι), [in LXX for זֵכֶר, זִכְרוֹן;]
memory, remembrance, mention: μ. ποιεῖσθαι, with genitive, to remember, 2Pe.1:15 (but in cl., π., μ. π. more frequently = to make mention, and so perh. here, cf. Mayor, in l; and for ex. from π., see Zorell, see word).†
SYN.: μνεία, q.v (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3420 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- remembrance1
First verses
- 2 Peter 1:15Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μνήμ-η,
Doric dialect μνάμα, ἡ, (μνάομαι) remembrance, memory of a person or thing, absolutely or with genitive, κακῶν μ. γίνεται οὐδεμία [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 798; οὔτ᾽ ἀγαθῶν μνήμην εἰδότες οὔτε κακῶν [prev. author] 1114; τῶν ἐμῶν μνάμα ποκ᾽ ἐσσεῖται πόνων 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 254)]; λείπεσθαι ἀθάνατον μ. (i.e. ἑαυτοῦ) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.144; μ. ἔχειν τινός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1246, “OC” 509, etc.; τάφου μ. τίθεσθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1585)]; οἱ ἄνθρωποι πρὸς ἃ ἔπασχον τὴν μ. ἐποιοῦντο made their recollections suit their sufferings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.54)]; μνήμην πεποίηκεν has made [him] remembered, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1414a6: _plural_, ἀγήρατοι μνῆμαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.79)]; of the dead, μακαρίας μνήμης, θείας μνήμης, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“IG” 7.175 (from Megara), 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 43 “Praef.”, etc.)]; κρατίστης μνήμης Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 26.30 (2nd c.AD))]; μνήμης ἀρίστης [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“IG” 7.2808.6 (Hyettus, 3rd c.AD).)]
2 memory as a power of the mind, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 146, etc.; μνήμην ἁπάντων μουσομήτορ᾽ ἐργάνην 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 461)]; proper to animals, opposed to ἀνάμνησις, of man, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 34c, compare μνημονεύω 1.2)]; εἰπεῖν τι μνήμης ἄπο from memory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1131; ἐν μνήμῃ λαβεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 26b; φυλάξαι τῇ μ. [prev. author] “Lg.” 783c)]; εἰς μ. ἀναληπτέον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 864b; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον μ. ἀνθρώπων ἐφικνεῖται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.8; φέρειν ἐν μ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 435: _plural_, αἱ πολλαὶ μ. τοῦ αὐτοῦ πράγματος μιᾶς ἐμπειρίας δύναμιν ἀποτελοῦσιν)] all the memories, acts of memory, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 980b29, compare “APo.” 100a5)]; powers of memory, [Refs ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1362b24 (assuming variant).)]
3 memorial, record, κυπαρίττιναι μνῆμαι εἰς τὸν ἔπειτα χρόνον καταγεγραμμέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 741c)]; μνῆμαι ἐν μέτροις καὶ ἄνευ μέτρων inscriptions, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1361a34)]; μ. μυθολόγος mythological record, history, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.55, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ αἱρέσεων τοῖς εἰσαγομένοις” 2.)]
II mention, notice of a thing, μ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.15, etc.)]; μ. ποιήσασθαι περί or ὑπέρ τινος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.7.12, 2.71.1; ἡ ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαίων μ. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.52; μ. ἔχειν τινός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14, etc. (compare above 1); μ. ἐπασκέειν [prev. author] 2.77.)]
III μνήμη βασίλειος the imperial cabinet or archives, τῆς β. μ. προεστώς, = Latin a memoria, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 4.8.4, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 76.14 (probably).)]
IV ={μνῆμα}, tomb, [Refs (“AJP” 48.18 (from Rome).)]
Doric dialect μνάμα, ἡ, (μνάομαι) remembrance, memory of a person or thing, absolutely or with genitive, κακῶν μ. γίνεται οὐδεμία [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 798; οὔτ᾽ ἀγαθῶν μνήμην εἰδότες οὔτε κακῶν [prev. author] 1114; τῶν ἐμῶν μνάμα ποκ᾽ ἐσσεῖται πόνων 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 254)]; λείπεσθαι ἀθάνατον μ. (i.e. ἑαυτοῦ) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.144; μ. ἔχειν τινός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1246, “OC” 509, etc.; τάφου μ. τίθεσθαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1585)]; οἱ ἄνθρωποι πρὸς ἃ ἔπασχον τὴν μ. ἐποιοῦντο made their recollections suit their sufferings, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.54)]; μνήμην πεποίηκεν has made [him] remembered, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1414a6: _plural_, ἀγήρατοι μνῆμαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.79)]; of the dead, μακαρίας μνήμης, θείας μνήμης, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“IG” 7.175 (from Megara), 6th c.AD: Justinianus Imperator “Novellae” 43 “Praef.”, etc.)]; κρατίστης μνήμης Wilcken [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Chr.” 26.30 (2nd c.AD))]; μνήμης ἀρίστης [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (“IG” 7.2808.6 (Hyettus, 3rd c.AD).)]
2 memory as a power of the mind, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 146, etc.; μνήμην ἁπάντων μουσομήτορ᾽ ἐργάνην 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 461)]; proper to animals, opposed to ἀνάμνησις, of man, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 34c, compare μνημονεύω 1.2)]; εἰπεῖν τι μνήμης ἄπο from memory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1131; ἐν μνήμῃ λαβεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 26b; φυλάξαι τῇ μ. [prev. author] “Lg.” 783c)]; εἰς μ. ἀναληπτέον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 864b; ἐφ᾽ ὅσον μ. ἀνθρώπων ἐφικνεῖται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.5.8; φέρειν ἐν μ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 435: _plural_, αἱ πολλαὶ μ. τοῦ αὐτοῦ πράγματος μιᾶς ἐμπειρίας δύναμιν ἀποτελοῦσιν)] all the memories, acts of memory, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 980b29, compare “APo.” 100a5)]; powers of memory, [Refs ([prev. author] “Rh.” 1362b24 (assuming variant).)]
3 memorial, record, κυπαρίττιναι μνῆμαι εἰς τὸν ἔπειτα χρόνον καταγεγραμμέναι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 741c)]; μνῆμαι ἐν μέτροις καὶ ἄνευ μέτρων inscriptions, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1361a34)]; μ. μυθολόγος mythological record, history, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Aetia” 3.1.55, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ αἱρέσεων τοῖς εἰσαγομένοις” 2.)]
II mention, notice of a thing, μ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.15, etc.)]; μ. ποιήσασθαι περί or ὑπέρ τινος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.7.12, 2.71.1; ἡ ὑπὲρ τῶν δικαίων μ. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.52; μ. ἔχειν τινός 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.14, etc. (compare above 1); μ. ἐπασκέειν [prev. author] 2.77.)]
III μνήμη βασίλειος the imperial cabinet or archives, τῆς β. μ. προεστώς, = Latin a memoria, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 4.8.4, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 76.14 (probably).)]
IV ={μνῆμα}, tomb, [Refs (“AJP” 48.18 (from Rome).)]