Remembrance
ἀνάμνησιςStrong’s G0364anamnēsis
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Anamnēsis is the Greek word usually translated “remembrance” and “reminder”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.”
Meaning
Usually translated “remembrance” and “reminder”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- remembrance 3
- a reminder 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Luke 1
- Hebrews 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 11:24And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
- 1 Corinthians 11:25After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
- Hebrews 10:3But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
Greek dictionary
ἀνάμνησις anamnēsis · remembrance
ἀνάμνησις, -εως, ἡ (ἀναμιμνήσκω), [in LXX: Psa.38:1-22 70:1-5 title. (זָכַר hi.), Lev.24:7 (אַזְכָּרָה), Num.10:10 (זִכְרוֹן), Wis.16:6 * ;] remembrance: εἰς τ. ἐμὴν ἀ., Luk.22:19 (WH om.), 1Co.11:24-25; ἀ. ἁμαρτιῶν, Heb.10:3 (see Abbott, Essays, 122 ff.; DCG, ii, 74a).† SYN.: ὑπόμνησις (see Tr., Syn., § cvii). (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “remembrance” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REMEM'BRANCE, noun
- The retaining or having in mind an idea which had been present before, or an idea which had been previously received from an object when present, and which recurs to the mind afterwards without the presence of its object.“The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance” Psalms 112:6
- Transmission of a fact from one to another.
- Account preserved; something to assist the memory.
- Memorial.
All definitions
- A token by which one is kept in the memory.
- Notice of something absent.
- Power of remembering; limit of time within which a fact can be remembered; as when we say, an event took place before our remembrance or since our remembrance
- Honorable memory. [Not in use.]
- Admonition.
- Memorandum; a note to help the memory.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.