Remembrance
μνείαStrong’s G3417mneia
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Mneia is the Greek word usually translated “mention” and “remembrance”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,”
Meaning
Usually translated “mention” and “remembrance”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- mention 4
- remembrance 2
- a remembrance 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Thessalonians 2
- Romans 1
- Ephesians 1
- Philippians 1
- 2 Timothy 1
- Philemon 1
6 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Romans 1:9For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
- Ephesians 1:16Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
- Philippians 1:3I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
- 1 Thessalonians 1:2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
- 1 Thessalonians 3:6But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
- 2 Timothy 1:3I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;
Greek dictionary
μνεία mneia · remembrance
μνεία, -ας, ἡ (μιμνήσκω), [in LXX for זָכַר, its parts and derivatives ;] remembrance, mention (= μνήμη) : Php.1:3; μ. ποιεῖσθαι, with genitive of person(s), Rom.1:9, Eph.1:16, 1Th.1:2, Phm 4 (cf. Psa.111:4); μ. ἔχειν, with genitive of person(s), 1Th.3:6, 2Ti.1:3 (on the seel. in Rom.12:13, see ICC, in I.; Field, Notes, 163).† (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.