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To remember

μνημονεύωStrong’s G3421

mnēmoneuō

Appears in 21 verses of the New Testament

In short

Mnēmoneuō is the Greek word usually translated “do remember”, “remembering” and “remember”. It appears in 21 verses of the New Testament.

“Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?”
2 Thessalonians 2:5 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “do remember”, “remembering” and “remember”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • do remember 8
  • remembering 2
  • remember 1
  • do you remember 1
  • you may remember 1
  • she remembers 1
  • to remember 1
  • we may remember 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 3
  • Hebrews 3
  • Revelation 3
  • Acts 2
  • 1 Thessalonians 2
  • Matthew 1

13 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

μνημονεύω mnēmoneuō · to remember

μνημονεύω (μνήμων, mindful) [in LXX for זָכַר ;] 1. to call to mind, remember : absol., Mrk.8:18; with genitive of person(s), Luk.17:32, Col.4:18, 1Th.1:3, Heb.11:15 (but see infr.) Heb.13:7; τ. πτωχῶν, Gal.2:20; with genitive of thing(s), Jhn.15:20 16:4, 21, Act.20:35; with accusative obj. (as more frequently in cl.), of persons, 2Ti.2:8; of things, Mat.16:9, 1Th.2:9, Rev.18:5; before ὅτι, Act.20:31, Eph.2:11, 2Th.2:5; πόθεν, Rev.2:5; πῶς, Rev.3:3. 2. to make mention of: with genitive, Heb.11:15 (but see supr., and cf. M, Th., I, 18); before περί, Heb.11:22.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “remember” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

REMEM'BER, verb transitive

[Low Latin rememoror; re and memoror. See Memory.]

  1. To have in the mind an idea which had been in the mind before, and which recurs to the mind without effort.
  2. When we use effort to recall an idea, we are said to recollect it.“Remember the days of old” Deuteronomy 32:7
  3. To bear or keep in mind; to attend to.
  4. To preserve the memory of; to preserve from being forgotten.
All definitions
  1. To mention. [Not in use.]
  2. To put in mind; to remind; as, to remember one of his duty. [Not in use.]
  3. To think of and consider; to meditate. Psalms 63:6
  4. To bear in mind with esteem; or to reward. Ecclesiastes 9:15
  5. To bear in mind with praise or admiration; to celebrate. 1 Chronicles 16:12
  6. To bear in mind with favor, care, and regard for the safety or deliverance of any one. Psalms 74:2Genesis 8:1Genesis 19:29
  7. To bear in mind with intent to reward or punish.
  8. To bear in mind with confidence; to trust in.
  9. To bear in mind with the purpose of assisting or relieving. Galatians 2:10
  10. To bear in mind with reverence; to obey.“Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth” Ecclesiastes 12:1
  11. To bear in mind with regard; to keep as sacred; to observe.“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy” Exodus 20:8

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.