Remembrance
ὑπόμνησιςStrong’s G5280hupomnēsis
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Hupomnēsis is the Greek word usually translated “putting in remembrance” and “remembrance”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;”
Meaning
Usually translated “putting in remembrance” and “remembrance”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- putting in remembrance 2
- remembrance 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Peter 2
- 2 Timothy 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Peter 3:1In contextThis second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
- 2 Timothy 1:5When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Greek dictionary
ὑπόμνησις hupomnēsis · remembrance
ὑπόμινησις, -εως, ἡ (ὑπομιμνήσκω) [in LXX: Psa.71:6 א (תְּהִלָּה), Wis.16:11, 2Ma.6:17 * ;] a reminding, reminder: ἐν ὑ., 2Pe.1:13 3:1; with genitive, 2Ti.1:5.† (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.