noun · feminine
anamnēsias
Greekἀνάμνησις (anamnēsis)
Strong’sG364
a recalling, remembrance, memory
stem anamnēsi-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἀνάμνησις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἀναμιμνήσκω), [in LXX: Ps 37 (38), 69 (70) tit. (זכר hi.), Le 24:7 (אַזְכָּרָה), Nu 10:10 (זִכְרוֹן), Wi 16:6*;]
SYN.: ὑπόμνησις (v. Tr., Syn., § cvii).
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G364 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidan-am'-nay-sis
recollection
Fromfrom G363;
King Jamesremembrance (again).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | anamnēsias1×ἀνάμνησις | anamnēsiais |
| object accusative | anamnēsian3×ἀνάμνησιν | anamnēsiain |
| direct address vocative | anamnēsiar | anamnēsiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | anamnēsiau | anamnēsiaiu |
| to, for dative | anamnēsia | anamnēsiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
anamnēsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
anamnēsias“reminder”subjectnominative singular1×
Hebrews 10:3“reminder”alla en autai anamnēsias hamartaiu kata eniauton,Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,
anamnēsian“remembrance”objectaccusative singular3×
Luke 22:19“remembrance”kai lambaratos arton eucharistaratos klata kai dōata autoi legarōtos; Houtem atō tem sōmem mu tem huper vu dōirōtem; houtem poiavōr eis tan ēman anamnēsian.And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
1 Corinthians 11:24“remembrance”kai eucharistaratos klata kai legata; Houtem mu atō tem sōmem tem huper vu; houtem poiavōr eis tan ēman anamnēsian.and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
1 Corinthians 11:25“remembrance”hōsautōs kai tem potēriem meta tem deipnara, legarōtos; Houtem tem potēriem tas kainas diathēkas atō en te ēme haime; houtem poiavōr, hosakis ean pinaveiō, eis tan ēman anamnēsian.In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”