noun · feminine
mneias
Strong’sG3417
remembrance, recollection
stem mnei-7 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
μνεία, -ας, ἡ
(< μιμνήσκω), [in LXX for זכר, its parts and derivatives;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3417 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmni'-ah
recollection; by implication, recital
Fromfrom G3415 or G3403;
King Jamesmention, remembrance.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
={μνήμη}, remembrance, βίου δὲ τοῦ παρόντος οὐ μνείαν ἔχεις Refs 5th c.BC+; κατά γε τὴν ἐμὴν μ. uncertain in Refs 2nd c.AD+; μνείας χάριν, frequently in late epitaphs, Refs
II mention, περί τινος μνείαν ποιεῖσθαι NT+5th c.BC+; reminder, τινος Refs 5th c.BC+; commemoration, αἱ μ. τῶν ἁγίων see reading in NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | mneias | mneiais |
| object accusative | mneian6×μνείαν | mneiain |
| direct address vocative | mneiar | mneiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | mneiau | mneiaiu |
| to, for dative | mneia1×μνείᾳ | mneiai |
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
mneia 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
mneian“mention”objectaccusative singular6×
Romans 1:9“mention”… euangelie tou huiou autou, hōs adialeiptōs mneian vu poiomō… preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
Ephesians 1:16“mention”ouk pauomō eucharistarōntos huper vu mneian poiorōntos epi taiu proseuchaiu mu,I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
1 Thessalonians 1:2“mention”… to theo pantote peri pantoiu vu mneian poiorōntois epi taiu proseuchaiu nu, adialeiptōsWe always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers
1 Thessalonians 3:6… tan agapan vu, kai hoti echavō mneian nu agathan pantote epipotharōntois nin horara …… faith, your love, and the fond memories you have preserved, longing to see …
2 Timothy 1:3“remembrance”… hōs adialeiptan echamō tan peri su mneian en tai deēsiai mu, nuktau kai …… my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.
Philemon 1:4“mention”Eucharistamō to theo mu pantote mneian su poiorōntos epi taiu proseuchaiu mu,I always thank my God, remembering you in my prayers,
mneia“remembrance”to, fordative singular1×
Philippians 1:3“remembrance”… to theo mu epi panta ta mneia vuI thank my God every time I remember you.