noun · feminine

mnēmas

Greekμνήμη (mnēmē)

Strong’sG3420

memory, remembrance, mention

stem mnēm-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

reminder1×

What it means

μνήμη, -ης, ἡ

(< μνάομαι), [in LXX for זֵכֶר, זִכָּרוֹן;]

memory, remembrance, mention: μ. ποιεῖσθαι, c. gen., to remember, II Pe 1:15 (but in cl., π., μ. π. more freq. = to make mention, and so perh. here, cf. Mayor, in l.; and for ex. from π., v. Zorell, s.v.).†

SYN.: μνεία, q.v.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3420 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmnay'-may

memory

Fromfrom G3403;

King Jamesremembrance.

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	mnēmas	mnēmais
object accusative	mnēman1×μνήμην	mnēmain
direct address vocative	mnēmar	mnēmair
of, belonging to genitive	mnēmau	mnēmaiu
to, for dative	mnēma	mnēmai

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

mnēmstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

mnēma 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

Words built on the same stem

mnēmem — μνῆμα, a tomb, monument

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

mnēman“reminder”objectaccusative singular1×

2 Peter 1:15“reminder”spoudazami de kai hekastote echarō vin meta tan ēman exodan tan houteiu mnēman poierō.And I will make every effort to ensure that after my departure, you will be able to recall these things at all times.