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verb

mnēmoneuamō

Greekμνημονεύω (mnēmoneuō)

Strong’sG3421

I remember, make mention of

stem mnēmoneu-21 times in the New Testamentin 13 of 27 books10 forms occur

Translated as

remember15×rememberingmade mentionrememberedremembersthey remembered

What it means

μνημονεύω

(< μνήμων, mindful), [in LXX for זכר;]

1. to call to mind, remember: absol., Mk 8:18; c. gen. pers., Lk 17:32, Col 4:18, I Th 1:3, He 11:15 (but v. infr.) 13:7; τ. πτωχῶν, Ga 2:20; c. gen. rei, Jo 15:20 16:4, 21, Ac 20:35; c. acc. obj. (as more freq. in cl.), of persons, II Ti 2:8; of things, Mt 16:9, I Th 2:9, Re 18:5; seq. ὅτι, Ac 20:31, Eph 2:11, II Th 2:5; πόθεν, Re 2:5; πῶς, Re 3:3.
2. to make mention of: c. gen., He 11:15 (but v. supr., and cf. M, Th., I, 1:3); seq. περί, He 11:22.†

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

Strong’s G3421 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidmnay-mon-yoo'-o

to exercise memory, i.e. recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse

Fromfrom a derivative of G3420;

King Jamesmake mention; be mindful, remember.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
mnēmoneuatōμνημονεύειhappening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singularremembers
mnēmoneuavōμνημονεύετεhappening now · yepresent active indicative 2nd person pluralremember
mnēmoneualōμνημονεύουσινhappening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person pluralthey remembered
mnēmoneuataἐμνημόνευσενhappened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singularremembered
mnēmoneuaneiōμνημονεύωμενhappening now · wepresent active subjunctive 1st person pluralremember
mnēmoneuaveiōμνημονεύητεhappening now · yepresent active subjunctive 2nd person pluralremember
mnēmoneuasōrμνημόνευεhappening now · youpresent active imperative 2nd person singularremember
mnēmoneuavōrμνημονεύετεhappening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person pluralremember
mnēmoneuarōμνημονεύεινhappening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitiveremember
mnēmoneuarōtoisμνημονεύοντεςhappening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculineremembering

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 8 occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularmnēmoneuamōmnēmoneuamemnēmoneuamimnēmoneuamamnēmoneuamēmnēmoneuamelē
you 2nd person singularmnēmoneuasōmnēmoneuasemnēmoneuasimnēmoneuasamnēmoneuasēmnēmoneuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularmnēmoneuatōμνημονεύειmnēmoneuatemnēmoneuatimnēmoneuataἐμνημόνευσενmnēmoneuatēmnēmoneuatelē
we 1st person pluralmnēmoneuanōmnēmoneuanemnēmoneuanimnēmoneuanamnēmoneuanēmnēmoneuanelē
ye 2nd person pluralmnēmoneuavōμνημονεύετεmnēmoneuavemnēmoneuavimnēmoneuavamnēmoneuavēmnēmoneuavelē
they 3rd person pluralmnēmoneualōμνημονεύουσινmnēmoneualemnēmoneualimnēmoneualamnēmoneualēmnēmoneualelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, 2 occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularmnēmoneuameiōmnēmoneuameiamnēmoneuameiē
you 2nd person singularmnēmoneuaseiōmnēmoneuaseiamnēmoneuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularmnēmoneuateiōmnēmoneuateiamnēmoneuateiē
we 1st person pluralmnēmoneuaneiōμνημονεύωμενmnēmoneuaneiamnēmoneuaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralmnēmoneuaveiōμνημονεύητεmnēmoneuaveiamnēmoneuaveiē
they 3rd person pluralmnēmoneualeiōmnēmoneualeiamnēmoneualeiē
Commands — imperative mood, 8 occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularmnēmoneuasōrμνημόνευεmnēmoneuasarmnēmoneuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularmnēmoneuatōrmnēmoneuatarmnēmoneuatēr
ye 2nd person pluralmnēmoneuavōrμνημονεύετεmnēmoneuavarmnēmoneuavēr
they 3rd person pluralmnēmoneualōrmnēmoneualarmnēmoneualēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularmnēmoneuamoiōmnēmoneuamoia
you 2nd person singularmnēmoneuasoiōmnēmoneuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularmnēmoneuatoiōmnēmoneuatoia
we 1st person pluralmnēmoneuanoiōmnēmoneuanoia
ye 2nd person pluralmnēmoneuavoiōmnēmoneuavoia
they 3rd person pluralmnēmoneualoiōmnēmoneualoia
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicemnēmoneuarōμνημονεύεινmnēmoneuarimnēmoneuaramnēmoneuarē
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicemnēmoneuarōtosmnēmoneuaritosmnēmoneuaratosmnēmoneuarētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
mnēmoneustem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvlwho person+eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+tthen it declines+ogender+sits job in the sentence case

mnēmoneu 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

21 occurrences, every one of them listed

mnēmoneuatō“remembers”happening now · he/she/itpresent active indicative 3rd person singular

John 16:21“remembers”tas gunaikas hotan tiktateiō lupan echatō, hoti erchata tas hōras autau; hotan de gennateia tem paidiem, ouketi mnēmoneuatō tau thlipsiau dia tan charan hoti gennita anthrōpos eis ton kosmon.A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

mnēmoneuavō“remember”happening now · yepresent active indicative 2nd person plural

Matthew 16:9“remember”oupō noavō, oude mnēmoneuavō toin pente artoin toiu pentakischilioi kai posoin kofinoin lambava?Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

Mark 8:18“remember”ofthalmoin echarōtois ouk blepavō kai oueim echarōtois ouk akouavō? kai ouk mnēmoneuavō‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?

1 Thessalonians 2:9“remember”Mnēmoneuavō gar, adelfoir, ton kopon nu kai ton mochthon; nuxau kai hēmerau ergazerōtois pros tem mē epibarara tinon vu kērussana eis vin tem euangeliem tou theou.Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

2 Thessalonians 2:5“remember”ouk mnēmoneuavō hoti ēti arōtos pros vin houteim legame vi?Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you?

mnēmoneualō“they remembered”happening now · theypresent active indicative 3rd person plural

Hebrews 11:15“they remembered”kai ei men ekeinau mnēmoneualō apo hau ekbainala, echale an kairon anakamptara;If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

mnēmoneuata“remembered”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular

Hebrews 11:22“made mention”pistia Iōsēf teleutarōtos peri tau exodau toiu huioiu Israēl mnēmoneuata, kai peri teiu osteiu autou entelleta.By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

Revelation 18:5“remembered”hoti kollila autau tais hamartais achri tou ouranou, kai mnēmoneuata tos theos teim adikēmeim autau.For her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

mnēmoneuaneiō“remember”happening now · wepresent active subjunctive 1st person plural

Galatians 2:10“remember”monem toiu ptōchoiu hina mnēmoneuaneiō, hem kai spoudazama autem houtem poiara.They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

mnēmoneuaveiō“remember”happening now · yepresent active subjunctive 2nd person plural

John 16:4“remember”alla houteim lalamē vi hina hotan erchateia tas hōras auteiu mnēmoneuaveiō auteiu hoti mis legama vi. Houteim de vi ek archau ouk legama, hoti meta vu eme.But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

mnēmoneuasōr“remember”happening now · youpresent active imperative 2nd person singular

2 Timothy 2:8“remember”Mnēmoneuasōr Iēsun Christon egeirirēton ek nekroiu, ek spermeu David, kata tem euangeliem mu;Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David, as proclaimed by my gospel,

Revelation 2:5“remember”mnēmoneuasōr oun pothen piptasē, kai metanoasar kai teim prōteim ergeim poiasar; ei de mē, erchemō si, kai kinami tan luchnan su ek tou topou autau, ean mē metanoaseia.Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

Revelation 3:3“remember”mnēmoneuasōr oun pōs lambasē kai akouasa kai tērasōr, kai metanoasar; ean oun mē grēgoraseia, hēkami hōs kleptos, kai ouk mē gnōskaseia poian hōran hēkami epi sin;Remember, then, what you have received and heard. Keep it and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know the hour when I will come upon you.

mnēmoneuavōr“remember”happening now · yepresent active imperative 2nd person plural

Luke 17:32“remember”mnēmoneuavōr tau gunaikau Lōt.Remember Lot’s wife!

John 15:20“remember”mnēmoneuavōr tou logou hou mis legama vi; Ouk atō doulos megoteros tou kuriou autou; ei min diōkala, kai vin diōkali; ei ton logon mu tērala, kai ton humeteron tērali.Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.

Ephesians 2:11“remember”Dio mnēmoneuavōr hoti pote vis teim ethneim en sarxa, tois legirōtois akrobustias hupo tau legirōtau peritomau en sarxa cheiropoiētau,Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands) —

Colossians 4:18“remember”Tos aspasmos ta ēma cheira Paulou. mnēmoneuavōr mu toiu desmoiu. tas charias meta vu.This greeting is in my own hand — Paul. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.

Hebrews 13:7“remember”Mnēmoneuavōr toiu hēgerōtoiu vu, hotinois lalala vi ton logon tou theou, hoiu anatheōrarōtois tan ekbasian tau anastrofau mimevōr tan pistian.Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

mnēmoneuarō“remember”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive

Acts 20:35“remember”panteim hupodeiknuama vi hoti houtōs kopiarōtoin datō antilambanerō toiu asthenarōtoiu, mnēmoneuarō tē toiu logoiu tou kuriou Iēsu hoti autos legata Makariem atō mallon dōarō ē lambarō.In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

mnēmoneuarōtois“remembering”happening now · subjectpresent active participle nominative plural masculine

Acts 20:31“remembering”dio grēgoravōr, mnēmoneuarōtois hoti trietian nuxan kai hēmeran ouk pauema meta dakrueiu nouthetarōtos henon hekaston.Therefore be alert and remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.

1 Thessalonians 1:3“remembering”mnēmoneuarōtois vu teu ergeu tau pistiau kai tou kopou tau agapau kai tau hupomonau tau elpiau tou kuriou nu Iēsu Christou emprosthen tou theou kai patērou nu,and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.