μνημονεύω

μνημονεύω — mnēmoneúō

μνημονεύω; imperfect 3 person plural ἐμνημόνευον; 1 aorist ἐμνημόνευσα; (μνημῶν mindful); from Herodotus down; the Sept. for זָכַר;

1. to be mindful of, to remember, to call to mind: absolutely, Mar 8:18; τίνος, Luk 17:32; Joh 15:20; Joh 16:4; Joh 16:21; Act 20:35; 1Th 1:3; (Heb 13:7); contextually equivalent to to think of and feel for a person or thing: with the genitive of the thing, Col 4:18; τῶν πτωχῶν, Gal 2:10 (see μιμνήσκω, at the end); with an accusative of the object to hold in memory, keep in mind: τινα, 2Ti 2:8; τί, Mat 16:9; 1Th 2:9; τά ἀδικήματα, of God as punishing them, Rev 18:5 (see μιμνήσκω). Cf. Matthiae, § 347 Anm. 2; Winers Grammar, p. 205 (193); (Buttmann, § 132, 14). followed by ὅτι, Act 20:31; Eph 2:11; 2Th 2:5; followed by an indirect question, Rev 2:5; Rev 3:3.

2. to make mention of: τίνος, Heb 11:15 (but others refer this to 1 above) (Plutarch, Themistius, 32; τί, Plato, de rep. 4, p. 441 d.; legg. 4, p. 723 c.); περί τίνος (as μνασθαι in classic Greek, see Matthiae, § 341 Anm. 1), Heb 11:22; so in Latinmemini de aliquo; cf. Ramshorn, Latin Gr. § 111 note 1; (Harpers' Latin Dictionary, under the wordmemini, I. 3; cf. English remember about, etc.).