"remember, remind, Jn. 14:26; Tit. 3:1; 2 Pet. 1:12; Jude 5; to suggest recollection of, remind others of, 2 Tim. 2:14; 3 Jn. 10; to call to mind, recollect, remember, Lk. 22:61*"
Definition and meaning
remember, remind, Jn. 14:26; Tit. 3:1; 2 Pet. 1:12; Jude 5; to suggest recollection of, remind others of, 2 Tim. 2:14; 3 Jn. 10; to call to mind, recollect, remember, Lk. 22:61*
In the original Greek the word is written: ὑπομιμνῄσκω
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of hypomimnesko (G5279) across the King James Bible.
And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.
Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
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Common questions
Strong's G5279 (hypomimnesko) is a Greek word that means: remember, remind, Jn. 14:26; Tit. 3:1; 2 Pet. 1:12; Jude 5; to suggest recollection of, remind others of, 2 Tim. 2:14; 3 Jn. 10; to call to mind, recollect, remember, Lk. 22:61* It appears 7 times in the King James Bible.
The word hypomimnesko (G5279) appears 7 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G5279 is hypomimnesko, a Greek word defined as: remember, remind, Jn. 14:26; Tit. 3:1; 2 Pet. 1:12; Jude 5; to suggest recollection of, remind others of, 2 Tim. 2:14; 3 Jn. 10; to call to mind, reco. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
hypomimnesko is a Greek word found in the New Testament.