"to remember, recollect, call to mind, Mt. 16:9; Lk. 17:32; Acts 20:31; to be mindful of, to fix the thoughts upon, Heb. 11:15; to make mention, mention, speak of, Heb. 11:22"
Definition and meaning
to remember, recollect, call to mind, Mt. 16:9; Lk. 17:32; Acts 20:31; to be mindful of, to fix the thoughts upon, Heb. 11:15; to make mention, mention, speak of, Heb. 11:22
In the original Greek the word is written: μνημονεύω
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
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 mnemoneuo (G3421) across the King James Bible.
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Remember Lot's wife.
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
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Common questions
Strong's G3421 (mnemoneuo) is a Greek word that means: to remember, recollect, call to mind, Mt. 16:9; Lk. 17:32; Acts 20:31; to be mindful of, to fix the thoughts upon, Heb. 11:15; to make mention, mention, speak of, Heb. 11:22 It appears 21 times in the King James Bible.
The word mnemoneuo (G3421) appears 21 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3421 is mnemoneuo, a Greek word defined as: to remember, recollect, call to mind, Mt. 16:9; Lk. 17:32; Acts 20:31; to be mindful of, to fix the thoughts upon, Heb. 11:15; to make mention, mentio. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
mnemoneuo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.