Quick Definition
reminder, memorial, remembrance offering
Strong's Definition
a reminder (memorandum), i.e. record
Derivation: from G3421 (μνημονεύω);
KJV Usage: memorial
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μνημόσυνον, μνημοσύνου, τό (μνημῶν), a memorial (that by which the memory of any person or thing is preserved), a remembrance: εἰς μνημόσυνον τίνος, to perpetuate one's memory, Mat_26:13; Mar_14:9; αἱ προσευχαί σου ... ἀνέβησαν εἰς μνημόσυνον ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ (without the figure) have become known to God, so that he heeds and is about to help thee, Act_10:4. (Herodotus, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Plutarch, others; the Sept. for ζΖλΖψ, ζΔλΘΜψεο; also for ΰΗζΐλΘΜψΘδ, i. e. that part of a sacrifice which was burned on the altar together with the frankincense, that its fragrance might ascend to heaven and commend the offerer to God's remembrance, Lev_2:9; Lev_2:16; Lev_5:12; Num_5:26; hence, εὐωδία εἰς μνημόσυνον, Sir_45:16; and often in Siracid., 1 Macc., etc.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μνημόσυνον mnēmosynon 3x
a record, memorial, Act_10:4 ;
honorable remembrance, Mat_26:13 ; Mar_14:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μνημόσυνον , -ου , τό
( < μνήμων , mindful),
[in LXX freq . for H2143 , H2146 and cogn . forms;]
a memorial: Mat_26:13 , Mar_14:9 , Act_10:4 (where cf. Lev_2:9 ; Lev_2:16 ; Lev_5:12 , Num_5:28 , Sir_45:16 , al. ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μνημόσυνον [page 415]
Kaibel 367 .1 f. (iii/A.D.)
Ἀένεον τόδε σῆμα πατὴρ εἵδρυσε θυγατρί ,
ἀθανάτην μνήμην , μνημόσυνον δάκρυον .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
μνημόσυνον μνημόσυνον, ου, τό, [Etym: = μνημεῖον] "a remembrance, memorial, record" of a person or thing, Hdt. "a memorandum, reminder", μνημόσυνα γράψομαι Ar.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
μνημόσυνον, -ου, τό
(μνήμων, mindful), [in LXX frequently for זֵכֶר, זִכְרוֹן and cogn. forms ;]
a memorial: Mat.26:13, Mrk.14:9, Act.10:4 (where cf. Lev.2:9, 16 5:12, Num_5:28, Sir.45:16, al.).†
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