Memorials and Remembrance

† זִכָּרוֹן, זִכָּרֹן n.m. Ec 1:11 memorial, remembrance (cf. LgBN 199, 200)—abs. זִכָּרוֹן Jos 4:7 +; זִכָּרֹן Ex 28:12(×2), 29; cstr. זִכְרוֹן Ec 1:11 + 2 times; sf. זִכְרוֹנֵךְ Is 57:8; pl. הַזִּכְרֹנוֹת Est 6:1; sf. זִכְרֹנֵיכֶם Jb 13:12;— 1. memorial, reminder: a. memorial-day Ex 12:14 (P). b. memorial-usage Ex 13:9 (JE). c. memorial-objects, altar-plates Nu 17:5 (P); stones in Jordan Jos 4:7 (JE); crowns in temple Zc 6:14; ז׳ in Is 57:8 is symbol of strange god (Di), or perhaps phallus-image, as sign of harlot (Che), cf. > Du (who proposes זְכָרוֹן, from זָכָר). d. memorial-record; in a book Ex 17:14 (E); cf. סֵפֶר זִכָּרוֹן Mal 3:16, ס׳ הַזִּכְרֹנות דברי הימים Est 6:1; memorial, as proof of citizenship Ne 2:20 (‖ חֵלֶק, צְדָקָה); reminder of Israel, לִפְנֵי י׳, of כֶּסֶף הַכִּפֻּרִים Ex 30:16; spoils of war Nu 31:54; inscribed stones of ephod Ex 28:12, 29, called אַבְנֵי ז׳ v 12 = Ex 39:7; blowing of trumpets Nu 10:10 (foregoing all P), cf. זִכְרוֹן תְּרוּעָה Lv 23:24 (P; where, however, no לפני י׳, v. Di); מִנְחַת (ה)זכרון Nu 5:15, 18 (P); memorial-sentence, apophthegm Jb 13:12. * 2. remembrance Ec 1:11 (cstr. before prep. Ges§ 130, 1), v 11; 2:16.

† זֵ֫כֶר n.m. ψ 9:7 remembrance, memorial (cf. HptHbr. 1885, 230)—ז׳ abs. ψ 111:4, cstr. Dt 25:19 +; זֶכֶר cstr. Ex 17:14 van d. H; sf. זִכְרִי Ex 3:15, זִכְרְךָ Is 26:8 +, זִכְרֶ֑ךָ ψ 6:6, זִכְרוֹ Ho 12:6 +, זִכְרָם Dt 32:26 +:— 1. remembrance, memory: a. of persons or people, blotted out by their destruction, Ex 17:14 (E; c. מחה) = Dt 25:19, Dt 32:26 (השׁבית) ψ 34:17; 109:15 (both הכרית), ψ 9:7 (אבד), Jb 18:17 (אבד; ‖ שֵׁם), Is 26:14 (אבּד); cf. on other hand ז׳ עוֹלָם as portion of righteous ψ 112:6. b. of י׳ ψ 6:6; 102:13 (‖ אַתָּה = יהוה). c. of י׳’s character and works ψ 30:5; 97:12; 111:4; 145:7. d. remembrance of certain days, i.e. their observance Est 9:28 (יִמֵי הַפּוּרִים). 2. memorial, by which one is remembered: a. nearly = שֵׁם, ז׳ צַדִּיק לִבְרָכָה Pr 10:7 (‖ שֵׁם), cf. also Ec 9:5 (c. נשׁכח); especially of י׳ Ex 3:15 (E), Ho 12:6 Is 26:8 ψ 135:13 (all ‖ שֵׁם). b. = renown (of Israel) Ho 14:8 (cf. VB).

μνεία, ἡ, ={μνήμη}, remembrance, βίου δὲ τοῦ παρόντος οὐ μνείαν ἔχεις Refs 5th c.BC+; κατά γε τὴν ἐμὴν μ. uncertain in Refs 2nd c.AD+; μνείας χάριν, frequently in late epitaphs, Refs __II mention, περί τινος μνείαν ποιεῖσθαι NT+5th c.BC+; reminder, τινος Refs 5th c.BC+; commemoration, αἱ μ. τῶν ἁγίων see reading in NT

ἀνάμνη-σις, εως, ἡ, (ἀναμιμνῄσκω) calling to mind, reminiscence, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. τινος λαβεῖν recall it to memory, Refs; ἀναμνήσεις θυσιῶν reminders to the gods of sacrifices offered, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 memorial sacrifice, LXX+NT __3 παλίνδρομος ἀ., of the moon, Refs 2nd c.AD+

μνημόσῠνον, τό, remembrance, memorial of a thing, μνημόσυνον ἑωυτοῦ λιπέσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+: rare in early Attic dialect Prose, NT+5th c.BC+ __2 memorandum, reminder, μνημόσυνα γράψομαι Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 mark, scar, μ. ὑποκαταλιπεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+

ὑπόμνησ-ις, εως, ἡ, reminding, Refs 5th c.BC+; so Refs 5th c.BC+ calls the art of writing οὐ μνήμης ἀλλ᾽ ὑπομνήσεως φάρμακον Refs; τινων of things, Refs; ὑπόμνησίν τινος ἔχειν to be able to suggest a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἰωνία ὑ. Refs; ὅσον ὑπομνήσεως ἕνεκα εἰρήσεται Refs 2nd c.AD+ __2 mention, ὑ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος to make mention of a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὑ. κακῶν a tale of woe, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 in Medicine texts, provocation Refs 2nd c.AD+; return, revival of natural functions, Refs 6th c.AD+ __3.b recurrence, relapse, Refs 1st c.AD+ __4 ={ὑπόμνημα} 11.5, treatise, Refs 5th c.BC+

† [דָּכְרָן] n.[m.] id.;—pl. emph. סְפַר דָּכְרָנַיָּא Ezr 4:15(×2).

μνήμ-η, Doric dialect μνάμα, ἡ, (μνάομαι) remembrance, memory of a person or thing, absolutely or with genitive, κακῶν μ. γίνεται οὐδεμία Refs 6th c.BC+; λείπεσθαι ἀθάνατον μ. (i.e. ἑαυτοῦ) Refs 5th c.BC+; οἱ ἄνθρωποι πρὸς ἃ ἔπασχον τὴν μ. ἐποιοῦντο made their recollections suit their sufferings, Refs 5th c.BC+; μνήμην πεποίηκεν has made [him] remembered, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the dead, μακαρίας μνήμης, θείας μνήμης, Refs 6th c.AD+; κρατίστης μνήμης Wilcken Refs 2nd c.AD+; μνήμης ἀρίστης Refs 3rd c.AD+ __2 memory as a power of the mind, Refs 4th c.BC+; proper to animals, opposed to ἀνάμνησις, of man, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰπεῖν τι μνήμης ἄπο from memory, Refs 5th c.BC+; εἰς μ. ἀναληπτέονRefs 5th c.BC+ all the memories, acts of memory, Refs 4th c.BC+; powers of memory, Refs __3 memorial, record, κυπαρίττιναι μνῆμαι εἰς τὸν ἔπειτα χρόνον καταγεγραμμέναι Refs 5th c.BC+; μνῆμαι ἐν μέτροις καὶ ἄνευ μέτρων inscriptions, Refs 4th c.BC+; μ. μυθολόγος mythological record, history, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II mention, notice of a thing, μ. ποιεῖσθαί τινος Refs 5th c.BC+; μ. ποιήσασθαι περί or ὑπέρ τινος, Refs 5th c.BC+ __III μνήμη βασίλειος the imperial cabinet or archives, τῆς β. μ. προεστώς, = Latin a memoria, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __IV ={μνῆμα}, tomb, Refs

† [דִּכְרוֹן] n.[m.] memorandum, record (BH זִכָּרוֹן, √ זָכַר; cf.Nab. Palm. דכר(ו)ן Lzb268 SAC40 Cooke234 +);—emph. דִּכְרוֹנָה Ezr 6:2.