μνήμ-η G3420
memory, remembrance; the faculty or act of recalling
This feminine noun denotes memory, remembrance, or the mental faculty of recalling past events. In 2 Peter 1:15, Peter expresses his intention to ensure his readers will be able to recall these truths after his departure. The multilingual glosses identify memory and remembrance (Spanish memoria, French forms). Classical usage distinguishes this natural memory faculty from anamnesis (deliberate recollection). The term can refer both to the power of memory and to what is remembered.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Second Peter 1:15 shows Peter's pastoral concern that his readers maintain memory of essential truths after his death. The cross-linguistic evidence emphasizes remembrance and memorial. Peter's phrase suggests intentional effort to ensure ongoing recollection—not mere ability to remember but active practice of calling to mind these vital realities. The context implies his written letter serves as the means to secure this future remembrance when he is no longer present to remind them. 1×
AR["ذِكرى"]·ben["স্মৃতি"]·DE["Erinnerung"]·EN["remembrance"]·FR["μνήμην"]·heb["זִכָּרוֹן"]·HI["स्मरण"]·ID["kenangan"]·IT["mnēmēn"]·jav["pangéling"]·KO["기억을"]·PT["lembrança"]·RU["память"]·ES["memoria"]·SW["kumbukumbu"]·TR["anısını"]·urd["یاد"]
Related Senses
H3045 1. Qal: to know, perceive, understand (829×)H5315 1. soul, inner being (647×)H3820a 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (572×)H4672 1. Qal: find, discover (289×)G1492 1. know facts or truths (285×)H3824 1. heart, inner self (mind/will/emotion) (250×)H1245 1. seek, search for (200×)G1097 1. know, be acquainted with (196×)H2142 1. Qal: remember, recall (173×)G2588 1. heart (inner self, mind, will) (158×)H0977 1. choose, select (Qal active) (145×)G2147 1. find, discover (144×)G5590 1. soul, inner self (100×)H4672 2. Niphal: be found, be discovered (99×)H1875 1. seek, search for (96×)H5315 2. life, vitality (94×)H1847 1. knowledge, discernment (90×)H2450 1. wise, prudent (84×)H7911 1. Qal: to forget (83×)H3684 1. fool, dullard (70×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
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…