Meaning
Remember; Remembrance re-mem'-ber, re-mem'-brans: "Remember" is mostly the translation, in the Old Testament, of zakhar, and in the New Testament of mnaomai (Mat 5:23, Mat 26:75, Joh 2:17, etc.), and of [@mnemoneuo (Mat 16:9, Mar 8:18, Luk 17:32, etc.), and "remembrance" the translation of derivatives of these (zekher, anamnesis, etc.). There are a few other words. "To remember" is used of God in remembering persons (Gen 8:1, Gen 19:29, etc.), His covenant (Gen 9:15, Exo 2:24, Eze 16:60, etc.), in answering prayer (Jdg 16:28, Neh 13:14, Neh 13:22, Psa 20:3, etc.), and in other ways. Men are exhorted to "remember" God's dealings with them, His commandments (Deu 8:2, Deu 8:18, Jdg 8:34, 1Ch 16:12, etc.), the Sabbath (Ex 20:8), etc. A specially solemn command is that relating to the Lord's Supper in Luk 22:19, 1Co 11:24, 1Co 11:25, "This do in remembrance of me." "Remembrancer" (writer of chronicles) occurs in the King James Version margin of 2Sa 8:16, 2Sa 20:24, 1Ki 4:3, 1Ch 18:15 (text "recorder," the Revised Version margin "chronicler"). In Isa 62:6, the Revised Version (British and American) reads, "ye that are Yahweh's remembrancers." the Revised Version (British and American) has frequent changes on the King James Version text, as "have marked" (1Sa 15:2); "make mention of" (Psa 20:7, Psa 77:11, Son 1:4); "remember" for "be ye mindful of" (1Ch 16:15); "memorial" for "remembrance" (Isa 57:8); in the American Standard Revised Version, "to his holy memorial name" (Psa 30:4, Psa 97:12, the English Revised Version "to his holy name," margin "Hebrew `memorial' "); in 2Ti 1:5, "having been reminded of" for the King James Version "call to remembrance," etc.
W. L. Walker
