STRONGS G3422:
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,
Matthew 26:13;
Mark 14:9;
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ἀνέβησαν εἰς μνημόσυνον ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ (without the figure) have become known to God, so that he heeds and is about to help thee,
Acts 10:4. (
Herodotus,
Aristophanes,
Thucydides,
Plutarch, others; the
Sept. for
זֶכֶר,
זִכָּרון; also for
אַזְכָּרָה, 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,
Leviticus 2:9,
16;
Leviticus 5:12;
Numbers 5:26; hence,
εὐωδία εἰς μνημόσυνον, Sir. 45:16; and often in Siracid., 1 Macc., etc.)
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