Remember, Remembrance
Remember, Remembrance
re-member, re-membrans: 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 (Exo 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.