Word study
Remember
4 Hebrew and 5 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: remember, remembered, remembers, remembering. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “remember” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- זָכַר zâkarremembertranslated this way 165 times of its 227 uses · Strong’s H2142Verb · Translated: remember 122, remembered 35, recorder 9, remembers 6Full study and all 221 verses →
Genesis 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.
Exodus 2:24 So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
- זֵכֶר zêkerremembrance, memorialtranslated this way 3 times of its 23 uses · Strong’s H2143Noun · Translated: memory 11, remembered 3, renown 3, name 2Full study and all 23 verses →
Exodus 3:15 God also told Moses, “Say to the Israelites, ‘The LORD, the God of your fathers — the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob — has sent me to you.’ This is My name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered in every generation.
Psalm 111:4 He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
- רָאָה rââhseetranslated this way 2 times of its 1,266 uses · Strong’s H7200Verb · Translated: see 354, saw 285, seen 124, look 45Full study and all 1,181 verses →
Genesis 31:50 If you mistreat my daughters or take other wives, although no one is with us, remember that God is a witness between you and me.”
Exodus 33:13 Now if indeed I have found favor in Your sight, please let me know Your ways, that I may know You and find favor in Your sight. Remember that this nation is Your people.”
- נָכַר nâkarregard, recognizetranslated this way 2 times of its 48 uses · Strong’s H5234Verb · Translated: recognized 7, recognize 4, acknowledge 4, show partiality 3Full study and all 46 verses →
Job 7:10 He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
Psalm 103:16 when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
Greek words (New Testament)
- μιμνήσκω mimnḗskōI remember, recalltranslated this way 20 times of its 23 uses · Strong’s G3403Verb · Translated: remember 10, remembered 8, remembering 2, Recalling 2Full study and all 23 verses →
Matthew 5:23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
Luke 1:54 He has helped His servant Israel, remembering to be merciful,
- μνημονεύω mnēmoneúōI remember, make mention oftranslated this way 15 times of its 21 uses · Strong’s G3421Verb · Translated: remember 13Full study and all 21 verses →
Matthew 16:9 Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
Mark 8:18 ‘Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear?’ And do you not remember?
- ἀναμιμνήσκω anamimnḗskōI remind, admonish, remembertranslated this way 4 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s G363Verb · Translated: remembered 2, remind 2, remembers 1, Remember 1Full study and all 6 verses →
Mark 11:21 Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”
2 Corinthians 7:15 And his affection for you is even greater when he remembers that you were all obedient as you welcomed him with fear and trembling.
- μνεία mneíaremembrance, recollectiontranslated this way 4 times of its 5 uses · Strong’s G3417Noun · Translated: remember 3, remembering 1, memories 1Full study and all 5 verses →
Romans 1:9 God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
Ephesians 1:16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
- ποιέω poiéōI do, maketranslated this way 2 times of its 544 uses · Strong’s G4160Verb · Translated: do 50, done 44, doing 40, made 34Full study and all 494 verses →
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.