- μνημόσυνον
- μνημόσυνον, ου, τό (μνήμων ‘mindful’; Hdt. et al.; Kaibel 367, 2; pap, LXX, En; TestSol 26:8 H; TestJos 7:5; TestJob)① the mental faculty of remembering, memory: ἔγγραφοι ἐγένοντο ἐν τῷ μ. αὐτοῦ they were inscribed in God’s memory 1 Cl 45:8.② the state of bearing in mind, memory w. obj. gen. (oft. LXX) εἰς μ. τινος in memory of someone Mt 26:13; Mk 14:9 (JJeremias, ZNW 44, ’52/53, 103–7: God’s ‘eschatological remembrance’). ἐξολεθρεῦσαι ἐκ γῆς τὸ μ. αὐτῶν root out the memory of them from the earth 1 Cl 22:6; μήποτε … τὸ μ. [ὑμῶν] ἀπόληται lest … you be lost to memory AcPl Ha 1, 22 (Ps 33:17; cp. Sir 10:17; TestJos 7:5).③ an offering that presents a worshiper to God, a memorial offering (=אַזְכָּרָה Lev 2:2, 9, 16; 5:12; cp. Sir 35:6; 38:11; 45:16) fig. αἱ προσευχαί σου ἀνέβησαν εἰς μνημόσυνον ἔμπροσθεν τ. θεοῦ Ac 10:4 (the receipt thereof is expressed vs. 31 αἷ ἐλεημοσύναι σου ἐμνήσθησαν).—DELG s.v. μιμνήσκω 4. M-M. Spicq.
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