Quick Definition
μνεία, ας, ἡ n.f. remembrance, recollection
Strong's Definition
recollection; by implication, recital
Derivation: from G3415 (μνάομαι) or G3403 (μιμνήσκω);
KJV Usage: mention, remembrance
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | μιμνῄσκομαι
29.7 · Memory and Recall · Recalling from Memory
to remember, to recall, to think about again, memory, remembrance to recall information from memory, but without necessarily the implication that persons have actually forgotten In some languages the process of remembering is expressed idiomatically, for example, ‘to find one’s thoughts again’ or ‘to see again in one’s heart’ or ‘to have one’s liver repeat the words.’
1 μνημονεύω[d] and μνεία[b] overlap with the domain of Communication (33), since the meaning involves not only remembering but making mention of a person in prayer. It is possible, however, that the prayer would be inaudible, that is to say, silent prayer.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μνεία, -as, ἡ, (μιμνήσκω), remembrance, memory, mention : ἐπὶ πάσῃ τῇ μνείᾳ ὑμῶν, as often as I remember you [lit. ‘on all my remembrance’ ete. cf. W. § 18, 4], Phil. i. 3; ποιεῖσθαι μνείαν τινός, to make mention of one, Ro. i. 9; Eph.i.16; 1Th.i. 2; Philem.4, (Plat. Phaedr. p. 254a.; Diog. Laért. 8. 2, 66; Sept. Ps. ex. (exi.) 4); py. ἔχειν τινός, to be mindful of one, 1 Th. iii. 6 (Soph., Arstph., Kur., al.) ; ἀδιάλειπτον ἔχειν τὴν περί τινος μνείαν, 2 Tim. 3s
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μνεία mneia 7x
remembrance, recollection, Phil. 1:3; 1 Thess. 3:6; 2 Tim. 1:3; mention; μνείαν ποιεῖσθαι, to make mention, Rom. 1:9; Eph. 1:16; 1 Thess. 1:2; Phlm. 4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μνεία, -ας, ἡ
(< μιμνήσκω), [in LXX for זכר, its parts and derivatives;]
remembrance, mention (= μνήμη): Phl 1:3; μ. ποιεῖσθαι, c. gen. pers., Ro 1:9, Eph 1:16, I Th 1:2, Phm 4 (cf. Ps 110 (111):4); μ. ἔχειν, c. gen. pers., I Th 3:6, II Ti 1:3 (on the v.l. in Ro 12:13, v. ICC, in l.; Field, Notes, 163).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μνεία. For the epistolary phrase μνείαν ποιεῖσθαι, which is used by Paul in 1 Thess 17, Rom 11°, Eph 115, Philem‘, cf. the letter of Isias to her husband, who was at the time ‘in retreat’ in the Serapeum at Memphis, P Lond 428 (B.c. 168) (=I. p. 30, Selections, p. 9) ot ἐν olkwt πάντες --σοῦ διαπαντὸς μνείαν ποιούμενοι --, and especially, in connexion with prayer, as in the Pauline passages, BGU II. 632° (ii/A.D.) μνίαν σου ποιούμενος παρὰ τοῖς [ἐν]θάδε θεοῖς ἐκομισάμην [ely ἐπι[σἸτόλιον «tA. and Aazdel 983°™ (B.C. 79)— Δημήτριος ἥκω πρὸς μεγάλην Ἴσιν θεάν, μνείαν ἐπ᾿ ἀγαθῶι τῶν γονέων ποιούμενος καὶ τῶν ἀδελφῶν καὶ φίλων μου kat ὄνομα. Other exx. of the phrase from the inscrr. are Sy// 929 (=*685)?® ὑπ[ὲ]ρ χώρας μόνον ἐφαίνοντο μνείαν πεποιἡμένοι, Prvene 501° ὅπως οὖν καὶ ὃ δῆμος φαίνηται μνείαν ποιούμενος τῶν καλῶν καὶ ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν, and similarly Magn 9015-- 411 ii/B.c. On the form μνεία for the older μνηία see Mayser G7. p. 127.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μνεία (mneia) — remembrance. μνεία, ἡ, ={μνήμη}, remembrance, βίου δὲ τοῦ παρόντος οὐ μνείαν ἔχεις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατά γε τὴν ἐμὴν μ. uncertain in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; μνείας χάριν, frequently in late epitaphs, [Refs]
II. mention, περί τινος μνείαν ποιεῖσθαι [NT+5th c.BC+]; reminder, τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; commemoration, αἱ μ. τῶν ἁγίων see reading in [NT]