Definition

to bear in mind, i.e. recollect; by implication, to reward or punish

Etymology

middle voice of a derivative of G3306 (μένω) or perhaps of the base of G3145 (μασσάομαι) (through the idea of fixture in the mind or of mental grasp);

Where the KJV renders it

• be mindful
• remember
• come (have) in remembrance

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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