To remind
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Hypomimnēskō means to remind, bring back to mind, or call attention again to known truth. Paul tells Timothy to remind believers about enduring hardship and avoiding word battles that ruin hearers.
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Hypomimnēskō means to remind, bring back to mind, or call attention again to known truth. Paul tells Timothy to remind believers about enduring hardship and avoiding word battles that ruin hearers.
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include Remind (2), I will call attention to (1), remembered (1), Remind [ the believers ] (1), to remind (1).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 22:61. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Peter (1), 2 Timothy (1), 3 John (1), John (1).
Hypomimnēskō means to remind, bring back to mind, or call attention again to known truth. Paul tells Timothy to remind believers about enduring hardship and avoiding word battles that ruin hearers. Titus must remind churches to live responsibly under authorities and be ready for every good work. Peter says he will keep reminding believers of truths they already know and in which they are established.
Jude reminds readers that the Lord saved a people from Egypt and later judged unbelief. Reminder is not condescension or mere repetition. It serves memory under pressure, connects known truth to present conduct, and protects communities from drift.
Hypomimnēskō is ministry to memory. Timothy, Titus, Peter, and Jude reactivate known truth so believers endure, avoid destructive disputes, practice public good, and remember both salvation and judgment.
Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.
Second Timothy 2:14 tells Timothy to remind believers of gospel endurance and solemnly warn against quarreling over words, which benefits no one and ruins hearers.
Remind the believers to submit to rulers and authorities, to be obedient and ready for every good work,
Titus 3:1 says churches should be reminded to submit to rulers, obey, and be ready for every good work. The reminder connects gospel renewal with public conduct.
Therefore I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are established in the truth you now have.
Second Peter 1:12 says Peter intends always to remind believers of qualities and truth they already know and in which they are established. Mature people still need repeated remembrance.
Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
Jude 5 reminds readers, though they know the facts, that the Lord saved a people from Egypt and afterward destroyed those who did not believe. Memory preserves both grace and warning.
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Greek word. Gentle reminder of something already known, particularly of prior teaching or divine promises.
Gentle reminder of something already known, particularly of prior teaching or divine promises.
to cause one to remember, put one in mind or remind one of: with accusative of thing(s), 2Ti.2:14, 3Jn.10; with dupl. accusative (Thus., al.), Jhn.14:26; with accusative of person(s), before περί, 2Pe.1:12; id., before ὅτι, Ju 5; with inf., Tit.3:1; pass., with genitive of thing(s), Luk.22:61.
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
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Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
How this verb appears across 7 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
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Hypomimnēskō recognizes that knowing once is not the same as remembering faithfully under pressure. Timothy's churches can drift into ruinous verbal combat, Titus's hearers need gospel truth translated into public good, and Peter's established believers still benefit from repeated formation. Jude summons Israel's story so readers hold rescue and judgment together.
Healthy reminder respects hearers; it does not infantilize them or pretend every repetition is new revelation. Churches should build practices of Scripture reading, testimony, ordinances, song, and mutual exhortation that return attention to Christ. Leaders must also distinguish faithful reminder from coercive repetition designed to override conscience or manufacture agreement.
2Pet.1.12
Hypomimnēskō combines hypo with mimnēskō and means remind or bring to remembrance. It presupposes prior knowledge or exposure and reactivates it for present attention and action.
Israel's worship calendar, memorial stones, covenant readings, and repeated commands cultivate holy memory. Forgetting God leads to idolatry, while remembrance sustains gratitude and obedience.