TR: zakar → mnáomai (Remember / Covenant Remembrance)

The Chain

Hebrew OT              LXX (Greek OT)           Greek NT
──────────────────     ─────────────────────    ──────────────────
זָכַר (zâkar)       →  μνάομαι (mnáomai)    →   μνάομαι (mnáomai)
H2142, 222x in OT      108x as translation       21x in NT
"remember, mention"    of zâkar                 "remember, be mindful"

OT Usage (Hebrew)

Strong's	Word	Occurrences	Primary Meaning
H2142	זָכַר (zâkar)	222	remember, make mention, be mindful
H2143	זֵכֶר (zêker)	24	memorial, remembrance, name
H2146	זִכְרוֹן (zikrôwn)	24	memorial, record

Key OT passages: - Gen 8:1 — "And God remembered Noah... and God made a wind to pass over the earth" - Lev 26:42 — "Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob... and I will remember the land" - Exo 2:24 — "God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob"

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LXX Bridge

Hebrew	Greek Translation	Co-occ	PMI	Notes
zâkar (H2142)	μνάομαι (G3415)	108x	31.13	Primary — covenantal remembrance
zâkar (H2142)	μιμνήσκω (G3403)	62x	27.16	Cognitive recall emphasis
zâkar (H2142)	ἀναμιμνήσκω (G363)	18x	19.69	Remind/recall — Niphal contexts

Reverse (what H-words does G3415 translate): The LXX uses μνάομαι also for H2617 cheçed ("steadfast love") in a small number of contexts, reinforcing that the Greek word absorbs covenantal loyalty overtones from zakar.

Semantic continuity: The LXX translators consistently chose μνάομαι (middle voice — "to remember for oneself") for zakar's most covenantal uses, preserving the active, consequential sense of divine remembering that leads to deliverance.

NT Usage (Greek)

Strong's	Word	Occurrences	Primary Meaning
G3415	μνάομαι (mnáomai)	21	to remember, be mindful of
G3403	μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō)	~23	to bring to mind, remember
G3421	μνημονεύω (mnēmoneúō)	~21	to exercise memory, keep in mind

Key NT passages: - Luk 1:54 — "He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy" (μνησθῆναι ἐλέους — echoes zakar + cheçed pattern) - Luk 1:72 — "To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant" (μνησθῆναι διαθήκης — exact echo of "remember covenant") - Heb 8:12 — "Their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more" (quoting Jer 31:34 — the New Covenant promise) - Heb 10:17 — "And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more" (second quotation of same Jeremiah text)

Direct OT→NT Quotations via This Chain

NT Verse	Quotes OT	LXX Word	Significance
Heb 8:12	Jer 31:34	οὐ μὴ μνησθῶ	"I will remember their sins no more" — New Covenant
Heb 10:17	Jer 31:34	οὐ μνησθήσομαι	Same promise repeated for emphasis
Luk 1:72	Psa 105 / Gen 8-9	μνησθῆναι	Zechariah's song echoing Abrahamic covenant remembrance

Continuity and Shifts

What stays the same: - Zakar / μνάομαι both carry an active, consequential sense — to remember is to act. God's remembrance results in deliverance (Gen 8:1 → flood recedes; Exo 2:24 → Exodus begins; Luk 1:54 → Incarnation). - The covenant context (remember + berîyth / diathēkē) is preserved perfectly through the LXX into the NT.

What shifts: - In the NT, μνάομαι is used more for human memory and petition (Luk 23:42 "remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom") — similar to OT prayer usage. - The proclamation/herald use (Hiphil "make mention") does not carry over strongly to μνάομαι in the NT; that function shifts to μαρτυρέω and εὐαγγελίζω.

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