Bible Dictionary: Commemorate

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(v. t.) To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July.

Greek

3831. paneguris -- a festal assembly
... all" and 58 , "the public square, meeting place") -- properly, an assembly-place
where people met for a common purpose, especially to (commemorate) or be (). ...
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Strong's Hebrew

8567. tanah -- perhaps recount, rehearse
... 8566, 8567. tanah. 8568 . perhaps recount, rehearse. Transliteration: tanah
Phonetic Spelling: (taw-naw') Short Definition: commemorate. Word Origin a prim ...
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Library

Importance of the Anniversaries Connected with the Years 1894-1897 ...
... Coming nearer to the present year, there will be in 1896 the final departure of
Augustine from Rome to commemorate, on July 23, and his arrival here in the ...
/.../lecture i importance of the.htm

Acts II
... It is the day on which the law was given on Mount Sinai, and henceforth it is to
commemorate the giving of a better law, founded on better promises. ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts ii.htm

All Saints' Day
... On this day we commemorate"and, as far as our dull minds will let us, contemplate"
the saints; the holy ones of God; the pure and the triumphant"be they ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon i all saints day.htm

Questions About the Nature and Perpetuity of the Seventh-Day ...
... a perpetual feast. We have an infinitely greater deliverance to commemorate
than that of the Jews from Egypt. Released from the ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/questions about the nature and.htm

The Invasion of Scythia.
... He moved slowly, and the engineers and architects that accompanied him built columns
and monuments here and there, as he advanced, to commemorate his progress. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/abbott/darius the great/chapter viii the invasion of.htm

Of the Places of Burial.
... or ruin. O! how would I commemorate thee, thou best of princes, greatest
Charles, how would I commemorate thee! What praises or ...
/.../lightfoot/from the talmud and hebraica/chapter 100 of the places.htm

Liturgy of St. Dionysius, Bishop of the Athenians .
... This sacrifice, here celebrated, we commemorate to Thee, O Lord, and the
sufferings which Thou didst endure on the Cross for us. ...
/.../letters of dionysius the areopagite/liturgy of st dionysius bishop.htm

Jehovah-Jireh
... Many a bare, bald mountain- top in your career and mine we have got our names for.
Are they names that commemorate our sufferings or God's blessings? ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/jehovah-jireh.htm

Christ Our Passover
... usage had cast round that centre and apex of the Jewish ritual, established at the
Exodus by a solemn divine appointment, intended to commemorate the birth of ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/christ our passover.htm

The Passover: an Expiation and a Feast, a Memorial and a Prophecy
... But on that first night it was only such by anticipation, seeing that it preceded
the deliverance which it was afterwards to commemorate. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the passover an expiation and.htm

Thesaurus

Commemorate (2 Occurrences)
... as a person or event, by some act of respect or affection, intended to preserve
the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and ...
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Fast (157 Occurrences)
... (1.) The fast of the fourth month, kept on the seventeenth day of Tammuz, the
anniversary of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans; to commemorate also the ...
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Nicopolis (1 Occurrence)
... The one here referred to was most probably that in Epirus, which was built by Augustus
Caesar to commemorate his victory at the battle of Actium (BC 31). ...
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Stone (290 Occurrences)
... Stones were set up to commemorate remarkable events, as by Jacob at Bethel (Genesis
28:18), at Padan-aram (35:4), and on the occasion of parting with Laban (31 ...
/s/stone.htm - 54k

Passover (81 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A feast of the Jews, instituted to commemorate the sparing of the Hebrews
in Egypt, when God, smiting the firstborn of the Egyptians, passed over the ...
/p/passover.htm - 58k

Pentecost (3 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 16:9-11). The purpose of this feast was to commemorate the
completion of the grain harvest. Its distinguishing feature ...
/p/pentecost.htm - 21k

Sacraments
... of Jesus regarding the speedy consummation of His kingdom make it impossible that
He should have dreamed of instituting a sacrament to commemorate His death. ...
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Lord's (548 Occurrences)
... 26. It is not mentioned by John. It was designed,. (1.) To commemorate the
death of Christ: "This do in remembrance of me.". (2.) To ...
/l/lord's.htm - 88k

Ebenezer (3 Occurrences)
... Stone of help, the memorial stone set up by Samuel to commemorate the divine assistance
to Israel in their great battle against the Philistines, whom they ...
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Eben-ezer (3 Occurrences)
... Stone of help, the memorial stone set up by Samuel to commemorate the divine assistance
to Israel in their great battle against the Philistines, whom they ...
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Bible Concordance

Commemorate (2 Occurrences)

Judges 11:40 The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, "Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn't call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!"
(See NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 35:25 Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and behold, they are written in the lamentations.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Commemorate

Related Terms

Fast (157 Occurrences)

Nicopolis (1 Occurrence)

Stone (290 Occurrences)

Passover (81 Occurrences)

Pentecost (3 Occurrences)

Sacraments

Lord's (548 Occurrences)

Ebenezer (3 Occurrences)

Eben-ezer (3 Occurrences)