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μνημεῖον

Grave

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μνημεῖον G3419

Pronunciation mnēmeîon

What does μνημεῖον (mnēmeîon) mean in the Bible?

μνημεῖον (mnēmeîon) is a Greek word meaning "grave". μνημεῖον, -ου, τό [in LXX for קֶבֶר, קְבוּרָה ;] __1.

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Meaning

grave

Extended definition

A tomb or sepulcher built as a visible monument, often a burial structure above ground in Jewish contexts.

1a memorial, record (cl., cf. Wis.10:7).

2(a) (cl.) a monument: Luk.11:47;

ba sepulchre, tomb (Gen.23:6, 9, Isa.22:16, al.): Mat.23:29, Mrk.5:2, Luk.11:44, Jhn.5:28, and frequently in Gospels, Act.13:29

Synonymsμνῆμα

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Neuter Matt 27:52 · Luke 11:44 2×

Nominative · Singular · Neuter John 19:41 · John 19:42 2×

Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 27:60 · Matt 28:8 · Mark 15:46 · Mark 16:3 · Mark 16:8 · Luke 24:2 · Luke 24:9 · John 12:17 · John 20:1 · John 20:2 10×

Genitive · Plural · Neuter Matt 8:28 · Matt 27:53 · Mark 5:2 3×

Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 27:60 · Mark 6:29 · Mark 15:46 · John 11:17 · John 20:11 5×

Dative · Plural · Neuter John 5:28 1×

Accusative · Singular · Neuter Mark 16:2 · Mark 16:5 · Luke 23:55 · Luke 24:12 · Luke 24:22 · Luke 24:24 · John 11:31 · John 11:38 · John 20:1 · John 20:3 · John 20:4 · John 20:6 · John 20:8 · John 20:11 · Acts 13:29 15×

Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 23:29 · Luke 11:47 2×

Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Witnesses

Luke 23:50–56 μνημεῖον mnēmeîon

Tomb, memorial place

Mark 15:42–47 μνημεῖον mnēmeîon

tomb; burial monument

Mark 16:1–8 μνημεῖον mnēmeîon

tomb; burial monument

Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

John 11 — The Resurrection and the Life, the Raising of Lazarus, and the Plot to Kill Jesus John 19 — The Crucified King: Behold the Man, Behold Your King, It Is Finished, and the Pierced Son John 20 — The Risen Lord: Empty Tomb, Eyewitness Faith, Peace, Mission, Spirit, Thomas, and the Purpose of the Gospel Mark 15 — The Crucified King: Condemnation, Mockery, Death, Confession, and Burial Mark 16 — He Has Risen: The Empty Tomb, the Angelic Announcement, Galilee Promise, and Trembling Witness Mark 5 — The Authority of Jesus over Demons, Disease, and Death Matthew 27 — Jesus Condemned, Crucified, Dead, Buried, and Guarded Matthew 8 — The Authority of Jesus over Uncleanness, Sickness, Discipleship, Storms, and Demons

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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