Strong G3418μνῆμα
tomb
- Transliteration
- mnēma
- Pronunciation
- mnay'-mah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G3415; a memorial that is sepulchral monument (burial place): - grave sepulchre tomb.
Detailed definition
μνῆμα, -τος, τό
(μνάομαι), [in LXX for קֶבֶר, קְבוּרָה;]
1. a memorial.
2. a sepulchral monument, a sepulchre, tomb: Mrk.5:3, 5 15:46 16:2 (WH, μνημεῖον), Luk.8:27 23:53 24:1, Act.2:29 7:16, Rev.11:9.†
SYN.: μνημεῖον (AS)
(μνάομαι), [in LXX for קֶבֶר, קְבוּרָה;]
1. a memorial.
2. a sepulchral monument, a sepulchre, tomb: Mrk.5:3, 5 15:46 16:2 (WH, μνημεῖον), Luk.8:27 23:53 24:1, Act.2:29 7:16, Rev.11:9.†
SYN.: μνημεῖον (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3418 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sepulchre4
- tomb2
- grave1
First verses
- Mark 5:5And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
- Luke 8:27And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.
- Luke 23:53And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
- Luke 24:1Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
- Acts 2:29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
- Acts 7:16And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
- Revelation 11:9And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μνῆμα,
Doric dialect and Aeolic dialect μνᾶμα, ατος, τό, (μνάομαι, μιμνήσκω) memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing, with genitive, μνῆμ᾽ Ἑλένης χειρῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.126; μ. ξείνοιο φίλοιο 21.40; τάφου μ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.619; μνᾶμα κακοζοΐας 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 120; μ. κάλλιστον ἀέθλων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.15 (of the crown of olive))]; Νικοκλέος μνᾶμα κελαδῆσαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “I.” 8(7).68; τῆς σῆς πορείας μ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 841)]; λυγρᾶς μνήματα Τροίας, of the sufferings of the Greeks, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1210 (Lyric poetry))]; μ... διὰ χειρὸς ἔχων, i. e. the dead body of his son, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 1258 (_anapaest meter_).)]
2 mound or building in honour of the dead, monument, tomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.167, epigram [prev. work] 228, “IG” 12.906, etc.; ἐν τοῖς δημοσίοις μνήμασιν κειμένους 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.208)]; coffin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1053.)]
3 memorial dedicated to a god, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 138; μνάματα ναυ μαχίας [prev. author] 134, compare epigram cited in 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.14)]: generally, monument, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“SIG” 2 B (Sigeum, 6th c.BC).)]
II ={μνήμη}, memory, μ. ἔχουσ᾽ ἀγαθῶν [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 112.)]
Doric dialect and Aeolic dialect μνᾶμα, ατος, τό, (μνάομαι, μιμνήσκω) memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing, with genitive, μνῆμ᾽ Ἑλένης χειρῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.126; μ. ξείνοιο φίλοιο 21.40; τάφου μ. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.619; μνᾶμα κακοζοΐας 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 120; μ. κάλλιστον ἀέθλων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.15 (of the crown of olive))]; Νικοκλέος μνᾶμα κελαδῆσαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “I.” 8(7).68; τῆς σῆς πορείας μ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 841)]; λυγρᾶς μνήματα Τροίας, of the sufferings of the Greeks, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1210 (Lyric poetry))]; μ... διὰ χειρὸς ἔχων, i. e. the dead body of his son, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ant.” 1258 (_anapaest meter_).)]
2 mound or building in honour of the dead, monument, tomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.167, epigram [prev. work] 228, “IG” 12.906, etc.; ἐν τοῖς δημοσίοις μνήμασιν κειμένους 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.208)]; coffin, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1053.)]
3 memorial dedicated to a god, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 138; μνάματα ναυ μαχίας [prev. author] 134, compare epigram cited in 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.14)]: generally, monument, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“SIG” 2 B (Sigeum, 6th c.BC).)]
II ={μνήμη}, memory, μ. ἔχουσ᾽ ἀγαθῶν [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 112.)]