Strong G3419μνημεῖον
grave
- Transliteration
- mnēmeion
- Pronunciation
- mnay-mi'-on
- Morphology
- Greek Noun Neuter
Definition
From G3420; a remembrance that is cenotaph (place of interment): - grave sepulchre tomb.
Detailed definition
μνημεῖον, -ου, τό
[in LXX for קֶבֶר, קְבוּרָה;]
1. a memorial, record (cl., cf. Wis.10:7).
2. (a) (cl.) a monument: Luk.11:47;
__(b) a 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
SYN.: μνῆμα (AS)
[in LXX for קֶבֶר, קְבוּרָה;]
1. a memorial, record (cl., cf. Wis.10:7).
2. (a) (cl.) a monument: Luk.11:47;
__(b) a 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
SYN.: μνῆμα (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3419 appears in 38 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sepulchre26
- grave8
- tomb4
- tombs1
First verses
- Matthew 8:28And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
- Matthew 23:29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
- Matthew 27:52And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
- Matthew 27:53And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
- Matthew 27:60And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
- Matthew 28:8And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
- Mark 5:2And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
- Mark 5:3Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
- Mark 6:29And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
- Mark 15:46And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
- Mark 16:2And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
- Mark 16:3And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
- Mark 16:5And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
- Mark 16:8And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.
- Luke 11:44Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
- Luke 11:47Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
- Luke 11:48Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
- Luke 23:55And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
- Luke 24:2And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
- Luke 24:9And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μνημ-εῖον,
Doric dialect μνᾱμεῖον, Ionic dialect μνημήϊον, τό, memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing, μνημήϊα καταλιπέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.126, 135; λόγων φερτάτων μ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.49, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 49, etc.)]; μνημεῖα ὅρκων a record of the oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1204; μνημεῖα κακῶν τε κἀγαθῶν ἀΐδια 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.41)]; μνημεῖα τῆς δαπάνης visible memorials, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1321a40; ἐνομίζομεν τὰς συμφορὰς ἱκανὰ μ. τῇ πόλει καταλελεῖφθαι, ὥστε μηδ᾽ ἄν.. ἐπιθυμεῖν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 34.1)]; τὰ παίδων μαθήματα θαυμαστὸν ἔχει τι μ. the lessons of childhood cling strangely to the memory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 26b)]; μνημεῖα καταλειφθῆναι τῶν μελλόντων ἔσεσθαι to be left behind as reminders of things to come, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 233a.)]
2 of one dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 106 (_plural_); μνημεῖ᾽ Ὀρέστου.. προσθεῖναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 933)]; of an urn containing the ashes of the dead,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1126; τύμβον χῶσον κἀπίθες μνημεῖά μοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 702; τάφων τε καὶ τῶν ἄλλων μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 414a)]; tomb, [LXX+NT (LXX.Josh.13.6, NT.John.5.28, “SIG” 1234, etc.)]: generally, monument, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120c (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.17, “IG” 14.1932 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]
Doric dialect μνᾱμεῖον, Ionic dialect μνημήϊον, τό, memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing, μνημήϊα καταλιπέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.126, 135; λόγων φερτάτων μ. 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.49, compare 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 49, etc.)]; μνημεῖα ὅρκων a record of the oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1204; μνημεῖα κακῶν τε κἀγαθῶν ἀΐδια 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.41)]; μνημεῖα τῆς δαπάνης visible memorials, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1321a40; ἐνομίζομεν τὰς συμφορὰς ἱκανὰ μ. τῇ πόλει καταλελεῖφθαι, ὥστε μηδ᾽ ἄν.. ἐπιθυμεῖν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 34.1)]; τὰ παίδων μαθήματα θαυμαστὸν ἔχει τι μ. the lessons of childhood cling strangely to the memory, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 26b)]; μνημεῖα καταλειφθῆναι τῶν μελλόντων ἔσεσθαι to be left behind as reminders of things to come, [Refs ([prev. author] “Phdr.” 233a.)]
2 of one dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 106 (_plural_); μνημεῖ᾽ Ὀρέστου.. προσθεῖναι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 933)]; of an urn containing the ashes of the dead,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1126; τύμβον χῶσον κἀπίθες μνημεῖά μοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 702; τάφων τε καὶ τῶν ἄλλων μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 414a)]; tomb, [LXX+NT (LXX.Josh.13.6, NT.John.5.28, “SIG” 1234, etc.)]: generally, monument, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 120c (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 2.4.17, “IG” 14.1932 (2nd c.AD), etc.)]