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Lexicon :: Strong's G3419 - mnēmeion

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μνημεῖον
Transliteration
mnēmeion (Key)
Pronunciation
mnay-mi'-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:680,596

Strong’s Definitions

μνημεῖον mnēmeîon, mnay-mi'-on; from G3420; a remembrance, i.e. cenotaph (place of interment):—grave, sepulchre, tomb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's G3419 in the following manner: sepulchre (29x), grave (8x), tomb (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's G3419 in the following manner: sepulchre (29x), grave (8x), tomb (5x).

  1. any visible object for preserving or recalling the memory of any person or thing

    1. a memorial, monument, specifically, a sepulchral monument

  2. a sepulchre, a tomb

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μνημεῖον mnēmeîon, mnay-mi'-on; from G3420; a remembrance, i.e. cenotaph (place of interment):—grave, sepulchre, tomb.
STRONGS G3419:
μνημεῖον, μνημείου, τό;
1. "any visible object for preserving or recalling the memory of any person or thing; a memorial, monument" (Aeschylus, Pindar, Sophocles, and following); in Biblical Greek so in Wis. 10:7; specifically, a sepulchral monument: οἰκοδομεῖν μνημεῖα, Luke 11:47; Josephus, Antiquities 13, 6, 5.
2. in the Scriptures a sepulchre, tomb: Matthew 23:29; Matthew 27:52, 60; Matthew 28:8; Mark 5:2; Mark 6:29; Luke 11:44; John 5:28; John 11:17, 31, and often in the Gospels; Acts 13:29; the Sept. for קֶבֶר, Genesis 23:6, 9; Genesis 50:5; Isaiah 22:16, etc.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
23:6; 23:9; 50:5
Isaiah
22:16
Matthew
23:29; 27:52; 27:60; 28:8
Mark
5:2; 6:29
Luke
11:44; 11:47
John
5:28; 11:17; 11:31
Acts
13:29

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3419 matches the Greek μνημεῖον (mnēmeion),
which occurs 40 times in 36 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:28 - When he arrived at the other side in the region of the Gadarenes,[fn] two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:52 - and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:53 - They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection and[fn] went into the holy city and appeared to many people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:60

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:60 - and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:8 - So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:2 - When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:29 - On hearing of this, John’s disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:46 - So Joseph bought some linen cloth, took down the body, wrapped it in the linen, and placed it in a tomb cut out of rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:2 - Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:3 - and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:5 - As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:8 - Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb. They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:44 - “Woe to you, because you are like unmarked graves, which people walk over without knowing it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - “Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:55 - The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:2 - They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:9 - When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:12 - Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:22 - In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:24 - Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:28 - “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:17 - On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:31 - When the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:38 - Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:17 - Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:41 - At the place where Jesus was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever been laid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:42 - Because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1 - Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:2 - So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:3 - So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:4 - Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:6 - Then Simon Peter came along behind him and went straight into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:8 - Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:11 - Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:29 - When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb.
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