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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 Jesus arrived on the other side of the lake, in the region of the Gadarenes,[fn] two men who were possessed by demons met him. They lived in a cemetery and were so violent that no one could go through that area.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - “What sorrow awaits you teachers of religious law and you Pharisees. Hypocrites! For you build tombs for the prophets your ancestors killed, and you decorate the monuments of the godly people your ancestors destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:52

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:52 - and tombs opened. The bodies of many godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:53

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:53 - They left the cemetery after Jesus’ resurrection, went into the holy city of Jerusalem, and appeared to many people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:60

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:60 - He placed it in his own new tomb, which had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance and left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:8 - The women ran quickly from the tomb. They were very frightened but also filled with great joy, and they rushed to give the disciples the angel’s message.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:2 - When Jesus climbed out of the boat, a man possessed by an evil[fn] spirit came out from a cemetery to meet him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:29 - When John’s disciples heard what had happened, they came to get his body and buried it in a tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:46

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:46 - Joseph bought a long sheet of linen cloth. Then he took Jesus’ body down from the cross, wrapped it in the cloth, and laid it in a tomb that had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone in front of the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:2 - Very early on Sunday morning,[fn] just at sunrise, they went to the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:3 - On the way they were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:5 - When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right side. The women were shocked,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:8 - The women fled from the tomb, trembling and bewildered, and they said nothing to anyone because they were too frightened.[fn]
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Then they briefly reported all this to Peter and his companions. Afterward Jesus himself sent them out from east to west with the sacred and unfailing message of salvation that gives eternal life. Amen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:44 - Yes, what sorrow awaits you! For you are like hidden graves in a field. People walk over them without knowing the corruption they are stepping on.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:47 - What sorrow awaits you! For you build monuments for the prophets your own ancestors killed long ago.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 23:55

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:55 - As his body was taken away, the women from Galilee followed and saw the tomb where his body was placed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:2 - They found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:9 - So they rushed back from the tomb to tell his eleven disciples—and everyone else—what had happened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:12 - However, Peter jumped up and ran to the tomb to look. Stooping, he peered in and saw the empty linen wrappings; then he went home again, wondering what had happened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:22 - “Then some women from our group of his followers were at his tomb early this morning, and they came back with an amazing report.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:24 - Some of our men ran out to see, and sure enough, his body was gone, just as the women had said.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:28 - Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:17 - When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:31 - When the people who were at the house consoling Mary saw her leave so hastily, they assumed she was going to Lazarus’s grave to weep. So they followed her there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:38 - Jesus was still angry as he arrived at the tomb, a cave with a stone rolled across its entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:17 - Many in the crowd had seen Jesus call Lazarus from the tomb, raising him from the dead, and they were telling others[fn] about it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:41 - The place of crucifixion was near a garden, where there was a new tomb, never used before.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 19:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:42 - And so, because it was the day of preparation for the Jewish Passover[fn] and since the tomb was close at hand, they laid Jesus there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:1 - Early on Sunday morning,[fn] while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:2 - She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body 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 - Peter and the other disciple started out for the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:4 - They were both 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 arrived and went inside. He also noticed the linen wrappings lying there,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:8 - Then the disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in, and he saw and believed—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 20:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:11 - Mary was standing outside the tomb crying, and as she wept, she stooped and looked in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:29 - “When they had done all that the prophecies said about him, they took him down from the cross[fn] and placed him in a tomb.
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