μνημεῖον
Transliteration
mnēmeion (Key)
Pronunciation
mnay-mi'-on
Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From μνήμη (G3420)
mGNT
40x in 6 unique form(s) TR
42x in 7 unique form(s) LXX
14x in 5 unique form(s)
μνημεῖα — 5x
μνήμείοις — 1x
μνημείοις — 1x
μνημεῖον — 18x
μνημείου — 10x
μνημείῳ — 4x
μνημείων — 3x
μνημεῖα — 4x
μνημείοις — 1x
μνημείου — 10x
μνημείῳ — 5x
μνημείων — 3x
μνημεῖον — 17x
μνημείοις — 2x
μνημεῗον — 4x
μνημείου — 5x
μνημείῳ — 1x
μνημείων — 2x
Dictionary Aids

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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.
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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
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