Quick Definition
a tomb, sepulcher
Strong's Definition
a remembrance, i.e. cenotaph (place of interment)
Derivation: from G3420 (μνήμη);
KJV Usage: grave, sepulchre, tomb
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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, Luk_11:47; Josephus, Antiquities 13, 6, 5.
2. in the Scriptures a sepulchre, tomb: Mat_23:29; Mat_27:52; Mat_27:60; Mat_28:8; Mar_5:2; Mar_6:29; Luk_11:44; Joh_5:28; Joh_11:17; Joh_11:31, and often in the Gospels; Act_13:29; the Sept. for χΖαΖψ, Gen_23:6; Gen_23:9; Gen_50:5; Isa_22:16, etc.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μνημεῖον mnēmeion 40x
monument, memorial, Luk_11:47 ;
grave, tomb, Mat_23:39 ; Mar_5:2 ; Luk_11:44 ; Joh_11:17 ; Joh_11:31 ; Joh_11:38 ; Act_13:29 grave; tomb.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μνημεῖον , -ου , τό ,
[in LXX for H6913 , H6900 ;]
1. a memorial, record ( cl ., cf. Wis_10:7 ).
2. (a) ( cl .) a monument: Luk_11:47 ;
(b) a sepulchre, tomb ( Gen_23:6 ; Gen_23:9 , Isa_22:16 , al. ): Mat_23:29 , Mar_5:2 , Luk_11:44 , Joh_5:28 , and freq . in Gospels, Act_13:29 .
SYN.: μνῆμα G3418 .
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μνημεῖον [page 415]
μνημεῖον is by no means so common in the papyri as we might have expected, but see P Flor I. 9 .10 (A.D. 225) φθάσαντός μου πρὸς τοῖς μναιμίοις ( l. μνημείοις ) τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης . Vitelli ad l. cites also P Casati 19, 5 p. 139. An interesting ex. may he cited from Syll 399 (= .3 858) .1 (after A.D. 161), a stone originally found in Rome, and afterwards transferred to Britain, but now destroyed Ἡρώδης μνημεῖον καὶ τοῦτο εἶναι τῆς αὑτοῦ συμφορᾶς καὶ τῆς ἀρετῆς τῆς γυναικός· ἔστιν δὲ οὐ τάφος· τὸ γὰρ σῶμα ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι καὶ νῦν παρὰ τῷ ἀνδρί ἐστίν : cf. also Cagnat IV. 660 .7 μ [η ]δενὶ ἐξέσται μή [τε πωλῆσα ]ι μήτε ἀγοράσαι μήτ [ε ] μνημεῖον . . . προν [οηθῆναι ] ἑαυτοῦ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
μνημεῖον μνημεῖον, doric μνα_μεῖον, ionic μνημήιον, ου, τό, [Etym: like μνῆμα] Lat. monimentum, any memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing, Hdt. , attic of one dead, "a monument", Soph. , etc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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)