G3419: μνημεῖον (mnēmeîon)

G3419 μνημεῖον (mnēmeîon)

Greek

Quick Definition

μνημεῖον, ου, τό n.n. a tomb, sepulcher

Strong's Definition

from 3420; a remembrance, i.e. cenotaph (place of interment)

KJV Usage: grave, sepulchre, tomb

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

μνημεῖον (G3419)

noun, n. | -ου | μιμνῄσκομαι

7.75 · Constructions · Miscellaneous Constructions

grave, tomb a construction for the burial of the dead; often a natural cave or hewn out of bedrock In a number of languages it is important to distinguish clearly between a grave (a hole in the ground in which a corpse is placed) and a tomb (a construction built above the surface of the ground for housing a corpse). In some contexts, however, it may be better to use a more generic expression, for example, ‘places where people are buried’ or ‘places where corpses are placed.’ In MRK 5:2 it is important to avoid a term which would designate merely graves, for the demoniac who met Jesus was not living down in graves in the ground, but had found some habitation either in burial caves or in tombs constructed above ground.
It is also possible to translate μνημεῖα in MAT 23:29 as ‘monuments to the dead’ (see 7.76).

MAT 8:28 · MAT 23:29 · MAT 27:52 · MAT 27:53 · MAT 27:60 · MAT 27:60 · MAT 28:8 · MRK 5:2 · MRK 6:29 · MRK 15:46 · MRK 15:46 · MRK 16:2 · MRK 16:3 · MRK 16:5 · MRK 16:8 · LUK 11:44 · LUK 23:55 · LUK 24:2 · LUK 24:9 · LUK 24:12 · LUK 24:22 · LUK 24:24 · JHN 5:28 · JHN 11:17 · JHN 11:31 · JHN 11:38 · JHN 12:17 · JHN 19:41 · JHN 19:42 · JHN 20:1 · JHN 20:1 · JHN 20:2 · JHN 20:3 · JHN 20:4 · JHN 20:6 · JHN 20:8 · JHN 20:11 · JHN 20:11 · ACT 13:29

7.76 · Constructions · Miscellaneous Constructions

monument, memorial a monument built as a memorial to someone who has died Constructions such as those mentioned in LUK 11:47 could also serve as tombs for the individuals in question. For a discussion of μνημεῖον in MAT 23:29, see 7.75.

MAT 23:29 · LUK 11:47

¹ It is possible that μνῆμα and μνημεῖον[a] differ in meaning from τάφος in that they contain a semantic component of memorial, that is, a reminder to people of someone who has died.

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

μνημεῖον, -ov, τό; 1. any visible object for preserving or recalling the memory of any person or thing ; a memorial, monument, (Aeschyl., Pind., Soph., sqq.) ; in bibl. Grk. so in Sap. x. 7; specifically, a sepulchral monument : οἰκοδομεῖν μνημεῖα, Lk. xi. 47; Joseph. antt. 13, 6,5. 2. in the Scriptures a sepulchre, tomb: Mt. xxiii. 29; xxvii. 52,60; xxviii. 8; ΜΚ. v.2; vi.29; Lk. xi.44; Jn. Vv. 28; xi. 17, 31, and often in the Gospels; Acts xiii. 29; Sept. for 3p, Gen. xxiii. 6, 9, 1.5; Is. xxii. 16, ete.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

μνημεῖον mnēmeion 40x

monument, memorial, Lk. 11:47; grave, tomb, Mt. 23:39; Mk. 5:2; Lk. 11:44; Jn. 11:17, 31, 38; Acts 13:29

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

μνημεῖον, -ου, τό,

[in LXX for קֶבֶר, קְבוּרָה;]

a memorial, record (cl., cf. Wi 10:7).

(cl.) a monument: Lk 11:47;

a sepulchre, tomb (Ge 23:6, 9, Is 22:16, al.): Mt 23:29, Mk 5:2, Lk 11:44, Jo 5:28, and freq. in Gospels, Ac 13:29.

SYN.: μνῆμα.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

μνημεῖον αὐτοῦ, and Aarée/ 821 (iv/B.c.) εἰκὼν μνῆμα χρόνου (ἐστί) (ze. ‘‘ fragile est”’). Lyn μεῖον is by no means so common in the papyri as we might have expected, but see P Flor I. 91° (a.p. 225) φθάσαντός μου πρὸς τοῖς μναιμίοις (/. μνημείοις) τῆς αὐτῆς κώμης. Vitelli ad ἡ. cites also P Casati 19, 5 p. 139. An interesting ex. may be cited from Sy// 399 (=% 858) (after A.D. 161), a stone originally found in Rome, and afterwards transferred to Britain, but now destroyed—HpéSns μνημεῖον kal 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 1V. 6607 μ[η]δενὶ ἐξέσται μήϊτε πωλῆσαι μήτε ἀγοράσαι μήτ[ε] τὸ μνημεῖον . προν[οηθῆναι] ἑαυτοῦ.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

μνημεῖον (mnēmeion) — grave. μνημ-εῖον, Doric dialect μνᾱμεῖον, Ionic dialect μνημήϊον, τό, memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing, μνημήϊα καταλιπέσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μνημεῖα ὅρκων a record of the oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μνημεῖα τῆς δαπάνης visible memorials, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ παίδων μαθήματα θαυμαστὸν ἔχει τι μ. the lessons of childhood cling strangely to the memory, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μνημεῖα καταλειφθῆναι τῶν μελλόντων ἔσεσθαι to be left behind as reminders of things to come, [Refs]

2. of one dead, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of an urn containing the ashes of the dead,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; tomb, [LXX+NT]: generally, monument, [Refs 5th c.BC+]