Definition
μνῆμα, -τος, τό
(μνάομαι), [in LXX for קֶבֶר, קְבוּרָה ;]
1. a memorial.
2. a sepulchral monument, a sepulchre, tomb: Mark 5:3, 5; 15:46; 16:2 (WH, μνημεῖον), Luke 8:27; 23:53; 24:1, Acts 2:29; 7:16, Revelation 11:9.
Synonyms: μνημεῖον
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as μνῆμα:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
8 total
- Mark 5:3μνήμασιν · tombsThis man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.
- Mark 5:5μνήμασιν · tombsNight and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.
- Luke 8:27μνήμασιν · tombsWhen Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.
- Luke 23:53μνήματι · a tombThen he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had yet been laid.
- Luke 24:1μνῆμα · tombOn the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
- Acts 2:29μνῆμα · tombBrothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- Acts 7:16μνήματι · tombTheir bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
- Revelation 11:9μνῆμα · a tombFor three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.