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μνημεῖον

mnēmeiongraveHow to read Greek
greekNew TestamentNoun · neuter40 occurrences5 books36 verses

Definition

μνημεῖον, -ου, τό

[in LXX for קֶבֶר, קְבוּרָה ;]

1. a memorial, record (cl., cf. Wis.10.7).

2. (a) (cl.) a monument: Luke 11:47;

(b) a sepulchre, tomb (Genesis 23:6, 9, Isaiah 22:16, al.): Matthew 23:29, Mark 5:2, Luke 11:44, John 5:28, and frequently in Gospels, Acts 13:29

Synonyms: μνῆμα

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as μνημεῖον:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

40 total
  1. Matthew 8:28μνημείων · tombs
    When Jesus arrived on the other side in the region of the Gadarenes, He was met by two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no one could pass that way.
  2. Matthew 23:29μνημεῖα · monuments
    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
  3. Matthew 27:52μνημεῖα · tombs
    The tombs broke open, and the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep were raised.
  4. Matthew 27:53μνημείων · tombs
    After Jesus’ resurrection, when they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and appeared to many people.
  5. Matthew 27:60μνημείῳ · tomb; μνημείου · tomb
    …and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
  6. Matthew 28:8μνημείου · tomb
    So they hurried away from the tomb in fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples.
  7. Mark 5:2μνημείων · tombs
    As soon as Jesus got out of the boat, He was met by a man with an unclean spirit, who was coming from the tombs.
  8. Mark 6:29μνημείῳ · [a] tomb
    When John’s disciples heard about this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb.
  9. Mark 15:46μνημείῳ · a tomb; μνημείου · tomb
    So Joseph bought a linen cloth, took down the body of Jesus, wrapped it in the cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone against the entrance to the tomb.
  10. Mark 16:2μνημεῖον · tomb
    Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they went to the tomb.
  11. Mark 16:3μνημείου · tomb
    They were asking one another, “Who will roll away the stone from the entrance of the tomb?”
  12. Mark 16:5μνημεῖον · tomb
    When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.
  13. Mark 16:8μνημείου · tomb
    So the women left the tomb and ran away, trembling and bewildered. And in their fear they did not say a word to anyone.
  14. Luke 11:44μνημεῖα · graves
    Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”
  15. Luke 11:47μνημεῖα · tombs
    Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.
  16. Luke 23:55μνημεῖον · tomb
    The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.
  17. Luke 24:2μνημείου · tomb
    They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
  18. Luke 24:9μνημείου · tomb
    And when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.
  19. Luke 24:12μνημεῖον · tomb
    Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. And after bending down and seeing only the linen cloths, he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.
  20. Luke 24:22μνημεῖον · tomb
    Furthermore, some of our women astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning,
  21. Luke 24:24μνημεῖον · tomb
    Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had described. But Him they did not see.”
  22. John 5:28μνημείοις · graves
    Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
  23. John 11:17μνημείῳ · tomb
    When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already spent four days in the tomb.
  24. John 11:31μνημεῖον · tomb
    When the Jews who were in the house consoling Mary saw how quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
  25. John 11:38μνημεῖον · tomb
    Jesus, once again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
  26. John 12:17μνημείου · tomb
    Meanwhile, many people who had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to testify.
  27. John 19:41μνημεῖον · tomb
    Now there was a garden in the place where Jesus was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
  28. John 19:42μνημεῖον · tomb
    And because it was the Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
  29. John 20:1μνημεῖον · tomb; μνημείου · [entrance]
    Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
  30. John 20:2μνημείου · tomb
    So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not know where they have put Him!”
  31. John 20:3μνημεῖον · tomb
    Then Peter and the other disciple set out for the tomb.
  32. John 20:4μνημεῖον · tomb
    The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
  33. John 20:6μνημεῖον · tomb
    Simon Peter arrived just after him. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there.
  34. John 20:8μνημεῖον · tomb
    Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in. And he saw and believed.
  35. John 20:11μνημείῳ · tomb; μνημεῖον · tomb
    But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she bent down to look into the tomb,
  36. Acts 13:29μνημεῖον · a tomb
    When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.