Mnēma μνῆμα
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| μνῆμα | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | mnēma |
| Strong's number | G3418 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | neuter noun |
| Gloss | tomb |
| Occurrences | 8 in 8 verses |
| Most frequent in | Luke (3) |
Mnēma (Greek μνῆμα, Strong's G3418) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “tomb”. It occurs 8 times in 8 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
μνῆμα, -τος, τό
(μνάομαι), [in LXX for קֶבֶר, קְבוּרָה ;]
1. a memorial.
2. a sepulchral monument, a sepulchre, tomb: Mrk.5:3, 5 15:46 16:2 (WH, μνημεῖον), Luk.8:27 23:53 24:1, Act.2:29 7:16, Rev.11:9.†
SYN.: μνημεῖον (AS)
(μνάομαι), [in LXX for קֶבֶר, קְבוּרָה ;]
1. a memorial.
2. a sepulchral monument, a sepulchre, tomb: Mrk.5:3, 5 15:46 16:2 (WH, μνημεῖον), Luk.8:27 23:53 24:1, Act.2:29 7:16, Rev.11:9.†
SYN.: μνημεῖον (AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sepulchre (4), tombs (2), graves (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | tomb (5), tombs (3) |
Verses
Every verse with Mnēma, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Mark
- Mark 5:3Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:This man had been living in the tombs and could no longer be restrained, even with chains.
- Mark 5:5And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.Night and day in the tombs and in the mountains he kept crying out and cutting himself with stones.
Luke
- Luke 8:27And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs.When 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 23:53And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.Then 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 24:1Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb, bringing the spices they had prepared.
Acts
- Acts 2:29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- Acts 7:16And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.Their 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
- Revelation 11:9And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.For 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.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).