μνημεῖον
mnēmeîon · G3419 · Greek · 40 occurrences
Thing
- Tomb, graveBurial and mourning142 verses
Meanings
-
grave, tomb
A construction for the burial of the dead; often a natural cave or hewn out of bedrock
ExamplesMatthew 8:28 And when He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men confronted Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way.
Matthew 23:29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
Matthew 27:52 Also the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
-
monument, memorial
A monument built as a memorial to someone who has died
ExamplesMatthew 23:29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
Luke 11:47 “Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- δίκαιοςrighteous 1
- προφήτηςprophet 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- καινόςnew 2
- ἄδηλοςnot evident 1
Named alongside itApposition
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- εἰμίto be 2
- λατομέωto cut rock 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἀκούωto hear 1
- ἀνοίγωto open 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 4 groups
- θεάομαιto see, to look at 1
- κατακολουθέωto follow along behind 1
- κοσμέωto beautify 1
- οἰκοδομέωto build, to build up 1
What it is said to bePredicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐγγύςnear 1
- κῆποςgarden 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
30 occurrences in 6 groups
- εἰςto 20
- ἐκfrom 12
- ἐνin 9
- ἐπίon 9
- ἀπόfrom 9
- πρόςto, toward, with 3
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- θύραdoor 3
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Near synonyms 1 word
- τάφος táphos · G5028 · grave, tomb
- Both terms denote burial places; μνημεῖον carries memorial or monumental overtones, while τάφος denotes the burial site itself.
In the other Testament 2 words
- קֶבֶר qeber · H6913 · tomb, grave, world of the dead
- Greek μνημεῖον and Hebrew קֶבֶר both denote a tomb or burial place; μνημεῖον emphasizes the memorial/monument aspect (etymologically 'a remembrance'), while קֶבֶר is the standard Hebrew term for grave/sepulchre without inherent memorial connotation, yet both function as direct translation equivalents for burial sites in aligned passages.
- קְבוּרָה qᵉbûwrâh · H6900 · burial, tomb, grave
- Greek μνημεῖον (monument/memorial place of interment) corresponds to Hebrew קְבוּרָה (burial/sepulchre) as cross-linguistic equivalents denoting places of burial, with μνημεῖον emphasizing the memorial aspect and קְבוּרָה the act or place of burial itself.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Grave, tomb7.75
- This sense denotes a place of burial. Matthew 27:60 records that Joseph laid Jesus's body “in his own new tomb, which he had cut out in the rock.”
- Monument, memorial7.76
- This sense denotes a structure built to honor and mark the memory of the dead. Matthew 23:29 rebukes the scribes and Pharisees who “build the tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.”
Word family 27 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon μνημείου, τό; 1. "any visible object for preserving or recalling the memory of any person…
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, Lk 11:47; Josephus, Antiquities 13, 6, 5.
2. in the Scriptures a sepulchre, tomb: Mt 23:29; Mt 27:52, Mt 27:60; Mt 28:8; Mk 5:2; Mk 6:29; Lk 11:44; Jn 5:28; Jn 11:17, Jn 11:31, and often in the Gospels; Acts 13:29; the Sept. for קֶבֶר, Gen 23:6, Gen 23:9; Gen 50:5; Isa 22:16, etc.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.