King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3419
Transliteration: mnēmeion
Phonetic Spelling: (mnay-mi'-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a memorial, a monument
Meaning: a memorial, a monument
μνημεῖον, μνημείου, τό;
Word Summary
mnēmeion: a memorial, a monument
Original Word: μνημεῖονTransliteration: mnēmeion
Phonetic Spelling: (mnay-mi'-on)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a memorial, a monument
Meaning: a memorial, a monument
Strong's Concordance
grave, sepulcher, tomb. From mneme; a remembrance, i.e. Cenotaph (place of interment) -- grave, sepulchre, tomb.
see GREEK mneme
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3419: μνημεῖονμνημεῖον, μνημείου, τό;
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, Luke 11:47; Josephus, Antiquities 13, 6, 5.
2. in the Scriptures a sepulchre, tomb: Matthew 23:29; Matthew 27:52, 60; Matthew 28:8; Mark 5:2; Mark 6:29; Luke 11:44; John 5:28; John 11:17, 31, and often in the Gospels; Acts 13:29; the Sept. for קֶבֶר, Genesis 23:6, 9; Genesis 50:5; Isaiah 22:16, etc.