μνῆμαmnēma
a memorial, i.e. sepulchral monument (burial-place)
Greek (New Testament) · G3418
Meanings
1. a memorial.
2. a sepulchral monument, a sepulchre, tomb: Mark 5:3, Mark 5:5, Mark 15:46, Mark 16:2, Luke 8:27, Luke 23:53, Luke 24:1, Acts 2:29, Acts 7:16, Revelation 11:9.
Synonyms
μνημεῖον.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Mark 5:3 This man lived in the burial caves and could no longer be restrained, even with a chain.
- Mark 5:5 Day and night he wandered among the burial caves and in the hills, howling and cutting himself with sharp stones.
- Luke 8:27 As Jesus was climbing out of the boat, a man who was possessed by demons came out to meet him. For a long time he had been homeless and naked, living in the tombs outside the town.
- Luke 23:53 Then he took the body down from the cross and wrapped it in a long sheet of linen cloth and laid it in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock.
- Luke 24:1 But very early on Sunday morning the women went to the tomb, taking the spices they had prepared.
- Acts 2:29 “Dear brothers, think about this! You can be sure that the patriarch David wasn’t referring to himself, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is still here among us.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.