Lexical 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. |
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