noun · neuter
mnēmeiem
Strong’sG3419
a tomb, sepulcher
stem mnēmei-40 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books6 of 6 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
μνημεῖον most often refers to a tomb or sepulcher, the place where a dead body is laid to rest 1234. This is by far its most common use in the Gospels and Acts, describing burial places such as the one Jesus was laid in 13.
The word can also carry the broader sense of a memorial or monument, something built or recorded to preserve the memory of a person, an event, or an agreement 13. In this sense it can describe a monument built in honor of someone, as in the reference to monuments built for the prophets 1, or more generally any lasting reminder or record of something 3.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
μνημεῖον, -ου, τό,
[in LXX for קֶבֶר, קְבוּרָה;]
SYN.: μνῆμα.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3419 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidmnay-mi'-on
a remembrance, i.e. cenotaph (place of interment)
Fromfrom G3420;
King Jamesgrave, sepulchre, tomb.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Doric dialect μνᾱμεῖον, Ionic dialect μνημήϊον, τό, memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing, μνημήϊα καταλιπέσθαι Refs 5th c.BC+; μνημεῖα ὅρκων a record of the oaths, Refs 5th c.BC+; μνημεῖα τῆς δαπάνης visible memorials, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ παίδων μαθήματα θαυμαστὸν ἔχει τι μ. the lessons of childhood cling strangely to the memory, Refs 5th c.BC+; μνημεῖα καταλειφθῆναι τῶν μελλόντων ἔσεσθαι to be left behind as reminders of things to come, Refs
2 of one dead, Refs 5th c.BC+; of an urn containing the ashes of the dead,Refs 5th c.BC+; tomb, LXX+NT: generally, monument, Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | mnēmeiem2×μνημεῖον | mnēmeieim2×μνημεῖα |
| of, belonging to genitive | mnēmeieu10×μνημείου | mnēmeieiu3×μνημείων |
| to, for dative | mnēmeie5×μνημείῳ | mnēmeiei1×μνημείοις |
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
mnēmeie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
40 occurrences, every one of them listed
mnēmeiem“tomb”subject or objectdirect singular2×
John 19:41… staurita kēpos, kai en to kēpo mnēmeiem kainem, en he oudepō oudenos ate …… and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet …
John 19:42… toiu Ioudaioiu, hoti engus ate tem mnēmeiem, tithala ton Iēsun.… Jewish day of Preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus there.
mnēmeieu“tomb”of, belonging togenitive singular10×
Matthew 27:60… proskuliarantos lithon megon ta thura teu mnēmeieu aperchata.… stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
Matthew 28:8kai apercharantais tachu apo teu mnēmeieu meta fobou kai charau megau trechala …So they hurried away from the tomb in fear and great joy, and …
Mark 15:46… proskuliata lithon epi tan thuran teu mnēmeieu.… stone against the entrance to the tomb.
Mark 16:3… ton lithon ek tau thurau teu mnēmeieu?… stone from the entrance of the tomb?”
Mark 16:8kai exercharantais fugala apo teu mnēmeieu, echate gar autain tromos kai ekstasias; …So the women left the tomb and ran away, trembling and bewildered …
Luke 24:2… de ton lithon apokuliorēnton apo teu mnēmeieu,… the stone rolled away from the tomb,
Luke 24:9kai hupostrefarantais apo teu mnēmeieu apangelala houteim panteim toi hendeka kai …And when they returned from the tomb, they reported all these things to …
John 12:17… hote ton Lazaron fōnata ek teu mnēmeieu kai egerata auton ek nekroiu.… when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead …
John 20:1“tomb”… blepatō ton lithon airorēnton ek teu mnēmeieu.… tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.
John 20:2… autoi; Airala ton kurion ek teu mnēmeieu, kai ouk oidanē pou tithala auton.… taken the Lord out of the tomb,” she said, “and we do not …
mnēmeie“tomb”to, fordative singular5×
Matthew 27:60… tithata autem en te kaine autou mnēmeie hem latomata en ta petra, kai …… placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the …
Mark 6:29… ptōmem autou kai tithala autem en mnēmeie.… body and placed it in a tomb.
Mark 15:46… ta sindona kai tithata auton en mnēmeie hem ate latomorēntem ek petrau, kai …… cloth, and placed it in a tomb that had been cut out of …
John 11:17… tessares ēdē hēmerain echarōnton en te mnēmeie.… already spent four days in the tomb.
John 20:11Marias de stēatelē pros te mnēmeie exō klaiarōntas. hōs oun klaiate parakuptata …But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. And as she wept, she …
mnēmeieim“tombs”subject or objectdirect plural2×
Matthew 27:52kai teim mnēmeieim anoigila kai polleim sōmeim toiu koimorēntoiu …The tombs broke open, and the bodies of …
Luke 11:44ouai vi, hoti avō hōs teim mnēmeieim teim adēleim, kai tois anthrōpois tois …… you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even …
mnēmeieiu“tombs”of, belonging togenitive plural3×
Matthew 8:28… hupantala auto duo daimonizorōntois ek teiu mnēmeieiu exerchorōntois, chalepois liōs hōste mē ischuarō …… two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs. They were so violent that no …
Matthew 27:53kai exercharantois ek teiu mnēmeieiu meta tan egersian autou eiserchala eis …… they had come out of the tombs, they entered the holy city and …
Mark 5:2… ploieu euthuos hupantata auto ek teiu mnēmeieiu anthrōpos en pneume akatharte,… spirit, who was coming from the tombs.
mnēmeiei“graves”to, fordative plural1×
John 5:28… en ha pantois tois en tei mnēmeiei akouali tau fōnau autou… when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
mnēmeiem15×
Mark 16:2… hena teiu sabbateiu ercholō epi tem mnēmeiem anatellarantou tou hēliou.… after sunrise, they went to the tomb.
Mark 16:5kai eisercharantais eis tem mnēmeiem horala neaniskon kathorōnton en tei dexei …When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed …
Luke 23:55… ek tau Galilaiau auto, theasela tem mnēmeiem kai hōs tithita tem sōmem autou,… Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how His body was placed.
Luke 24:12… de Petros anastēarantos trechata epi tem mnēmeiem; kai parakuptarantos blepatō teim othonieim moneim; …… got up and ran to the tomb. And after bending down and seeing …
Luke 24:22… ekstēala nin, generantais orthrinais epi tem mnēmeiem… astounded us. They were at the tomb early this morning,
Luke 24:24… tinois toiu sun ni epi tem mnēmeiem, kai heuriskala houtōs kathōs kai tais …… of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the …
John 11:31… auta dokarantois hoti hupagatō eis tem mnēmeiem hina klaiateia ekei.… supposing she was going to the tomb to mourn there.
John 11:38… embrimorōntos en heauto erchotō eis tem mnēmeiem; ate de spēlaiem, kai lithos epikeiote …… again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a …
John 20:1… prōi skotiau ēti arōntau eis tem mnēmeiem, kai blepatō ton lithon airorēnton ek …… dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had …
John 20:3… allosos mathētos, kai erchole eis tem mnēmeiem.… other disciple set out for the tomb.
John 20:4… Petrou kai erchata prōtos eis tem mnēmeiem,… disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.
John 20:6… akoloutharōntos auto, kai eiserchata eis tem mnēmeiem; kai theōratō teim othonieim keiorōnteim,… just after him. He entered the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying …
John 20:8… mathētos tos ercharantos prōtos eis tem mnēmeiem, kai horata kai pisteuata;… other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in. And he …
John 20:11… hōs oun klaiate parakuptata eis tem mnēmeiem,… bent down to look into the tomb,
Acts 13:29… kathairarantois apo teu xuleu tithala eis mnēmeiem.… tree and laid Him in a tomb.
mnēmeieim2×
Matthew 23:29“graves”… tafoin toiu profētoiu kai kosmavō teim mnēmeieim toiu dikaioiu,… You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
Luke 11:47ouai vi, hoti oikodomavō teim mnēmeieim toiu profētoiu tois de patrois vu …Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was …