Mnēma — G3418

Definition

neuter noun

a memorial, i.e. sepulchral monument (burial-place)

1. a monument or memorial to perpetuate the memory of any person or thing
2. a sepulchral monument
3. a sepulchre or tomb (receptacle where a dead body is deposited )

Usually translated as

grave, sepulchre, tomb

Origin

from G3415

• mnáomai (G3415)

Occurrences

Mnēma occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), Luke (2), Revelation (1)

• Mark 5:5 — And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs (μνήμασιν), crying, and cutting himself with stones.
• Luke 8:27 — And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs (μνήμασιν).
• Luke 23:53 — And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a (μνήματι) sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
• Revelation 11:9 — And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves (μνῆμα).