"pr. a memorial, monument; a tomb, sepulchre, Mk. 5:3, 5; Lk. 8:27; 23:53; 24:1; Acts 2:29; 7:16; Rev. 11:9*"
Definition and meaning
pr. a memorial, monument; a tomb, sepulchre, Mk. 5:3, 5; Lk. 8:27; 23:53; 24:1; Acts 2:29; 7:16; Rev. 11:9*
In the original Greek the word is written: μνῆμα
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of mnema (G3418) across the King James Bible.
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
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.
And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.
Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
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.
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Common questions
Strong's G3418 (mnema) is a Greek word that means: pr. a memorial, monument; a tomb, sepulchre, Mk. 5:3, 5; Lk. 8:27; 23:53; 24:1; Acts 2:29; 7:16; Rev. 11:9* It appears 7 times in the King James Bible.
The word mnema (G3418) appears 7 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3418 is mnema, a Greek word defined as: pr. a memorial, monument; a tomb, sepulchre, Mk. 5:3, 5; Lk. 8:27; 23:53; 24:1; Acts 2:29; 7:16; Rev. 11:9*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
mnema is a Greek word found in the New Testament.