"monument, memorial, Lk. 11:47; grave, tomb, Mt. 23:39; Mk. 5:2; Lk. 11:44; Jn. 11:17, 31, 38; Acts 13:29"
Definition and meaning
monument, memorial, Lk. 11:47; grave, tomb, Mt. 23:39; Mk. 5:2; Lk. 11:44; Jn. 11:17, 31, 38; Acts 13:29
In the original Greek the word is written: μνημεῖον
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
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 mnemeion (G3419) across the King James Bible.
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre.
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Common questions
Strong's G3419 (mnemeion) is a Greek word that means: monument, memorial, Lk. 11:47; grave, tomb, Mt. 23:39; Mk. 5:2; Lk. 11:44; Jn. 11:17, 31, 38; Acts 13:29 It appears 38 times in the King James Bible.
The word mnemeion (G3419) appears 38 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3419 is mnemeion, a Greek word defined as: monument, memorial, Lk. 11:47; grave, tomb, Mt. 23:39; Mk. 5:2; Lk. 11:44; Jn. 11:17, 31, 38; Acts 13:29. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
mnemeion is a Greek word found in the New Testament.