Lexical Summary mnēma: a memorial, a sepulcher Original Word: μνῆμαTransliteration: mnēma Phonetic Spelling: (mnay'-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a memorial, a sepulcher Meaning: a memorial, a sepulcher Strong's Concordance grave, sepulcher, tomb. From mnaomai; a memorial, i.e. Sepulchral monument (burial-place) -- grave, sepulchre, tomb. see GREEK mnaomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3418: μνῆμαμνῆμα, μνήματος, τό (μνάομαι, perfect passive μέμνημαι); 1. a monument or memorial to perpetuate the memory of any person or thing (Homer, Pindar, Sophocles, others). 2. a sepulchral monument (Homer, Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, others). 3. a sepulchre or tomb (receptacle where a dead body is deposited (cf. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii., 316f)): Mark 5:3 G L T Tr WH; |
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