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Strong's G3418 μνῆμα (mnema)

Mnema means “memorial” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3418 — yereq (“grass”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3418
Language Greek
Linked Usages 26
Books 13

Strong's G3418 Quick Answer

Strong's G3418 μνῆμα (mnema) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. mnema (mnay`-mah) n. 1. a memorial, i.e. sepulchral monument (burial-place) [from G3415] It has 26 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include sepulchre and tombs. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Meaning
mnema (mnay`-mah) n. 1. a memorial, i.e. sepulchral monument (burial-place) [from G3415]
Usage
26 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Usage Words
sepulchre and tombs

Meaning and Definition

mnema (mnay`-mah) n. 1. a memorial, i.e. sepulchral monument (burial-place) [from G3415] KJV: grave, sepulchre, tomb Root(s): G3415

Original Word
μνῆμα
Transliteration
mnema
Derivation
Root: μνάομαι R1: 3415
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3418. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

tomb

Usage: μνῆμα, -τος, τό (μνάομαι), [in LXX for קֶבֶר, קְבוּרָה ;] __1. a memorial. __2. a sepulchral monument, a sepulchre, tomb: Mrk.5:3, 5 15:46 16:2 (WH, μνημεῖον), Luk.8:27 23:53 24:1, Act.2:29 7:16, Rev.11:9.† SYN.: μνημεῖον (AS)

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How Strong's G3418 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mnema, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

sepulchre Luke 23:53 tombs Mark 5:5

How Strong's G3418 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 19 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3418 (μνῆμα) appears 20 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3418 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3418 in the New Testament

7 indexed usages in New Testament.

Mark 5:5 KJV

And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.

Luke 8:27 KJV

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.

Luke 23:53 KJV

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.

Strong's G3418 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

19 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 14:11 Septuagint / Brenton

and said to Moses, Because there were no graves in the land of Egypt, hast thou brought us forth to slay us in the wilderness? What is this that thou hast done to us, having brought us out of Egypt?

Numbers 11:34 Septuagint / Brenton

And the name of that place was called the Graves of Lust; for there they buried the people that lusted.

Numbers 11:35 Septuagint / Brenton

The people departed from the Graves of Lust to Hazeroth; and the people halted at Hazeroth.

Usage Excerpts

First 26 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3418.

Exodus 14:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and said to Moses, Because there were no graves in the land of Egypt, hast thou brought us forth to slay us in the wilderness? What is this that thou hast done to us, having brought us out of Egypt?
Numbers 11:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the name of that place was called the Graves of Lust; for there they buried the people that lusted.
Numbers 11:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The people departed from the Graves of Lust to Hazeroth; and the people halted at Hazeroth.
Numbers 19:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And everyone who shall touch a man slain by violence, or a corpse, or human bone, or sepulcher, shall be unclean seven days.
Numbers 19:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a clean man shall take hyssop, and dip it into the water, and sprinkle it upon the house, and the furniture, and all the souls that are therein, and upon him that touched the human bone, or the slain man, or the corpse, or the tomb.
Numbers 33:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they departed from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped at the Graves of Lust.
Numbers 33:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they departed from the Graves of Lust, and encamped in Hazeroth.
Deuteronomy 9:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Also in the burning, and in the temptation, and at the graves of lust, ye provoked the Lord.
Joshua 24:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they buried him by the borders of his inheritance in Timnath-serah in the mount of Ephraim, northward of the mount of Gilead:
2 Chronicles 16:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they buried him in the sepulcher which he had dug for himself in the city of David, and they laid him on a bed, and filled it with spices and all kinds of perfumes of the apothecaries; and they made for him a very great funeral.
2 Chronicles 34:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he pulled down the altars of Baalim that were before his face, and the high places that were above them; and he cut down the groves, and the graven images, and broke in pieces the molten images, and reduced them to powder, and cast it upon the surface of the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them.
2 Chronicles 34:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, and thine eyes shall not look upon all the evils which I am bringing upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of it. And they brought back word to the king.
Job 10:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I become as if I had not been? For why was I not carried from the womb to the grave?
Isaiah 65:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They lie down to sleep in the tombs and in the caves for the sake of dreams, even they that eat swine’s flesh, and the broth of their sacrifices: all their vessels are defiled:
Jeremiah 33:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and they brought him thence, and brought him in to the king; and he smote him with the sword, and cast him into the sepulcher of the children of his people.
Ezekiel 32:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There are Assyria and all his company: all his slain have been laid there:
Ezekiel 32:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There is Elam and all his host round about his tomb: all the slain that fell by the sword, and the uncircumcised that go down to the deep of the earth, who caused their fear to be upon the land of the living: and they have received their punishment with them that go down to the pit,
Ezekiel 32:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
There were laid Meshech, and Tubal, and all his strength round about his tomb: all his slain men, all the uncircumcised, slain with the sword, who caused their fear to be in the land of the living.
Ezekiel 37:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will open your tombs, and will bring you up out of your tombs, and will bring you into the land of Israel.
Mark 5:5 New Testament, KJV
And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
Luke 8:27 New Testament, KJV
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.
Luke 23:53 New Testament, KJV
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.
Luke 24:1 New Testament, KJV
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.
Acts 2:29 New Testament, KJV
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.
Acts 7:16 New Testament, KJV
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.
Revelation 11:9 New Testament, KJV
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.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3418, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Luke 3 usages, New Testament
Acts 2 usages, New Testament
Revelation 1 usage, New Testament

Strong's G3418 FAQ

What does mnema (μνῆμα) mean?

Mnema (Strong's G3418) is a Greek word most simply glossed "memorial". mnema (mnay`-mah) n. 1. a memorial, i.e. sepulchral monument (burial-place) [from G3415]

How many times is mnema (μνῆμα) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 26 linked usages for Strong's G3418 across 13 books.

Where can I study mnema (μνῆμα) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3418 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

What English words translate mnema (μνῆμα)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as sepulchre and tombs. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3418 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 19 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G3418, with linked reader references where each row is available.