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Strong's G3419 μνημεῖον (mnemeion)

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

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3419 — yaraq (“green”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3419
Language Greek
Linked Usages 50
Books 10

Strong's G3419 Quick Answer

Strong's G3419 μνημεῖον (mnemeion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. mnemeion (mnay-mei`-on) n. 1. a remembrance, i.e. cenotaph (place of interment) [from G3420] It has 50 linked Bible usages across 10 books. Visible English usage signals include sepulchre, tombs, grave, tomb, and place. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
mnemeion (mnay-mei`-on) n. 1. a remembrance, i.e. cenotaph (place of interment) [from G3420]
Usage
50 linked usages
Books
10 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
sepulchre, tombs, grave, tomb, and place

Meaning and Definition

mnemeion (mnay-mei`-on) n. 1. a remembrance, i.e. cenotaph (place of interment) [from G3420] KJV: grave, sepulchre, tomb Root(s): G3420

Original Word
μνημεῖον
Transliteration
mnemeion
Derivation
Root: μνήμη R1: 3420
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3419. 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)

grave

Usage: μνημεῖον, -ου, τό [in LXX for קֶבֶר, קְבוּרָה ;] __1. a memorial, record (cl., cf. Wis.10:7). __2. (a) (cl.) a monument: Luk.11:47; __(b) a sepulchre, tomb (Gen.23:6, 9, Isa.22:16, al.): Mat.23:29, Mrk.5:2, Luk.11:44, Jhn.5:28, and frequently in Gospels, Act.13:29 SYN.: μνῆμα (AS)

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How Strong's G3419 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mnemeion, 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 Matthew 27:60 22× grave John 11:17 tombs Matthew 8:28 place John 19:41 tomb Mark 6:29

How Strong's G3419 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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 New Testament with 38 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.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3419 (μνημεῖον) appears 15 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3419 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 G3419 in the New Testament

38 indexed usages in New Testament.

Matthew 8:28 KJV

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.

Matthew 23:29 KJV

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

Matthew 27:52 KJV

And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,

Strong's G3419 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

11 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 23:6 Septuagint / Brenton

but hear us; thou art in the midst of us a king from God; bury thy dead in our choice sepulchers, for not one of us will by any means withhold his sepulcher from thee, so that thou shouldest not bury thy dead there.

Genesis 23:9 Septuagint / Brenton

And let him give me the double cave which he has, which is in a part of his field, let him give it me for the money it is worth for possession of a burying place among you.

Genesis 35:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And Jacob set up a pillar on her tomb; this is the pillar on the tomb of Rachel, until this day.

Strong's G3419 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Wisdom of Solomon 10:7 Septuagint / Brenton

Of whose wickedness, even to this day the waste land that smoketh is a testimony, And plants bearing fruit that never come to ripeness: And a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an unbelieving soul.

Usage Excerpts

First 50 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3419.

Genesis 23:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but hear us; thou art in the midst of us a king from God; bury thy dead in our choice sepulchers, for not one of us will by any means withhold his sepulcher from thee, so that thou shouldest not bury thy dead there.
Genesis 23:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let him give me the double cave which he has, which is in a part of his field, let him give it me for the money it is worth for possession of a burying place among you.
Genesis 35:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob set up a pillar on her tomb; this is the pillar on the tomb of Rachel, until this day.
Genesis 49:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in the double cave which is opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, the cave which Abraham bought of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession of a sepulcher.
Genesis 50:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My father adjured me, saying, In the sepulcher which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there thou shalt bury me; now then I will go up and bury my father, and return again.
Genesis 50:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So his sons carried him up into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the double cave, which cave Abraham bought for possession of a burying place, of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre.
Nehemiah 2:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Nehemiah 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
Isaiah 22:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and what hast thou to do here, that thou hast here hewn thyself a sepulcher, and madest thyself a sepulcher on high, and hast graven for thyself a dwelling in the rock?
Isaiah 26:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The dead shall rise, and they that are in the tombs shall be raised, and they that are in the earth shall rejoice: for the dew from thee is healing to them: but the land of the ungodly shall perish.
Ezekiel 39:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass that in that day I will give to Gog a place of renown, a tomb in Israel, the burial place of them that approach the sea: and they shall build round about the outlet of the valley, and there they shall bury Gog and all his multitude: and the place shall then be called the burial place of Gog.
Matthew 8:28 New Testament, KJV
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.
Matthew 23:29 New Testament, KJV
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
Matthew 27:52 New Testament, KJV
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
Matthew 27:53 New Testament, KJV
And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Matthew 27:60 New Testament, KJV
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.
Matthew 28:8 New Testament, KJV
And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
Mark 5:2 New Testament, KJV
And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
Mark 5:3 New Testament, KJV
Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
Mark 6:29 New Testament, KJV
And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
Mark 15:46 New Testament, KJV
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.
Mark 16:2 New Testament, KJV
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
Mark 16:3 New Testament, KJV
And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
Mark 16:5 New Testament, KJV
And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
Mark 16:8 New Testament, KJV
And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.
Luke 11:44 New Testament, KJV
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.
Luke 11:47 New Testament, KJV
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
Luke 11:48 New Testament, KJV
Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
Luke 23:55 New Testament, KJV
And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid.
Luke 24:2 New Testament, KJV
And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
Luke 24:9 New Testament, KJV
And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
Luke 24:12 New Testament, KJV
Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
Luke 24:22 New Testament, KJV
Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
Luke 24:24 New Testament, KJV
And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not.
John 5:28 New Testament, KJV
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
John 11:17 New Testament, KJV
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
John 11:31 New Testament, KJV
The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
John 11:38 New Testament, KJV
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
John 12:17 New Testament, KJV
The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
John 19:41 New Testament, KJV
Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid.
John 19:42 New Testament, KJV
There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.
John 20:1 New Testament, KJV
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
John 20:2 New Testament, KJV
Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
John 20:3 New Testament, KJV
Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
John 20:4 New Testament, KJV
So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
John 20:6 New Testament, KJV
Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
John 20:8 New Testament, KJV
Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
John 20:11 New Testament, KJV
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
Acts 13:29 New Testament, KJV
And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
Wisdom of Solomon 10:7 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Of whose wickedness, even to this day the waste land that smoketh is a testimony, And plants bearing fruit that never come to ripeness: And a standing pillar of salt is a monument of an unbelieving soul.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3419, grouped by book.

Genesis 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 6 usages, New Testament
Mark 8 usages, New Testament
Luke 9 usages, New Testament
John 14 usages, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3419 FAQ

What does mnemeion (μνημεῖον) mean?

Mnemeion (Strong's G3419) is a Greek word most simply glossed "remembrance". mnemeion (mnay-mei`-on) n. 1. a remembrance, i.e. cenotaph (place of interment) [from G3420]

How many times is mnemeion (μνημεῖον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 50 linked usages for Strong's G3419 across 10 books.

Where can I study mnemeion (μνημεῖον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3419 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate mnemeion (μνημεῖον)?

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

Does Strong's G3419 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 11 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3419, with linked reader references where each row is available.