Quick Definition
μνῆμα, ατος, τό n.n. a tomb, monument
Strong's Definition
a memorial, i.e. sepulchral monument (burial-place)
Derivation: from G3415 (μνάομαι);
KJV Usage: grave, sepulchre, tomb
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | μιμνῄσκομαι
7.75 · Constructions · Miscellaneous Constructions
grave, tomb a construction for the burial of the dead; often a natural cave or hewn out of bedrock In a number of languages it is important to distinguish clearly between a grave (a hole in the ground in which a corpse is placed) and a tomb (a construction built above the surface of the ground for housing a corpse). In some contexts, however, it may be better to use a more generic expression, for example, ‘places where people are buried’ or ‘places where corpses are placed.’ In MRK 5:2 it is important to avoid a term which would designate merely graves, for the demoniac who met Jesus was not living down in graves in the ground, but had found some habitation either in burial caves or in tombs constructed above ground.
MRK 5:3 · MRK 5:5 · LUK 8:27 · LUK 23:53 · LUK 24:1 · ACT 2:29 · ACT 7:16 · REV 11:9
1 It is possible that μνῆμα and μνημεῖον[a] differ in meaning from τάφος in that they contain a semantic component of memorial, that is, a reminder to people of someone who has died.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μνῆμα, -ros, τύ, (uvaopat, pf. pass. μέμνημαι) ; 1. α monument or memorval to perpetuate the memory of any person or thing (Ilom., Pind., Soph., al.). 2. pulchral monument (Hom., Eur., Xen., Plat., al.). 3. a sepulchre or tomb (receptacle where a dead body is deposited [ef. Edersheim, Jesus the Messiah, ii. 316 sq.]): Mk.v.8GLT Tr WH; v.45; [xv.46 T WH]; Lk. viii. 27; xxiii. 53; xxiv. 1; Acts 11.29; vii. 16; Rev. xi. 9, (Joseph. antt. 7, 1, 3; Sept. for 13)).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μνῆμα mnēma 8x
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*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
μνῆμα, -τος, τό
(< μνάομαι), [in LXX for קֶבֶר, קְבוּרָה;]
a memorial.
a sepulchral monument, a sepulchre, tomb: Mk 5:3, 5 15:46 16:2 (WH, μνημεῖον), Lk 8:27 23:53 24:1, Ac 2:29 7:16, Re 11:9.†
SYN.: μνημεῖον.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μνῆμα Wi τό (ii/iii A.D.) (ΞΞ 11. p. 153) διὸ συνίσταμαί σοι διὰ τοῦ μεγάλου ἀρχιστρατήγου Μιχαήλ, κύριε κτλ., and the magic P Lond 12128? (iii/A.D.) (=I. p. 92) παρεμφαίνων.... | τῷ ἀρχαγγέλῳ Μιχαήλ. On the part Michael played in is not so common as we might have expected, but for the | meaning ‘‘rent,” ‘‘hire,”’ we may cite such a passage as Syll 831 (=%1200)5 (iv/iii B.c.) ὑποτελεῖ δὲ μίσθωμα Νικήρατος Κτησιφῶντι καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτὸν ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς πεντα[κ]οσίας ἀτελεῖς : cf. 20. 615 (=*1024)38 (c. B.C. 200) μίσθωμα ἀποδιδ[ό]τω αὐτοῦ. We have the plur. in 26. 634 (= *% 271)*8 (B.C. 335-4) εἰς δὲ τὰ μισθώματα τῆς πόμπης, 1.45. ‘‘ad apparatum pompae”’ (Ed.). There | seems to be no exact parallel to the usage in Ac 28%, see | Lightfoot Pril7ppians,? p. 9 n.3. For μίσθωσις, ‘‘a letting for hire,” cf. BGU ΠῚ. 916° (time of Vespasian) ἡ] μίσθωσις ἥδ᾽ ἡ (cf. Proleg. p. 178) εἰς ἐνιαυτὸν [ἔ]να, P Fay 961? (A.D. 143) (= Chrest. I. p. 372) οὗ ἔχει ὃ Σύρος ἐν μισθώσει | ἐλαιουργίου, ‘‘for the oil-press leased by Syrus,” 76. 2° μενούσης κυρίας τῆς μισθώσεως ἐφ᾽ ols περιέχει πᾶσει, “the | lease in all its provisions remaining να] (Edd.), and | P Oxy XIV. 1673 margin (ii/A.D.) τῶν ἀμπελουργῶν Tas | μισθώσις πέμψον, [να τῆς ξυλοτομίας ἄρξωνται, ‘send the leases of the vine-dressers, in order that they may begin the pruning” (Edd.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μνῆμα (mnēma) — tomb. μνῆμα, Doric dialect and Aeolic dialect μνᾶμα, ατος, τό, (μνάομαι, μιμνήσκω) memorial, remembrance, record of a person or thing, with genitive, μνῆμ᾽ Ἑλένης χειρῶν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Νικοκλέος μνᾶμα κελαδῆσαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; λυγρᾶς μνήματα Τροίας, of the sufferings of the Greeks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ... διὰ χειρὸς ἔχων, i. e. the dead body of his son, [Refs]
2. mound or building in honour of the dead, monument, tomb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; coffin, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. memorial dedicated to a god, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, monument, [Refs 6th c.BC+]
II. ={μνήμη}, memory, μ. ἔχουσ᾽ ἀγαθῶν [Refs 6th c.BC+]