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μνῆμα
mnēma · Greek · Strong's G3418 · 10 occurrences
The KJV renders 10 different Hebrew and Greek words as “grave”
What it means
a memorial, i.e. sepulchral monument (burial-place)
from G3415 (μνάομαι);
How the KJV renders it
grave, sepulchre, tomb
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“grave”
“sepulchre”
“tomb”
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Where it appears
10 occurrences in the Greek text.
Acts 2:29 · N-NSN
“Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
Acts 7:16 · N-DSN
and they were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
Luke 8:27 · N-DPN
When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn’t live in a house, but in the tombs.
Luke 23:53 · N-DSN
He took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb that was cut in stone, where no one had ever been laid.
Luke 24:1 · N-ASN
But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they and some others came to the tomb, bringing the spices which they had prepared.
Mark 5:3 · N-DPN
He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,
Mark 5:5 N-DPNMark 15:46 N-DSNMark 16:2 N-ASNRevelation 11:9 N-ASN
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