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μνημεῖον
mnēmeîon · Greek · Strong's G3419 · 37 occurrences
The KJV renders 10 different Hebrew and Greek words as “grave”
What it means
a remembrance, i.e. cenotaph (place of interment)
from G3420 (μνήμη);
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
37 occurrences in the Greek text, first 34 verses shown.
Acts 13:29 · N-ASN
When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree and laid him in a tomb.
John 5:28 · N-DPN
Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
John 11:17 · N-DSN
So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
John 11:31 · N-ASN
Then the Jews who were with her in the house and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”
John 11:38 · N-ASN
Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
John 12:17 · N-GSN
The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead was testifying about it.
John 19:41 N-NSNJohn 19:42 N-NSNJohn 20:1 N-ASNJohn 20:2 N-GSNJohn 20:3 N-ASNJohn 20:4 N-ASNJohn 20:6 N-ASNJohn 20:8 N-ASNJohn 20:11 N-ASNLuke 11:44 N-NPNLuke 11:47 N-APNLuke 23:55 N-ASNLuke 24:2 N-GSNLuke 24:9 N-GSNLuke 24:22 N-ASNLuke 24:24 N-ASNMatthew 8:28 N-GPNMatthew 23:29 N-APNMatthew 27:52 N-NPNMatthew 27:53 N-GPNMatthew 27:60 N-DSNMatthew 28:8 N-GSNMark 5:2 N-GPNMark 6:29 N-DSNMark 15:46 N-GSNMark 16:3 N-GSNMark 16:5 N-ASNMark 16:8 N-GSN
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