- μνημεῖον
- μνημεῖον, ου, τό (s. μνήμα) lit. ‘token of remembrance’ (Pind. et al.; Philo, Joseph.), esp. for the dead (Eur., Iph. T. 702; 821; Thu. 1, 138, 5; X., Hell. 2, 4, 17; 3, 2, 15; Pla., Rep. 3, 414a).① monument, memorial (cp. Jos., Ant. 5, 119 μν. καὶ τάφος; HHäusle, Das Denkmal als Garant des Nachruhms [Zetemata 25] 1980 [ins; on the function of a monument s. pp. 29–40]): οἰκοδομεῖτε τ. μνημεῖα τῶν προφητῶν Lk 11:47 (JJeremias, Heiligengräber in Jesu Umwelt ’58) is prob. to be understood in this sense (for μ. οἰκοδομεῖν cp. Jos., Ant. 13, 211). But μ. in our lit. usu. has the sense② grave, tomb (SIG 1229, 4; 1232; 1234; 1242; 1244; PFlor 9, 10; Gen 23:6, 9; Is 22:16 al.; TestSol 17:2; ParJer; ApcEsdr 4:36 p. 29, 14 Tdf.; ApcMos 42; AscIs 3:13; Jos., Ant. 1, 237; 18, 108; Mel., P. 78, 569; 90, 673); of tombs in caves, etc. (s. PThomsen, Grab: Reallex. d. Vorgesch. IV 2, 473ff), into which a person can enter (s. ParJer 7:1; Mk 16:5; J 20:6) Mt 23:29; 27:52f (JBlinzler, ThGl 35, ’43, 91–93.—Diod S 13, 86, 3: when the Carthaginians besieging Acragas destroyed some tombs lying outside the walls, ‘throughout the night ghosts of the dead appeared’ διὰ νυκτὸς εἴδωλα φαίνεσθαι τῶν τετελευτηκότων.—On an earthquake that opens the graves and frees those inside s. Ps.-Ael. Aristid. 25, 20f K.=43 p. 804 D.: μνήματα ἀνερρήγνυτο … τὰ μνήματα ἀνερρίπτει τοὺς κειμένους. EFascher, Die Auferweckung der Heiligen Mt 27:51–53, ’51), vs. 60b; 28:8; Mk 15:46ab; 16:2, 3, 5, 8; Lk 23:55; 24:1 v.l., 2, 9, 12, 22, 24; J 11:17, 31 (Aesop, Fab. 109 H. [cp. 299 H-H.] γυνὴ ἀπιοῦσα πρὸς τὸ μνημεῖον ἐθρήνει), 38; 12:17; 19:42; 20:1–4, 6, 8, 11ab; GPt 9:34; 12:51, 53 (lit. on the Holy Sepulcher: RGG3 II 1816–18; also FBraun, La Sépulture de Jésu ’37; RSmith, The Tomb of Jesus, BA 30, ’67, 74–90). τιθέναι εἰς μ. place in the tomb Ac 13:29. Also τιθέναι ἐν τῷ μ. Mt 27:60a; Mk 6:29; 15:46a. μ. καινόν Mt 27:60a; J 19:41; οἱ ἐν τοῖς μ. those who are in their tombs 5:28. The haunt of possessed persons Mt 8:28; Mk 5:2 (acc. to Diog. L. 9, 38 Democritus sought solitude among the graves). Graves were somet. not recognizable as such fr. their outward appearance Lk 11:44; s. ἄδηλος 1.—DELG s.v. μιμνήσκω 5. M-M. TW.
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