John 20:1:16John.20.1.W16TAB
μνημεῖον,
mnêmeion
“tomb”
- Transliteration
- mnê-MEI-on
- Extended
- mnê-MEI-on
- IPA
- /mneːˈmiː.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- tomb
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
mnê-MEI-on
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TÊI DE mi-AI TÔN sab-BA-tôn ma-RI-a HÊ mag-da-lê-NÊ ER-khe-tai prō-I sko-TI-as E-TI OU-SÊS EIS TO mnê-MEI-on
- sentence
TÊI DE mi-AI TÔN sab-BA-tôn ma-RI-a HÊ mag-da-lê-NÊ ER-khe-tai prō-I sko-TI-as E-TI OU-SÊS EIS TO mnê-MEI-on KAI BLE-pei TON LI-thon êr-ME-non EK TOU mnê-MEI-ou
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase eis to mnēmeion {εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον | eis tò mnē-mei-on} marks the goal of her movement “to the tomb.”
Root and etymology
mnēmēmnē-mē
“memory, remembrance”
In context — John 20:1
But on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came early, while it was still dark, to the tomb , and she saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.
About this coordinate
John 20:1:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 20:1, so the Greek word μνημεῖον, (mnêmeion) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.20.1.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.20.1.W16.S1) and character.