mnemeion denotes a burial place, including the site where bodies are laid and to which visitors come.

The term consistently denotes a burial place: a location for laying a body, marked by features such as a stone or entrance, and visited or entered by those responding to death and burial.

1. Burial place and its physical site · dominant

   Singular and plural noun forms designate places of burial: in Acts 13:29 the APB renders the clause that a body was laid in a “tomb,” while Mark 15:46 describes a rock-hewn place with a stone set against its door. In John 20:1 visitors come to it and see the stone removed, and Matthew 27:52 describes such places being opened; Luke 11:44 also compares people to unmarked burial sites walked over without awareness.

   Acts 13:29Mark 15:46John 20:1Matthew 27:52Luke 11:44Mark 16:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly renders the term as “tomb” or “grave,” especially in clauses about laying a body there, approaching it, or entering it. Those renderings confirm the burial-place setting rather than define each individual form.