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Lexicon :: Strong's G5028 - taphos

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τάφος
Transliteration
taphos (Key)
Pronunciation
taf'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

τάφος táphos, taf'-os; masculine from G2290; a grave (the place of interment):—sepulchre, tomb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G5028 in the following manner: sepulchre (6x), tomb (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G5028 in the following manner: sepulchre (6x), tomb (1x).

  1. burial

  2. a grave, a sepulchre

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τάφος táphos, taf'-os; masculine from G2290; a grave (the place of interment):—sepulchre, tomb.
STRONGS G5028:
τάφος, τάφου, ὁ (θάπτω);
1. burial (so from Homer down).
2. a grave, sepulchre (so from Hesiod down): Matthew 23:27, 29; Matthew 27:61, 64, 66; Matthew 28:1; in a comparison: τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, their speech threatens destruction to others, it is death to someone whenever they open their mouth, Romans 3:13. The Sept. for קֶבֶר; and sometimes for קְבוּרָה.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
23:27; 23:29; 27:61; 27:64; 27:66; 28:1
Romans
3:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5028 matches the Greek τάφος (taphos),
which occurs 44 times in 41 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - “I am a foreigner and a visitor among you. Give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:20 - So the field and the cave that is in it were deeded to Abraham by the sons of Heth as property for a burial place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:30 - “but let me lie with my fathers; you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.” And he said, “I will do as you have said.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - The border went out from Tappuah westward to the Brook Kanah, and it ended at the sea. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:32 - Now Gideon the son of Joash died at a good old age, and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:31 - And his brothers and all his father’s household came down and took him, and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. He had judged Israel twenty years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:2 - “When you have departed from me today, you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. And now your father has ceased caring about the donkeys and is worrying about you, saying, “What shall I do about my son?” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - Then they took up Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at daybreak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:32 - So they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12 - So David commanded his young men, and they executed them, cut off their hands and feet, and hanged them by the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:23 - Now when Ahithophel saw that his advice was not followed, he saddled a donkey, and arose and went home to his house, to his city. Then he put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died; and he was buried in his father’s tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:37 - “Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, near the grave of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham; let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:14 - They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the tomb of Kish his father. So they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God heeded the prayer for the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:22 - ‘but you came back, ate bread, and drank water in the place of which the LORD said to you, “Eat no bread and drink no water,” your corpse shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30 - Then he laid the corpse in his own tomb; and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 13:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:31 - So it was, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:28 - And his servants carried him in the chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the City of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:21 - So it was, as they were burying a man, that suddenly they spied a band of raiders; and they put the man in the tomb of Elisha; and when the man was let down and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 21:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:26 - And he was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. Then Josiah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:20 - “Surely, therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place.” ’ ” So they brought back word to the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:6 - And he brought out the wooden image[fn] from the house of the LORD, to the Brook Kidron outside Jerusalem, burned it at the Brook Kidron and ground it to ashes, and threw its ashes on the graves of the common people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:16 - As Josiah turned, he saw the tombs that were there on the mountain. And he sent and took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar, and defiled it according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 23:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:30 - Then his servants moved his body in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 21:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 21:20 - He was thirty-two years old when he became king. He reigned in Jerusalem eight years and, to no one’s sorrow, departed. However they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 24:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:25 - And when they had withdrawn from him (for they left him severely wounded), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the sons[fn] of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed. So he died. And they buried him in the City of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:27 - So Ahaz rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem; but they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. Then Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:33 - So Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 3:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:16 - After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, leader of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs as far as the place in front of the tombs[fn] of David, to the man-made pool, and as far as the House of the Mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:26 - You shall come to the grave at a full age,
As a sheaf of grain ripens in its season.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 - Then I would still have comfort;
Though in anguish I would exult,
He will not spare;
For I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:32 - Yet he shall be brought to the grave,
And a vigil kept over the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:9 - For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;
Their inward part is destruction;
Their throat is an open tomb;
They flatter with their tongue.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:3 - They have all turned aside,
They have together become corrupt;
There is none who does good,
No, not one.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:11 - Their inner thought is that their houses will last forever,[fn]
Their dwelling places to all generations;
They call their lands after their own names.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:6 - God sets the solitary in families;
He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;
But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:5 - Adrift among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And who are cut off from Your hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:11 - Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:10 - Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were forgotten[fn] in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:1 - “At that time,” says the LORD, “they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 20:17 - Because he did not kill me from the womb,
That my mother might have been my grave,
And her womb always enlarged with me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:13 - “Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves.
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