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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

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Strong's Number G5028 matches the Greek τάφος (taphos),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 -

“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which look beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and everything unclean.

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“Woe to you, [self-righteous] scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build tombs for the prophets and decorate and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:61 - And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other [fn]Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 - “Therefore, give orders to have the tomb made secure and safeguarded until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last deception [the reporting of His resurrection] will be worse than the first [the reporting that He is the Messiah].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:66 - So they went and [fn]made the tomb secure, and along with [stationing] a guard of soldiers [to be on watch] they set a seal on the stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:1 -

Now after the Sabbath, near dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other [fn]Mary went to look at the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:13 -

“THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE;

THEY [habitually] DECEIVE WITH THEIR TONGUES.”

“THE VENOM OF ASPS IS BENEATH THEIR LIPS.”

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