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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, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of dead people’s bones and all uncleanness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:61

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:61 - Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 - Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:66

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:66 - So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:1 - Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:13 - “Their throat is an open grave;
they use their tongues to deceive.”
“The venom of asps is under their lips.”
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