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Lexicon :: Strong's H6912 - qāḇar

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קָבַר
Transliteration
qāḇar
Pronunciation
kaw-bar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1984

Strong’s Definitions

קָבַר qâbar, kaw-bar'; a primitive root; to inter:—× in any wise, bury(-ier).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 133x

The KJV translates Strong's H6912 in the following manner: bury (131x), buriers (1x), in any wise (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 133x
The KJV translates Strong's H6912 in the following manner: bury (131x), buriers (1x), in any wise (1x).

  1. to bury

    1. (Qal) to bury

    2. (Niphal) to be buried

    3. (Piel) to bury, bury (in masses)

    4. (Pual) to be buried

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קָבַר qâbar, kaw-bar'; a primitive root; to inter:—× in any wise, bury(-ier).
STRONGS H6912: Abbreviations
קָבַר 132 verb bury (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician קבר, bury, קבר tomb; Arabic bdb086801, Assyrian ḳibîru, Aramaic קְבַר, bdb086802, Nabataean קבר, all bury; Palmyrene Nabataean קברא tomb, so Sabean קבר HomChrest. 126, Lihyanian קבר bury, DHMEpigr. Denkm. No, 35, 2, 3, compare מקבר(הם) burial-place CISiv, No, 20, 1.2, 4); —
Qal86 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ק׳ Genesis 23:19; 2nd person masculine singular Sf. consecutive וּקְבַרְתַּנְי Genesis 47:30, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּקְבֹּד Deuteronomy 34:6; 2 Kings 21:26, etc.; Imperative קְבֹר Genesis 23:6 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute קָבוֺר Deuteronomy 21:23; construct לִקְכּוֺר Jeremiah 19:11 +, etc.; Participle active קֹבֵר 2 Kings 9:10 +, etc.; pass. קָבוּר 1 Kings 13:31, plural קְבֻרִים Ecclesiastes 8:10 bury, acc. person, bones, etc., usually with ב location, 2 Samuel 2:32; 1 Kings 13:31 (twice in verse); Genesis 23:6; Joshua 24:30, 32 (twice in verse); Judges 2:9 + 33 times; with בֵּיתוֺ location 2 Chronicles 33:20 (בְּגַןבֵּֿיתוֺ || 2 Kings 21:18, also בְּבֵיתוֺ 1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Kings 2:34); with שָׁם Numbers 11:34, תַּחַת 1 Samuel 31:13 = 1 Chronicles 10:12; pregnantly with אֶל location Genesis 23:19; Genesis 25:9; Ezekiel 39:15; אֶלאֲֿבֹתָ֑י Genesis 49:29; compare עִםאֲֿבוֺתָיו 2 Kings 12:22; 2 Kings 15:7; 2 Chronicles 25:28; 26:23 (see also Niph., and תָּבוֺא אֶלֿ אֲבֹתֶיךָ Genesis 15:15); with שָׁ֫תָּה Genesis 23:13; Genesis 49:31 (3 times in verse); Genesis 50:5; with accusative of person alone 2 Samuel 2:4, 5 + 22 times; + מִלְּפָנַי Genesis 23:4, 8; passive Ecclesiastes 8:10; accusative omitted 2 Kings 9:10 + 3 times + (with ב) 2 Samuel 4:12.
Niph.30 Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִקָּבֵר Jeremiah 22:19, etc.; — be buried Genesis 15:15Jer Genesis 8:2; Genesis 16:4, 5; Genesis 25:33 (+ אסף), so read perhaps Ezekiel 29:5 for תִּקָּבֵץ (+ id.); קְבֻרַת חֲמוֺר יִקּ׳ Jeremiah 22:19; usually with ב location Genesis 35:19; Judges 8:32 + 6 times Judges; 2 Samuel 17:23; 1 Kings 2:10, 34 + 16 times Kings Chronicles (+ עִםאֲֿבוֺתָיו 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:24 + 6 times; עִםמַֿלְכֵי יִשְׂר׳ 2 Kings 13:13; 2 Kings 14:16); with שָׁם Numbers 20:1 + 3 times; with תַּחַת, מִתַּחַת Genesis 35:8.
† Pi. bury (in masses), with accusative: Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular suffix תְּקַכְּרֵם Hosea 9:6; Infinitive construct לְקַבֵּר 1 Kings 11:15; Participle plural מְקַכְּרִים Numbers 33:4; Ezekiel 39:14; as intensive noun, of office, burier, singular מְקַכֵּר Jeremiah 14:16, plural הַמּ׳ Ezekiel 39:15.
† Pu. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שָׁ֫מָּה קֻבַּר אַבְרָהָם Genesis 25:10.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:2; 15:15; 15:15; 16:4; 16:5; 23:4; 23:6; 23:6; 23:8; 23:13; 23:19; 23:19; 25:9; 25:10; 25:33; 35:8; 35:19; 47:30; 49:29; 49:31; 50:5

Numbers

11:34; 20:1; 33:4

Deuteronomy

21:23; 34:6

Joshua

24:30; 24:32

Judges

2:9; 8:32

1 Samuel

25:1; 31:13

2 Samuel

2:4; 2:5; 2:32; 4:12; 17:23

1 Kings

2:10; 2:34; 2:34; 11:15; 13:31; 13:31; 14:31; 15:24

2 Kings

9:10; 9:10; 13:13; 14:16; 15:7; 21:18; 21:26

1 Chronicles

10:12

2 Chronicles

25:28; 26:23; 33:20

Ecclesiastes

8:10; 8:10

Jeremiah

14:16; 19:11; 22:19; 22:19

Ezekiel

29:5; 39:14; 39:15; 39:15

Hosea

9:6

H6912

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6912 matches the Hebrew קָבַר (qāḇar),
which occurs 28 times in 23 verses in 'Gen' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:15 - You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:4 - “I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me some property for a burial site here so I can bury my dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:6 - “Sir, listen to us. You are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb for burying your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:8 - He said to them, “If you are willing to let me bury my dead, then listen to me and intercede with Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:11 - “No, my lord,” he said. “Listen to me; I give[fn] you the field, and I give[fn] you the cave that is in it. I give[fn] it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:13 - and he said to Ephron in their hearing, “Listen to me, if you will. I will pay the price of the field. Accept it from me so I can bury my dead there.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:15 - “Listen to me, my lord; the land is worth four hundred shekels[fn] of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 23:19 - Afterward Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah near Mamre (which is at Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:10 - the field Abraham had bought from the Hittites.[fn] There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:8 - Now Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died and was buried under the oak outside Bethel. So it was named Allon Bakuth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:19 - So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:29 - Then he breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, old and full of years. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:29 - When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:30 - but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried.” “I will do as you say,” he said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:7 - As I was returning from Paddan,[fn] to my sorrow Rachel died in the land of Canaan while we were still on the way, a little distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there beside the road to Ephrath” (that is, Bethlehem).

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:29 - Then he gave them these instructions: “I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:31 - There Abraham and his wife Sarah were buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah were buried, and there I buried Leah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - ‘My father made me swear an oath and said, “I am about to die; bury me in the tomb I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.” Now let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:6 - Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear to do.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:7 - So Joseph went up to bury his father. All Pharaoh’s officials accompanied him—the dignitaries of his court and all the dignitaries of Egypt—

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:13 - They carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field as a burial place from Ephron the Hittite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:14 - After burying his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, together with his brothers and all the others who had gone with him to bury his father.
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