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“Burial, Bury” From
Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(mounding). Place, a cave or hewn
rock
(
Gen. 23:4; 25:9; 50:5-13
4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. (Genesis 23:4)
9
And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; (Genesis 25:9)
5
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
6
And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear.
7
And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt,
8
And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
9
And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company.
10
And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
11
And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abel-mizraim, which is beyond Jordan.
12
And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them:
13
For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. (Genesis 50:5‑13)
;
Matt. 27:60
60
And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. (Matthew 27:60)
). Body washed (
Acts 9:37
37
And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. (Acts 9:37)
); swathed and spiced (
Matt. 27:59
59
And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, (Matthew 27:59)
;
Mark 15:46; 16:1
46
And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. (Mark 15:46)
1
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. (Mark 16:1)
).
Head
covered separately (
2 Chron. 16:14
14
And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him. (2 Chronicles 16:14)
;
John 19:40
40
Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. (John 19:40)
); pallbearers and mourners, relatives and friends (
2 Sam. 3:31
31
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier. (2 Samuel 3:31)
;
Luke 7:12
12
Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. (Luke 7:12)
);
sometimes
hired mourners (
Jer. 9:17
17
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: (Jeremiah 9:17)
;
Ezek. 24:17
17
Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. (Ezekiel 24:17)
;
Matt. 9:23
23
And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, (Matthew 9:23)
).
“Grave” From
Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
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BURIAL
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Concise Bible Dictionary
:
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Tombs in the
Valley
of
Jehoshaphat
The principal words are
1.
qeber
,
qeburah
,
τἀφος
, from “to bury,” and hence any description of burying place (
Gen. 35:20
20
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. (Genesis 35:20)
;
Gen. 50:5
5
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. (Genesis 50:5)
;
Matt. 23:29
29
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, (Matthew 23:29)
). They are often translated
Sepulcher
(
Gen. 23:6
6
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. (Genesis 23:6)
;
Deut. 34:6
6
And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. (Deuteronomy 34:6)
;
Matt. 23:27
27
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. (Matthew 23:27)
).
2.
sheol
,
ἄδης
, the place of departed spirits (
Gen. 37:35
35
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. (Genesis 37:35)
;
Psa. 6:5
5
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? (Psalm 6:5)
;
Hos. 13:14
14
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. (Hosea 13:14)
;
1 Cor. 15:55
55
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? (1 Corinthians 15:55)
). See
HELL
.
3.
μνῆμα
,
μνημεῖον
, from “to remember,” hence a memorial
tomb
or monument (
Matt. 27:52-53
52
And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53
And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. (Matthew 27:52‑53)
, etc). It is often translated Sepulcher, as in
John 20:1-11
1
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.
2
Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.
3
Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
4
So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
5
And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
6
Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
7
And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
8
Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
9
For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.
10
Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
11
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, (John 20:1‑11)
; and TOMB, as in
Matthew 8:28
28
And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. (Matthew 8:28)
.
The graves were of various descriptions: some were simply holes dug in the ground and at
times
covered over with one or more large
stones
, over which men might walk unawares (
Luke 11:44
44
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. (Luke 11:44)
). Some were hewn in the
rock
, and a single stone placed or rolled against the mouth; the tomb of
Lazarus
and that of
Joseph
“in which the body of
Jesus
was laid” being of this description. Other sepulchers or tombs were said to be
built
; an ornamental structure being erected over the place where the body was laid, similar to those found in nearly all modern cemeteries (
Matt. 23:29
29
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, (Matthew 23:29)
).
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A tomb in
Nazareth
Village
(an open-
air
museum in Nazareth,
Israel
).
In places, and especially near
Jerusalem
, there are long passages, with holes cut in the sides in which the bodies were placed; and by continuing these passages such tombs could be enlarged to any extent. We read in the
Old
Testament
of the TOMBS OF THE KINGS. Those now bearing this name may be seen marked on maps to the
north
of Jerusalem; and others called the TOMBS OF
THE PROPHETS
are placed on the
mount of Olives
. These of course may not be those referred to in
scripture
.
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Graves on the Mount of Olives
Natural
caves
were also used as graves, as the cave of
Machpelah
(
Gen. 23:3-20
3
And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
4
I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
5
And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him,
6
Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
7
And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth.
8
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
9
That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.
10
And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying,
11
Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead.
12
And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land.
13
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
14
And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
15
My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
16
And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
17
And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure
18
Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city.
19
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
20
And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. (Genesis 23:3‑20)
). In
Luke 8:27
27
And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. (Luke 8:27)
we read of a demoniac who lived in the “tombs”; these were doubtless natural caves.
The
Lord
compared the hypocritical
scribes
and Pharisees to whited sepulchers, the outward beauty of which stood in strong contrast to the dead men’s bones and
uncleanness
within. There is a
tradition
that the sepulchers were white-washed once every
year
, that they might be readily seen and avoided. The
hour
comes when all that are in the graves shall hear His voice and come forth, some to the
resurrection
of
life
, and others to the resurrection of
judgment
(
John 5:28-29
28
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
29
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. (John 5:28‑29)
).
Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:
Number:
6900
(
find all occurrences in KJV Bible
)
Transliteration:
qbuwrah
Phonic:
keb-oo-raw’
Meaning:
or qburah {keb-oo-raw'}; feminine passive participle of
6912
; sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchre
KJV Usage:
burial, burying place, grave, sepulchre
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