Lexical Summary taphos: a burial, a grave Original Word: τάφοςTransliteration: taphos Phonetic Spelling: (taf'-os) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a burial, a grave Meaning: a burial, a grave Strong's Concordance sepulchre, tomb. Masculine from thapto; a grave (the place of interment) -- sepulchre, tomb. see GREEK thapto Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5028: τάφοςτάφος, 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. |
    |