STRONGS NUMBER G5028


Word Summary
taphos: a burial, a grave
Original Word: τάφος
Transliteration: 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: τάφος

τάφος, τάφου, (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 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.