Definition
τάφος, -ου, ὁ
(θάντω), [in LXX chiefly for קֶבֶר ;]
1. a burial (Hom., al.).
2. a grave, tomb (Res., Hdt., al.): Matthew 23:27, 29; 27:61, 64; 27:66; 28:1, Romans 3:13" (LXX) .
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as τάφος:
- קֶ֫בֶרqe.ver“grave”81%
- טַרְפְּלָיֵאtar.pe.lay“officials”6%
- קְבֻרָהqe.vu.rah“tomb”6%
- קָבַרqa.var“to bury”6%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
7 total
- Matthew 23:27τάφοις · tombsWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
- Matthew 23:29τάφους · tombsWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
- Matthew 27:61τάφου · tombMary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
- Matthew 27:64τάφον · tombSo give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
- Matthew 27:66τάφονSo they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
- Matthew 28:1τάφον · tombAfter the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
- Romans 3:13τάφος · graves“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”