What does קָבַר · θάπτω mean in the Bible?
קָבַר · θάπτω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to place a body in the ground after death".
Hebrew · H6912, G2290
קָבַר
To inter · to bury
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קָבַר H6912 to inter
Pronunciation qābar
Burial as the fundamental act honoring human dignity, essential completion of covenant relationship with the dead.
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θάπτω G2290 to bury
Pronunciation tháptō
To bury the dead, often emphasizing the final rite of honoring or disposing of a body.
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What does קָבַר (qabar) mean in the Bible?
קָבַר · θάπτω is a Hebrew phrase meaning "to place a body in the ground after death".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H6912, G2290?
H6912, G2290 is connected to 133 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. to place a body in the ground after death
Source Gloss
to place a body in the ground after death
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 4 Aligned forms 32
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 19×
Perfect 2Sam 2:4 · Ezek 39:15 · Gen 49:31 · Josh 24:32 · Num 11:34 · Gen 23:19 8×
Sequential imperfect Gen 23:6 · Gen 23:11 · Gen 23:15 · Gen 49:29 4×
Participle active 2Kgs 9:10 · 2Kgs 13:21 · Ps 79:3 3×
Participle passive 1Kgs 13:31 · Eccl 8:10 2×
Infinitive absolute Deut 21:23 1×
Imperfect Jer 19:11 1×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 9×
Imperfect Jer 8:2 · Jer 16:4 · Jer 16:6 · Jer 25:33 · Job 27:15 · Gen 15:15 · Jer 20:6 · Jer 22:19 · Ruth 1:17 9×
Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 3×
Participle active Ezek 39:14 · Jer 14:16 · Num 33:4 3×
Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×
Perfect Gen 25:10 1×
Word Origins
קָבַר is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain