Quick Definition
a burial
Strong's Definition
burial (the act)
Derivation: feminine from G2290 (θάπτω);
KJV Usage: X bury
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ταφή, ταφῆς, ἡ (θάπτω), from Herodotus down; the Sept. several times for χΐαεΜψΘδ and χΖαΖψ, burial: Mat_27:7.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ταφή taphē 1x
burial, the act of burying, burial place, Mat_27:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ταφή , -ῆς , ἡ ,
( < θάπτω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H6912 and cognate forms;]
burial: Mat_27:7
( Hdt ., al. ; for other meanings, v. LS , s.v. , Deiss., BS , 355 f ., MM xxiv).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ταφή [page 626]
ταφή in the sense of a mummy, or mummy-wrappings, occurs in such passages as P Par 18 bis .10 ἔστιν δὲ σημεῖον τῆς ταφῆς· σινδών ἐστιν . . . , P Giss I. 68 .7 (Trajan/ Hadrian) δεῖ αὐτὸν δευτέρᾳ ταφῇ ταφῆναι : cf. Deissmann BS p. 355 n. 2
For the meaning burial ( sepultura ), as in Mat_27:7 , cf. P Petr III. 2 .19 (a Will B.C. 236) τὰ δὲ λοι ]πὰ καταλιμπάνω εἰς ταφὴν ἐμαυτοῦ , P Magd 13 .6 (B.C. 217) ἐνδεεῖς δὲ γενόμενοι εἰς τὴν ταφὴν τὴν Φιλίππου (δραχμὰς ) κ̄ε̄ , P Tebt I. 5 .77 (B.C. 118) τὰ εἰς τὴν ταφὴν τοῦ Ἄπιος καὶ Μνήσ̣ιος , the expenses for the burial of Apis and Mnesis, BGU I. 183 .24 (A.D. 85) τὴν προσήκουσα (= σαν ) τῇ Σαταβοῦτος (= τι ) ταφήν , P Amh II. 125 .1 (late i/A.D.) λόγο (ς ) δαπάνη (ς ) ταφῆς , account of funeral expenses, and P Tebt II. 479 (iii/A.D.) a woman s expenses in connexion with the death of her husband, including payments εἰς ἐγδίαν σιτολόγω̣[ν ], εἰς ταφὴν αὐτοῦ .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ταφή τα^φή, ἡ, [Etym: θάπτω] "burial", Lat. sepultura, Hdt. : "mode of burial", id=Hdt. in pl. also, "a burial-place", Hdt. , Soph. ;—in sg., σῆς εἰ στερήσομαι ταφῆς, of "the urn" supposed to contain the ashes of Orestes, Soph. "payment for burial, a burial-fee", Dem.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ταφή, -ῆς, ἡ
(θάπτω), [in LXX chiefly for קָבַר and cognate forms ;]
burial: Mat.27:7 (Hdt., al.; for other meanings, see LS, see word, Deiss., BS, 355 f., MM xxiv).†
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