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G5027 ταφή (taphḗ)
Greek
Noun, Feminine
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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).† (AS)

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