G5027: ταφή (taphḗ)

G5027 ταφή (taphḗ)

Greek

Quick Definition

ταφή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. a burial

Strong's Definition

feminine from 2290; burial (the act)

KJV Usage: X bury

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ταφή (G5027)

noun, f. | -ῆς | θάπτω

52.9 · Funerals and Burial

burial place a place for burying It is also possible to understand ταφή in the context of MAT 27:7 as a reference to the process of burial, and one may therefore translate MAT 27:7 as ‘they used the money to buy the Potter’s Field to bury foreigners.’

MAT 27:7

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ταφή, -ῆς, ἡ, (θάπτω), fr. Hdt. down; Sept. several times for 7313p and 43), burial: Mt. xxvii. 7.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ταφή taphē 1x

burial, the act of burying, burial place, Mt. 27:7*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ταφή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< θάπτω), [in LXX chiefly for קֶבֶר and cognate forms ;]

burial: Mt 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 in the sense of ‘a mummy,”’ or ‘‘ mummy-wrappings,”’ occurs in such passages as P Par 18 47519 ἔστιν δὲ σημεῖον τῆς ταφῆς" σινδών ἐστιν. .., P Giss I. 687 (Trajan/ Hadrian) δεῖ αὐτὸν δευτέρᾳ ταφῇ ταφῆναι : cf. Deissmann BS p. 355 n.? For the meaning ‘“‘burial’’ (sepu/tura), as in Mt 277, cf, P Petr III. 219 (a Will—s.c, 236) τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ καταλιμπάνω εἰς ταφὴν ἐμαυτοῦ, P Magd 13° (B.c. 217) ἐνδεεῖς δὲ γενόμενοι eis τὴν ταφὴν τὴν Φιλίππου (δραχμὰς) ΚΕ, P Tebt I. 577 (B.c. 118) τὰ εἰς τὴν ταφὴν τοῦ “Amos καὶ Μνήσιος, ‘the expenses for the burial of Apisand Mnesis,’’ BGU I. 18374 (a.p. 85) τὴν προσήκουσαί-- σαν) τῇ ΣαταBotros(= τι) ταφήν, P Amh II. 1251 (late i/A.p.) Adyo(s) Samdvn(s) 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 éySlav σιτολόγῳ[ν], εἰς ταφὴν αὐτοῦ.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ταφή (taphē) — burial (place). ταφ-ή, ἡ, (see. θάπτω) burial, ταφῆς τυχεῖν, κυρῆσαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, mode of burial, [Refs]: plural also of the burials of those who had fallen in battle, δημοσίᾳ ταφὰς ἐποιήσαντο [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νόμοι.., οἷς ἐχρῶντο περὶ τὰς ταφάς[Refs 2nd c.BC+]

2. plural also, burial-place, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: later in singular, [Refs 1st c.BC+], of the urn supposed to contain the ashes of Orestes, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so in Egypt, mummy, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; also, sarcophagus, δευτέρα τ., of a double sarcophagus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

3. payment for burial, burial-fee, τὸν τὴν τ. τοῦ πατρὸς οὐκ ἀπειληφότα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑπὲρ τέλους ταφῆς μιᾶς [Refs 2nd c.AD+]