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Lexicon :: Strong's G5028 - taphos

Aa
τάφος
Transliteration
taphos (Key)
Pronunciation
taf'-os
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

τάφος táphos, taf'-os; masculine from G2290; a grave (the place of interment):—sepulchre, tomb.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x

The KJV translates Strong's G5028 in the following manner: sepulchre (6x), tomb (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 7x
The KJV translates Strong's G5028 in the following manner: sepulchre (6x), tomb (1x).

  1. burial

  2. a grave, a sepulchre

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
τάφος táphos, taf'-os; masculine from G2290; a grave (the place of interment):—sepulchre, tomb.
STRONGS G5028:
τάφος, τάφου, ὁ (θάπτω);
1. burial (so from Homer down).
2. a grave, sepulchre (so from Hesiod down): Matthew 23:27, 29; Matthew 27:61, 64, 66; Matthew 28:1; in a comparison: τάφος ἀνεῳγμένος ὁ λάρυγξ αὐτῶν, their speech threatens destruction to others, it is death to someone whenever they open their mouth, Romans 3:13. The Sept. for קֶבֶר; and sometimes for קְבוּרָה.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
23:27; 23:29; 27:61; 27:64; 27:66; 28:1
Romans
3:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5028 matches the Greek τάφος (taphos),
which occurs 7 times in 7 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you are like the resting-places of the dead, which are made white, and seem beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and of all unclean things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:61

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:61 - And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, seated by the place of the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 - Give orders, then, that the place where his body is may be made safe till the third day, for fear that his disciples come and take him away secretly and say to the people, He has come back from the dead: and the last error will be worse than the first.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:66

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:66 - So they went, and made safe the place where his body was, putting a stamp on the stone, and the watchmen were with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:1 - Now late on the Sabbath, when the dawn of the first day of the week was near, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the place where his body was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:13 - Their throat is like an open place of death; with their tongues they have said what is not true: the poison of snakes is under their lips:
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