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Lexicon :: Strong's G5028 - taphos

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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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:27 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:29

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:29 - “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:61

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:61 - And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:64

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:64 - “Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest His disciples come by night[fn] and steal Him away, and say to the people, ‘He has risen from the dead.’ So the last deception will be worse than the first.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:66

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:66 - So they went and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone and setting the guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 28:1 - Now after the Sabbath, as the first day of the week began to dawn, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:13 - “Their throat is an open tomb;
With their tongues they have practiced deceit”;[fn]
“The poison of asps is under their lips”;[fn]
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