קָבַר
qâbar · H6912 · Hebrew · 133 occurrences
Meanings
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to bury
Causative action by which humans put the body of deceased humans or animals in a designated place, such as a hole in a rock or in the ground, or in a place which was constructed specifically for this purpose; associated with death, but also with honor and respect
ExamplesGenesis 15:15 “As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age.
Genesis 23:4 “I am a stranger and a foreign resident among you; give me a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.”
Genesis 23:6 “Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead.”
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to be buried > to be killed by death
Literally: to be buried by death; hence: to be killed, probably by a fatal epidemic disease
ExamplesJob 27:15 “His survivors will be buried because of the plague, And their widows will not be able to weep.
How it’s used In 8 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
129 occurrences in 26 groups
- Not stated: they 50
- Not stated: he, she or it 32
- Not stated: you (one person) 10
- Not stated (infinitive) 8
- Not stated: I 6
- Not stated: you (more than one) 4
- Other words · 20 groups that occur once or twice (23) 23
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
80 occurrences in 22 groups
- וֹhim 42
- מוּתto die 7
- אָבfather 5
- נִיme 5
- עֶצֶםbone 3
- הָher 3
- Other words · 16 groups that occur once or twice (18) 18
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
76 occurrences in 51 groups
- בin/on/with+ עִירcity, town 23
- עִםwith+ אָבfather 13
- בin/on/with+ קֶבֶרgrave, tomb 11
- בin/on/with+ שֹׁמְרוֹןSamaria 6
- בin/on/with+ אֶרֶץland, earth, ground 5
- בin/on/with+ קְבוּרָהtomb, grave, burial 4
- Other words · 43 groups that occur once or twice (48) 48
With adverbsAdverbs
19 occurrences in 3 groups
- שָׁםthere 13
- לֹאnot 5
- אַלnot, do not 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- קָבַרto bury 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- רָאָהto see 1
What it is said to bePredicate
5 occurrences in 3 groups
- אַיִןthere is no, not 3
- יֵשׁthere is, there are 1
- אִישׁman, person, each 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
8 occurrences in 3 groups
- לto/for 4
- אַחַרafter, behind 2
- מִןfrom 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- θάπτω tháptō · G2290 · to bury, to take care of a father, to provide for one’s father until his death
- Greek θάπτω renders Hebrew קָבַר as the standard LXX translation equivalent for burial, covering the full semantic range of interment and funeral rites across both testaments.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Space002002001017
- The word regularly takes a locative complement naming the place of burial, reflected in the patriarchal narratives' repeated references to burying the dead "in the choicest of our graves" or at a chosen burial site (Genesis 23:6, 8, 11).
- Dead002001001018
- This is the ordinary verb for burying the dead, illustrated throughout the patriarchal narratives — Abraham's assurance that he will be buried at a good old age (Genesis 15:15) and his negotiations to bury Sarah (Genesis 23:4, 6, 8, 11).
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6912. qabar קָבַר132 verb bury (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician קבר, bury, קבר tomb; Arabic…
קָבַר132 verb bury (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician קבר, bury, קבר tomb; Arabic , Assyrian ‡ibiru, Aramaic קְבַר, , Nabataean קבר, all bury; Palmyrene Nabataean קברא tomb, so Sabean קבר HomChrest. 126, Lihyanian קבר bury, DHMEpigr. Denkm. No, 35, 2, 3, compare מקבר(הםׅ burial- place CISiv,No, 20, 1.2, 4); —
Qal86 Perfect3masculine singular ׳ק Gen 23:19; Gen 23:2masculine singular Sf. consecutive וּקְבַרְתַּנְי Gen 47:30, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּקְבֹּד Deu 34:6; 2Ki 21:26, etc.; Imperative קְבֹר Gen 23:6 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute קָבוֺר Deu 21:23; construct לִקְכּוֺר Jer 19:11 +, etc.; Participle active קֹבֵר 2Ki 9:10 +, etc.; pass. קָבוּר 1Ki 13:31, plural קְבֻרִים Ecc 8:10 bury, acc. person, bones, etc., usually with ב location, 2Sa 2:32; 1Ki 13:31 (twice in verse); Gen 23:6; Jos 24:30, Jos 24:32 (twice in verse); Jdg 2:9 33t.; with בֵּיתוֺ location 2Ch 33:20 (בְּגַןבֵּֿיתוֺ || 2Ki 21:18, also בְּבֵיתוֺ 1Sa 25:1; 1Ki 2:34); with שָׁם Num 11:34, תַּחַת 1Sa 31:13 = 1Ch 10:12; pregnantly with אֶל location Gen 23:19; Gen 25:9; Eze 39:15; אֶלאֲֿבֹתָ֑י Gen 49:29; compare עִםאֲֿבוֺתָיו 2 Kings 12:22; 2Ki 15:7; 2Ch 25:28; 2Ch 26:23 (see also
Niph`al, and אֲבֹתֶיךָ אֶלֿ תָּבוֺא Gen 15:15); with שָׁ֫תָּה Gen 23:13; Gen 49:31 (3 t. in verse); Gen 50:5; with accusative of person Alone 2Sa 2:4-5, 2Sa 2:22t.; + מִלְּפָנַי Gen 23:4, Gen 23:8; passive Ecc 8:10; accusative omitted 2Ki 9:10 2Ki 9:3t. + (with ב) 2Sa 4:12.
Niph`al30 Imperfect3masculine singular יִקָּבֵר Jer 22:19, etc.; — be buried Gen 15:15Jer Gen 8:2; Gen 16:4-5, Gen 25:33 (+ אסף), so read perhaps Eze 29:5 for תִּקָּבֵץ (+ id.); יִקּ חֲמוֺר ׳קְבֻרַת Jer 22:19; usually with ב location Gen 35:19; Jdg 8:32 Jdg 8:6t. Judges; 2Sa 17:23; 1Ki 2:10, 1Ki 2:34 1Ki 2:16t. Kings Chronicles (+ עִםאֲֿבוֺתָיו 1Ki 14:31; 1Ki 15:24 1Ki 15:6t.; יִשְׂר ׳עִםמַֿלְכֵי 2Ki 13:13; 2Ki 14:16); with שָׁם Num 20:1 Num 20:3t.; with מִתַּחַת תַּחַת, Gen 35:8.
Pi`el bury (in masses), with accusative: Imperfect3feminine singular suffix תְּקַכְּרֵם Hos 9:6; Infinitive construct לְקַבֵּר 1Ki 11:15; Participle plural מְקַכְּרִים Num 33:4; Eze 39:14; as intensive noun, of office, burier, singular מְקַכֵּר Jer 14:16, plural ׳הַמּ Eze 39:15.
Pu`al Perfect3masculine singular אַבְרָהָם קֻבַּר שָׁ֫מָּה Gen 25:10.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
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