קֶבֶר
qeber · H6913 · Hebrew · 67 occurrences
Thing
- Tomb, graveBurial and mourning142 verses
Meanings
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tomb, grave
Place where one or more people are buried, such as a hole in a rock or in the ground, or a place which was constructed specifically for this purpose; associated with death, stench and decay, uncleanness
ExamplesGenesis 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.”
Genesis 23:9 that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he owns, which is at the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in your presence for a burial site.”
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grave, world of the dead
Abode of the dead; seen as a place where one cannot praise God anymore
ExamplesPsalm 88:11 Will Your graciousness be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?
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
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
42 occurrences in 18 groups
- אָבfather 7
- הוּhis 6
- ךָyour 4
- כֶםyour 4
- בֵּןson 3
- מֶלֶךְking 3
- Other words · 11 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
7 occurrences in 5 groups
- כָּרָהto dig 2
- פָּתַחto open 2
- הַרmountain 1
- זָבַחto sacrifice, to slaughter 1
- קָבַרto bury 1
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
What is done to itIt is the object
10 occurrences in 8 groups
- חָצַבto hew 2
- פָּתַחto open 2
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- כָּלָאto restrain, to withhold, to shut up 1
- מָצָאto find 1
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
What it is said to bePredicate
6 occurrences in 4 groups
- סָבִיבround about, around, on every side 3
- בְּלִיwithout, not 1
- שָׁםthere 1
- נִיme 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- גָּרוֹןthroat 1
- אַשְׁפָּהquiver 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
36 occurrences in 7 groups
- בin/on/with 33
- אֵלto, toward 14
- מִןfrom 10
- לto/for 5
- עַלon, upon, over, against 2
- עִםwith 2
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
11 occurrences in 7 groups
- אֲחֻזָּהpossession, property 5
- בַּיִתhouse, household 1
- מִבְחָרchoice 1
- מַעֲלֶהascent, stairway 1
- עִירcity, town 1
- פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- שַׁחַת shachath · H7845 · pit
- The target lexeme specifically denotes a burial place, grave, or sepulchre, while שַׁחת includes ‘grave’ among its senses (alongside pit, ditch, corruption, destruction). In referring to a grave as an underworld or burial location, the two are near-synonyms.
In the other Testament 3 words
- τάφος táphos · G5028 · grave, tomb
- Greek τάφος renders Hebrew קֶבֶר in LXX contexts denoting the physical place of burial/interment, maintaining semantic equivalence across both languages for the core concept of a grave or sepulchre.
- μνημεῖον mnēmeîon · G3419 · grave, tomb, monument
- Greek μνημεῖον (mnēmeion) serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew קֶבֶר (qeber), both denoting a physical burial site or tomb; the Greek term emphasizes the memorial/commemorative aspect ('remembrance') while the Hebrew focuses on the act/place of burial, but both refer to the same concrete funerary structure in translation practice.
- μνῆμα mnēma · G3418 · grave, tomb
- Hebrew קֶבֶר (qever) and Greek μνῆμα (mnēma) both denote a burial place or grave, representing direct cross-linguistic equivalents for the same core concept of a sepulchral site.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Tombs001003002010
- This is the standard noun for a grave or burial site, used throughout the negotiation for the cave of Machpelah as Sarah's burial place (Genesis 23:4, 6, 9, 20) and later as the family tomb (Genesis 49:30).
- Regions Under the Earth001003
- This underworld-adjacent sense, connecting the grave to the broader realm of the dead, is not directly illustrated by the sampled citations, which show only the concrete burial-site usage.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6913. qeber קֶ֫בֶר67 noun masculine1Ki 13:31 grave, sepulchre; — absolute ׳ק Gen 23:4 +,…
קֶ֫בֶר67 noun masculine1Ki 13:31 grave, sepulchre; — absolute ׳ק Gen 23:4 +, קָ֑בֶר 1Ki 14:13 +; construct קֶבֶר Jdg 8:32 +; suffix קִבְרִי Gen 50:5, etc.; plural קְבָרִים Exo 14:11 +, construct קִבְדֵי Jer 26:23 +, suffix קִבְרֵיהֶם Jer 8:1; also קְבָרוֺת Job 21:32, construct קִבְרוֺת Neh 2:3 +, suffix קִבְרֹתָיו Exo 32:23; 2Ch 16:14, etc.; — grave, sepulchre, Jdg 8:32; 2Sa 2:32; 1Ki 13:22 +; ק ׳אֲחֻזַּת Gen 23:4; Gen 23:9; Genesis 23:30; Gen 49:30; Gen 50:13; hewn out (חָצַב) Isa 22:16 (twice in verse); אוּבָ֑ל לַקֶּבֶר מִכֶּטֶן Job 10:19; figurative אִמִּ ׳וַתְּהִילִֿי ׳ק Jer 20:17; ק ׳שֹׁכְבֵי Psa 88:6 the slain lying in grave; כַּקְּבָרִים הַיּשְׁבִים Isa 65:4 they who sit in the tombs (occult rite, probably in necromancy, etc., compare Che and RSSemitic I.180 ff.; 2nd ed. 197 ff.); הָעָם בְּנֵי קֶבֶר 2Ki 23:6 i.e. burial-place of common people, so הָעָם בְּנֵי קִבְרֵי Jer 26:23; plural intensive Job 17:1, also of stately (royal) sepulchre 2Ki 22:20=2Ch 34:28; Neh 3:16; 2Ch 16:14; compare 2Ch 35:24; Job 21:32; conceived as in lower world Eze 32:22-23, Eze 32:25, Eze 32:26, || אֲבַדּוֺן Psa 88:12; Psa 49:12 read קְבָרִים for || קִרְבָּם Vrss and most; ׳ק מָּתוּחַ simile of quiver Jer 5:16; figurative ׳ק ׳פ גְּרֹנָם Psa 5:10; of exile Eze 37:12 (twice in verse); Eze 37:13 (twice in verse).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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.
Sources
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