What does θάπτω (tháptō) mean in the Bible?
θάπτω (tháptō): To bury the dead, often emphasizing the final rite of honoring or disposing of a body.
Greek · G2290
θάπτω
To bury
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θάπτω G2290
Pronunciation tháptō
What does θάπτω (tháptō) mean in the Bible?
θάπτω (tháptō): To bury the dead, often emphasizing the final rite of honoring or disposing of a body.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2290?
The BSB source-word alignment has 11 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include bury (3), buried (2), was buried (2), [and] buried [her] (1), [and] buried [him] (1).
Where does θάπτω (tháptō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 8:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (4), Luke (3), Matthew (3), 1 Corinthians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It bury 3× Matthew 8:21, Matthew 8:22, Luke 9:60
buried 2× Matthew 14:12, Acts 5:9
was buried 2× Luke 16:22, Acts 2:29
[and] buried [her] 1× Acts 5:10
[and] buried [him] 1× Acts 5:6
[and] bury 1× Luke 9:59
He was buried 1× 1 Corinthians 15:4
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 8:21 θάψαι to bury Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Matthew 8:22 θάψαι to bury Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Matthew 14:12 ἔθαψαν to buried Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Luke 9:59 θάψαι to [and] bury Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Luke 9:60 θάψαι to bury Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Luke 16:22 ἐτάφη to was buried Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Acts 2:29 ἐτάφη to was buried Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular Acts 5:6 ἔθαψαν to [and] buried [him] Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Acts 5:9 θαψάντων to buried Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural Acts 5:10 ἔθαψαν to [and] buried [her] Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 8:21
Aligned rows 11
Books represented 4
Matthew 3 Luke 3 Acts 4 1 Corinthians 1
Source forms
θάψαι 4x thapsai Matthew 8:21, Matthew 8:22, Luke 9:59, Luke 9:60
ἔθαψαν 3x ethapsan Matthew 14:12, Acts 5:6, Acts 5:10
ἐτάφη 3x etaphē Luke 16:22, Acts 2:29, 1 Corinthians 15:4
θαψάντων 1x thapsantōn Acts 5:9
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 4x Matthew 8:21, Matthew 8:22, Luke 9:59, Luke 9:60
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 3x Matthew 14:12, Acts 5:6, Acts 5:10
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 3x Luke 16:22, Acts 2:29, 1 Corinthians 15:4
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Acts 5:9
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To bury the dead, often emphasizing the final rite of honoring or disposing of a body.
Strong's G2290
Lexical occurrences 11 verses Greek text appearances 11 times Word forms 3 forms 11 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Luke 9:57-62 Source Gloss
to bury
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To bury the dead, often emphasizing the final rite of honoring or disposing of a body.
to bury: with accusative, Mat.8:21-22 14:12, Luk.9:59-60, Act.5:6, 9-10; pass., Luk.16:22, Act.2:29, 1Co.15:4.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
11 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 8:21 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
θάψαι qayai
I bury
Read verse Matthew 8:22 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
θάψαι qayai
I bury
Read verse Matthew 14:12 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἔθαψαν eqayan
I bury
Read verse Luke 9:59 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
θάψαι qayai
I bury
Read verse Luke 9:60 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
θάψαι qayai
I bury
Read verse Luke 16:22 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Passive Indicative
ἐτάφη. etafh
I bury
Read verse Acts 2:29 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Passive Indicative
ἐτάφη, etafh
I bury
Read verse Acts 5:6 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἔθαψαν. eqayan
I bury
Read verse Acts 5:9 Verb Aorist Active Participle Genitive Plural Masculine
θαψάντων qayantwn
I bury
Read verse Acts 5:10 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἔθαψαν eqayan
I bury
Read verse 1 Corinthians 15:4 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Passive Indicative
ἐτάφη· etafh
I bury
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 11 Tenses Aorist Voices Active, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 4×
Aorist Active Matt 8:21 · Matt 8:22 · Luke 9:59 · Luke 9:60 4×
Indicative states a fact or reality 6×
Aorist Active Matt 14:12 · Acts 5:6 · Acts 5:10 3×
Aorist Passive Luke 16:22 · Acts 2:29 · 1 Cor 15:4 3×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Aorist Active Acts 5:9 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 10 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 10
Voice
active 8 passive 2
Mood
indicative 5 infinitive 4 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 8:21 θάψαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 8:22 θάψαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Matthew 14:12 ἔθαψαν aorist active indicative completed Luke 9:59 θάψαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Luke 9:60 θάψαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Luke 16:22 ἐτάφη aorist passive indicative completed Acts 5:10 ἔθαψαν aorist active indicative completed Acts 5:6 ἔθαψαν aorist active indicative completed Acts 5:9 θαψάντων aorist active participle participle 1 Corinthians 15:4 ἐτάφη aorist passive indicative completed
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
Permission to delay discipleship for obligation to bury deceased parent
John the Baptist's disciples took his body and gave it burial after execution
Christ's burial as essential component of gospel proclamation and resurrection
Rich man's body received proper burial despite his rejection of Lazarus
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 11 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
θάπτω is a primary verb - no further derivation.
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain