What does τάφος (táphos) mean in the Bible?
τάφος (táphos): Physical place of burial or tomb, emphasizing the location itself rather than the act of burial
Greek · G5028
τάφος
A grave (the place of interment)
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τάφος G5028
Pronunciation táphos
What does τάφος (táphos) mean in the Bible?
τάφος (táphos): Physical place of burial or tomb, emphasizing the location itself rather than the act of burial
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G5028?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include tomb (3), tombs (2), graves (1), vvv (1).
Where does τάφος (táphos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 23:27. Its strongest book concentrations include Matthew (6), Romans (1).
Are there verse guides for τάφος (táphos)?
This entry includes 1 verse guide that explain exact original-language forms in context.
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 tomb 3× Matthew 27:61, Matthew 27:64, Matthew 28:1
tombs 2× Matthew 23:27, Matthew 23:29
graves 1× Romans 3:13
vvv 1× Matthew 27:66
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 23:27 τάφοις to tombs Noun - Dative Masculine Plural Matthew 23:29 τάφους to tombs Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Matthew 27:61 τάφου to tomb Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Matthew 27:64 τάφον to tomb Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Matthew 27:66 τάφον to vvv Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Matthew 28:1 τάφον to tomb Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular Romans 3:13 τάφος to graves Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 23:27
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 2
Matthew 6 Romans 1
Source forms
τάφον 3x taphon Matthew 27:64, Matthew 27:66, Matthew 28:1
τάφοις 1x taphois Matthew 23:27
τάφος 1x taphos Romans 3:13
τάφου 1x taphou Matthew 27:61
τάφους 1x taphous Matthew 23:29
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 3x Matthew 27:64, Matthew 27:66, Matthew 28:1
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 23:29
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Matthew 23:27
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 27:61
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Romans 3:13
Key Verse and Form Guides
Verse-level guides showing how this original-language form works in its specific context, including grammar, verse function, and guarded interpretation.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Physical place of burial or tomb, emphasizing the location itself rather than the act of burial
Source Gloss
a grave (the place of interment)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Physical place of burial or tomb, emphasizing the location itself rather than the act of burial
(θάντω), [in LXX chiefly for קֶבֶר ;]
1a burial (Hom., al.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 23:27 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
τάφοις tafoiv
a tomb, burial-place
Read verse Matthew 23:29 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
τάφους tafouv
a tomb, burial-place
Read verse Matthew 27:61 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
τάφου. tafou
a tomb, burial-place
Read verse Matthew 27:64 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
τάφον tafon
a tomb, burial-place
Read verse Matthew 27:66 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
τάφον, tafon
a tomb, burial-place
Read verse Matthew 28:1 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
τάφον. tafon
a tomb, burial-place
Read verse tafov
a tomb, burial-place
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 7 Case pattern Accusative (4) Number pattern Singular (5)
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:61 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 23:27 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:64 · Matt 27:66 · Matt 28:1 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 23:29 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
A place of burial, contrasted with honorable vs. dishonorable interment
Showing 1 selected witness from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
τάφος is built from this root:
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