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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τάφοςG5028
Pronunciationtáphos
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 Ittomb3×Matthew 27:61, Matthew 27:64, Matthew 28:1
tombs2×Matthew 23:27, Matthew 23:29
graves1×Romans 3:13
vvv1×Matthew 27:66
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 23:27τάφοιςtotombsNoun - Dative Masculine PluralMatthew 23:29τάφουςtotombsNoun - Accusative Masculine PluralMatthew 27:61τάφουtotombNoun - Genitive Masculine SingularMatthew 27:64τάφονtotombNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularMatthew 27:66τάφονtovvvNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularMatthew 28:1τάφονtotombNoun - Accusative Masculine SingularRomans 3:13τάφοςtogravesNoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowMatthew 23:27
Aligned rows7
Books represented2
Matthew6Romans1
Source forms
τάφον3xtaphonMatthew 27:64, Matthew 27:66, Matthew 28:1
τάφοις1xtaphoisMatthew 23:27
τάφος1xtaphosRomans 3:13
τάφου1xtaphouMatthew 27:61
τάφους1xtaphousMatthew 23:29
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular3xMatthew 27:64, Matthew 27:66, Matthew 28:1
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural1xMatthew 23:29
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural1xMatthew 23:27
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular1xMatthew 27:61
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular1xRomans 3:13
Key Verse and Form Guides
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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)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek 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 23:27Noun Dative Plural Masculine
τάφοιςtafoiv
a tomb, burial-place
Read verseMatthew 23:29Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
τάφουςtafouv
a tomb, burial-place
Read verseMatthew 27:61Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
τάφου.tafou
a tomb, burial-place
Read verseMatthew 27:64Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
τάφονtafon
a tomb, burial-place
Read verseMatthew 27:66Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
τάφον,tafon
a tomb, burial-place
Read verseMatthew 28:1Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
τάφον.tafon
a tomb, burial-place
Read versetafov
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 patterns5Aligned forms7Case patternAccusative (4)Number patternSingular (5)
Genitive · Singular · MasculineMatt 27:611×
Dative · Plural · MasculineMatt 23:271×
Accusative · Singular · MasculineMatt 27:64 · Matt 27:66 · Matt 28:13×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineMatt 23:291×
Selected Scripture Witness
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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:
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