Hebrew · H6912, G2290 · unreviewed

קָבַר

To inter · to bury

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קָבַר H6912 to inter

Pronunciation qābar

Burial as the fundamental act honoring human dignity, essential completion of covenant relationship with the dead.

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θάπτω G2290 to bury

Pronunciation tháptō

To bury the dead, often emphasizing the final rite of honoring or disposing of a body.

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What does קָבַר (qabar) mean in the Bible?

קָבַר · θάπτω is a Hebrew word meaning "to place a body in the ground after death".

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Meaning

to place a body in the ground after death

Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 19×

Perfect 2Sam 2:4 · Ezek 39:15 · Gen 49:31 · Josh 24:32 · Num 11:34 · Gen 23:19 8×

Sequential imperfect Gen 23:6 · Gen 23:11 · Gen 23:15 · Gen 49:29 4×

Participle active 2Kgs 9:10 · 2Kgs 13:21 · Ps 79:3 3×

Participle passive 1Kgs 13:31 · Eccl 8:10 2×

Infinitive absolute Deut 21:23 1×

Imperfect Jer 19:11 1×

Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 9×

Imperfect Jer 8:2 · Jer 16:4 · Jer 16:6 · Jer 25:33 · Job 27:15 · Gen 15:15 · Jer 20:6 · Jer 22:19 · Ruth 1:17 9×

Piel intensive active — emphasizes thoroughness or repeated action 3×

Participle active Ezek 39:14 · Jer 14:16 · Num 33:4 3×

Pual intensive passive — intensive action received by the subject 1×

Perfect Gen 25:10 1×

Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 32 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form

Imperfect 10 Perfect 9 Participle 6 Imperative 4 Participle passive 2 Infinitive absolute 1

Stem

Qal 19 Niphal 9 Piel 3 Pual 1

Mood

Indicative 9 Indicative/jussive 9 Imperative 4 Indicative/cohortative 1

OT Occurrences

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

Morphology: OSHB WLC (Open Scriptures, CC BY 4.0) · STEPBible TEHMC (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0)

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Matthew 14 — The Death of John, the Compassion of Jesus, and the Son of God over Bread, Sea, and Fear Matthew 8 — The Authority of Jesus over Uncleanness, Sickness, Discipleship, Storms, and Demons

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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