What does קֶבֶר mean in the Bible?
קֶבֶר is a Hebrew word meaning "a sepulchre".
Hebrew · H6913
קֶבֶר
A sepulchre
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קֶבֶר H6913
What does קֶבֶר mean in the Bible?
קֶבֶר is a Hebrew word meaning "a sepulchre".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H6913?
The BSB source-word alignment has 67 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include in the tomb (7), tomb (5), graves (4), a grave (3), as a burial (3).
Where does קֶבֶר appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 23:4. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (9), 2 Chronicles (8), Genesis (8), 2 Kings (6).
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 in the tomb 7× Genesis 50:5, Judges 8:32, Judges 16:31, 2 Samuel 21:14
tomb 5× 2 Samuel 2:32, 2 Samuel 3:32, 2 Samuel 4:12, 2 Samuel 17:23
graves 4× Exodus 14:11, Psalms 5:9, Jeremiah 5:16, Ezekiel 32:23
a grave 3× Numbers 19:16, Numbers 19:18, Isaiah 53:9
as a burial 3× Genesis 23:20, Genesis 49:30, Genesis 50:13
in the tombs 3× 2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 24:25, 2 Chronicles 28:27
the grave 3× Job 3:22, Job 5:26, Job 17:1
the tombs 3× 2 Kings 23:16, Nehemiah 3:16
your grave 3× 2 Kings 22:20, 2 Chronicles 34:28, Nahum 1:14
a burial 2× Genesis 23:4, Ezekiel 39:11
are buried 2× Nehemiah 2:3, Nehemiah 2:5
in the grave 2× Psalms 88:5, Psalms 88:11
the graves 2× 2 Kings 23:6, 2 Chronicles 34:4
the tomb 2× 2 Samuel 19:37, 1 Kings 13:22
to the grave 2× Job 10:19, Job 21:32
your graves 2× Ezekiel 37:12, Ezekiel 37:13
. . . 1× 1 Kings 14:13
a tomb 1× Isaiah 22:16
among the graves 1× Isaiah 65:4
from their graves 1× Jeremiah 8:1
from them 1× Ezekiel 37:13
her graves 1× Ezekiel 32:22
his tomb 1× Genesis 23:6
in his own tomb 1× 1 Kings 13:30
It is the tomb 1× 2 Kings 23:17
my grave 1× Jeremiah 20:17
of our tombs 1× Genesis 23:6
of your grave 1× Isaiah 14:19
so that [I may have] a burial 1× Genesis 23:9
the burial place 1× Jeremiah 26:23
them 1× Ezekiel 37:12
tombs 1× 2 Chronicles 32:33
with her graves 1× Ezekiel 32:25
with their graves 1× Ezekiel 32:26
your tomb 1× Isaiah 22:16
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 23:4 קֶ֙בֶר֙ to a burial Noun - masculine singular Genesis 23:6 קְבָרֵ֔ינוּ to of our tombs Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Genesis 23:6 קִבְר֛וֹ to his tomb Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Genesis 23:9 קָֽבֶר׃ to so that [I may have] a burial Noun - masculine singular Genesis 23:20 קָ֑בֶר to as a burial Noun - masculine singular Genesis 49:30 קָֽבֶר׃ to as a burial Noun - masculine singular Genesis 50:5 בְּקִבְרִ֗י to in the tomb Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Genesis 50:13 קֶ֗בֶר to as a burial Noun - masculine singular Exodus 14:11 קְבָרִים֙ to graves Noun - masculine plural Numbers 19:16 בְקָ֑בֶר to a grave Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 23:4
Aligned rows 67
Books represented 15
Genesis 8 Exodus 1 Numbers 2 Judges 2 2 Samuel 6 1 Kings 4 2 Kings 6 2 Chronicles 8 Nehemiah 3 Job 5 Psalms 3 Isaiah 5 Jeremiah 4 Ezekiel 9 Nahum 1
Source forms
קָ֑בֶר 4x qā·ḇer Genesis 23:20, 1 Kings 14:13, Job 5:26, Isaiah 22:16
קָֽבֶר׃ 3x qā·ḇer Genesis 23:9, Genesis 49:30, Job 3:22
בְּקֶ֙בֶר֙ 2x bə·qe·ḇer Judges 8:32, 2 Samuel 21:14
בְּקֶ֣בֶר 2x bə·qe·ḇer 2 Samuel 2:32, 2 Kings 13:21
בְּקִבְר֥וֹת 2x bə·qiḇ·rō·wṯ 2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 24:25
הַקְּבָרִ֔ים 2x haq·qə·ḇā·rîm 2 Kings 23:16, 2 Chronicles 34:4
מִקִּבְרוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם 2x miq·qiḇ·rō·w·ṯê·ḵem Ezekiel 37:12, Ezekiel 37:13
קֶ֗בֶר 2x qe·ḇer Genesis 50:13, Psalms 88:5
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 12x Genesis 23:4, Genesis 23:9, Genesis 23:20, Genesis 49:30
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct 7x Judges 8:32, Judges 16:31, 2 Samuel 2:32, 2 Samuel 4:12
Noun - masculine plural construct 5x 2 Chronicles 32:33, Nehemiah 2:3, Nehemiah 2:5, Nehemiah 3:16
Noun - masculine singular construct 4x 2 Samuel 3:32, 2 Samuel 19:37, 1 Kings 13:22, 2 Kings 23:6
Article | Noun - masculine plural 3x 2 Kings 23:16, 2 Chronicles 34:4
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular 3x Ezekiel 32:23, Ezekiel 32:25, Ezekiel 32:26
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 3x Genesis 23:6, Isaiah 22:16, Isaiah 53:9
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct 3x 2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 24:25, 2 Chronicles 35:24
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a sepulchre
Source Gloss
a sepulchre
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a sepulchre BDB: grave Usage: burying place, grave, sepulchre.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
קֶבֶר is built from this root:
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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