King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1779
Transliteration: entaphiazō
Phonetic Spelling: (en-taf-ee-ad'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to prepare for burial
Meaning: to prepare for burial
ἐνταφιάζω; 1 aorist infinitive ἐνταφιάσαι; to see to τά ἐνταφια (from ἐν and τάφος), i. e. to prepare a body for burial, by the use of every requisite provision and funereal adornment, to wit, baths, vestments, flowers, wreaths, perfumes, libations, etc.; to lay out a corpse (Latinpollingere): Matthew 26:12; John 19:40. (Genesis 50:2f; Anthol. 11, 125, 5; Plutarch, de esu earn. 1, 5, 7 mor., p. 995 c.)
Word Summary
entaphiazō: to prepare for burial
Original Word: ἐνταφιάζωTransliteration: entaphiazō
Phonetic Spelling: (en-taf-ee-ad'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to prepare for burial
Meaning: to prepare for burial
Strong's Concordance
bury. From a compound of en and taphos; to inswathe with cerements for interment -- bury.
see GREEK en
see GREEK taphos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1779: ἐνταφιάζωἐνταφιάζω; 1 aorist infinitive ἐνταφιάσαι; to see to τά ἐνταφια (from ἐν and τάφος), i. e. to prepare a body for burial, by the use of every requisite provision and funereal adornment, to wit, baths, vestments, flowers, wreaths, perfumes, libations, etc.; to lay out a corpse (Latinpollingere): Matthew 26:12; John 19:40. (Genesis 50:2f; Anthol. 11, 125, 5; Plutarch, de esu earn. 1, 5, 7 mor., p. 995 c.)