Word Summary
taphē: burial
Original Word: ταφήTransliteration: taphē
Phonetic Spelling: (taf-ay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: burial
Meaning: burial
Strong's Concordance
burial
Feminine from thapto; burial (the act) -- X bury.
see GREEK thapto
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5027: ταφήταφή,
ταφῆς,
ἡ (
θάπτω), from
Herodotus down; the
Sept. several times for
קְבוּרָה and
קֶבֶר,
burial:
Matthew 27:7.