קְבֻרָה
qe.vu.rah
tomb
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word qe.vu.rah (H6900) refers to a tomb. As a noun, it represents a place of burial, a physical structure constructed to house the dead. This word appears 14 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in various contexts. The semantic domain of Death & Life suggests that this word is associated with the cycle of life and death. Qe.vu.rah may be used in both individual and collective contexts, referring to a burial spot for a single person or a site used for multiple interments. Given its connection to death, it can also signify mourning, grief, or commemoration of the deceased. The frequent occurrence of this word throughout the Bible underscores its significance in the cultural and spiritual contexts of the ancient Israelites. It can be a focal point for reflecting on mortality, remembering the deceased, and grappling with the human experience of death and its aftermath.
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Occurrences in Scripture
14 total occurrences across the text
So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings, for they said, “He is a leper.” Jotham his son reigned in his place.
Ecclesiastes 6:3If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:
Isaiah 14:20You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed your land. You have killed your people. The offspring of evildoers will not be named forever.
Jeremiah 22:19He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.”
Ezekiel 32:23whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.
Ezekiel 32:24“There is Elam and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who have gone down uncircumcised into the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit.
Genesis 35:20Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.
Genesis 35:20Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel’s grave to this day.
Genesis 47:30but when I sleep with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying place.” Joseph said, “I will do as you have said.”
Deuteronomy 34:6He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab opposite Beth Peor, but no man knows where his tomb is to this day.
1 Samuel 10:2When you have departed from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb, on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will tell you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, “What shall I do for my son?” ’
2 Kings 9:28His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in David’s city.
2 Kings 23:30His servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.
2 Kings 21:26He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.