τάφος
taphos
“grave”
Definition
a grave (the place of interment)
masculine from G2290 (θάπτω);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
τάφος appears 7 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside, but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
So give the order that the tomb be secured until the third day. Otherwise, His disciples may come and steal Him away and tell the people He has risen from the dead. And this last deception would be worse than the first.”
So they went and secured the tomb by sealing the stone and posting the guard.
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