קָבַר
qa.var
“to bury”
Definition
to inter
a primitive root;
- to bury 1a) (Qal) to bury 1b) (Niphal) to be buried 1c) (Piel) to bury, bury (in masses) 1d) (Pual) to be buried
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
H:V
Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
קָבַר appears 119 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
all their men of valor set out and retrieved the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. And they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
Then Jehu looked for Ahaziah, and Jehu’s soldiers captured him while he was hiding in Samaria. So Ahaziah was brought to Jehu and put to death. They buried him, for they said, “He is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart.”So no one was left from the house of Ahaziah with the strength to rule the kingdom.
From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.
“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”
Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.
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