The meaning of “קֶבֶר”
Understanding qeber reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or (feminine) קִבְרָה qibrâh (kib-raw'); from קָבַר burying place, grave, sepulchre. - a sepulchre 1) grave, sepulchre, ...
קֶבֶר
or (feminine) קִבְרָה qibrâh (kib-raw'); from קָבַר burying place, grave, sepulchre. - a sepulchre 1) grave, sepulchre, tomb
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 23:20 | “And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. ” Word: קֶבֶר (qeber) | |
| Judges 16:31 | “Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. ” Word: קֶבֶר (qeber) | |
| 2 Kings 23:6 | “And he brought out the grove from the house of the Lord, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people.” Word: קֶבֶר (qeber) | |
| Job 10:19 | “I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.” Word: קֶבֶר (qeber) | |
| Jeremiah 20:17 | “Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.” Word: קֶבֶר (qeber) |
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