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קְבוּרָה

𐤒𐤁𐤅𐤓𐤄

qᵉbûwrâh

H6900 noun

SILEX Entry

Root קבר to bury, inter

Definition

A place of burial; a grave or tomb. The term refers primarily to the location or chamber where a deceased person is interred. It can also denote the act or condition of burial itself. In various contexts, it may refer both to individual graves and to collective burial sites or tombs prepared for families.

Semantic Range

burial, act of burying, grave, tomb, sepulchre, place of burial, burial site

Root / Etymology

From the root קבר (q-b-r), meaning 'to bury, inter.' קְבוּרָה is a feminine passive participle form, indicating the state of having been buried or the place where burial occurs. The form and meaning are consistent with other feminine passive nouns signifying a state or location resulting from the root action.

Historical & Contextual Notes

The term appears primarily in prose texts of the Hebrew Bible, especially in narrative and legal contexts relating to burial practices among the Israelites. Burial—typically in caves, individual family plots, or collective tombs—was the normative practice in ancient Israelite society. קְבוּרָה is less frequently used in poetic passages, which often employ synonymous terms such as שְׁאוֹל (Sheol) to denote the realm of the dead rather than the physical act or location of burial. In the monarchic period, burial locations acquired social and familial significance, with ancestral tombs marking both lineage and property rights. Later, in Second Temple and post-biblical literature, the notion of burial expands toward more elaborate tombs and necropolises, but the biblical usage usually maintains reference to a practical place or act. English translations often alternate between 'burial,' 'grave,' and 'sepulchre,' but sometimes these terms miss the familial and cultural nuance of the Israelite burial tradition preserved in קְבוּרָה.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

or קְבֻרָה; feminine passive participle of קָבַר; sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchre; burial, burying place, grave, sepulchre.

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Root Family

קבר (q-b-r) — to bury, inter

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H6912 קָבַר I will be buried
H6913 קֶבֶר in the graves

Word Forms

9 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H6900-07 קְבֻרָתָ֑/הּ qevuratah HNcfsc/Sp3fs her grave her burial-place 3
H6900-06 קְבֻֽרַת qevurat HNcfsc burial burial-site of 3
H6900-03 בִּ/קְבֻרָת֖/וֹ biqevurato HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms in his tomb in his burial-place 2
H6900-04 הַ/קְּבוּרָה֙ haqevurah HTd/Ncfsa of the burial the burial-place 1
H6900-08 קְבֻ֣רָת֔/וֹ qevurato HNcfsc/Sp3ms his-burial-place his burial place 1
H6900-02 בִּ/קְבֻרָתָ֑/ם biqevuratam HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp in their burying place in their burial-place 1
H6900-05 קְבוּרָ֖ה qevurah HNcfsa burial-place 1
H6900-09 בִ/קְבֻרָת֛/וֹ viqevurato HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms in his burial place in his burial-place 1
H6900-01 בִּ/קְבוּרָ֔ה biqevurah HR/Ncfsa in burial in a burial-place 1

Occurrences in Scripture

14 total occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H6900-07 Genesis 35:20 קְבֻרָתָ֑/הּ qevuratah HNcfsc/Sp3fs her grave her burial-place
H6900-06 Genesis 35:20 קְבֻֽרַת qevurat HNcfsc of the burial burial-site of
H6900-02 Genesis 47:30 בִּ/קְבֻרָתָ֑/ם biqevuratam HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp in their burying place in their burial-place
H6900-08 Deuteronomy 34:6 קְבֻ֣רָת֔/וֹ qevurato HNcfsc/Sp3ms his-burial-place his burial place
H6900-06 1 Samuel 10:2 קְבֻרַ֥ת qevurat HNcfsc tomb burial-site of
H6900-09 2 Kings 9:28 בִ/קְבֻרָת֛/וֹ viqevurato HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms in his burial place in his burial-place
H6900-03 2 Kings 21:26 בִּ/קְבֻרָת֖/וֹ biqevurato HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms in his tomb in his burial-place
H6900-03 2 Kings 23:30 בִּ/קְבֻֽרָת֑/וֹ biqevurato HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms in his tomb in his burial-place
H6900-01 Isaiah 14:20 בִּ/קְבוּרָ֔ה biqevurah HR/Ncfsa in burial in a burial-place
H6900-06 Jeremiah 22:19 קְבוּרַ֥ת qevurat HNcfsc burial burial-site of
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