Strong's Lexicon

H6913

H6913 — קֶבֶר קִברָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewqeber,noun mascOccurrences: 68TWOT: 1984a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6913
Word:קֶבֶר קִברָה
Part of Speech:noun masc
Etymology:from H6912
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:68
Transliteration:qeber,
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:keh'-ber (or (feminine) qibrah {kib-raw'}) n-m.
Meaning:1. a sepulchre
KJV Renderings:burying place, grave, sepulchre.

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BDB7292

קֶ֫בֶר67 noun masculine 1Kgs 13:31 grave, sepulchre; — absolute ׳ ק Gen 23:4 +, קָ֑בֶר 1Kgs 14:13 +; construct קֶבֶר Judg 8:32 +; suffix קִבְרִי Gen 50:5, etc.; plural קְבָרִים Exod 14:11 +, construct קִבְדֵי Jer 26:23 +, suffix קִבְרֵיהֶם Jer 8:1 also קְבָרוֺת Job 21:32, construct קִבְרוֺת Neh 2:3 +, suffix קִבְרֹתָיו Exod 32:23; 2Chr 16:14, etc.; — grave, sepulchre, Judg 8:32; 2Sam 2:32; 1Kgs 13:22 +; ׳ אֲחֻזַּת ק Gen 23:4; Gen 23:9; Gen 23:30; Gen 49:30; Gen 50:13 hewn out (חָצַב) Isa 22:16 (twice in verse); מִכֶּטֶן לַקֶּבֶר אוּבָ֑ל Job 10:19 figurative ׳ ק ׳ וַתְּהִילִֿי אִמִּ Jer 20:17 ׳ שֹׁכְבֵי ק Ps 88:6 the slain lying in grave; הַיּשְׁבִים כַּקְּבָרִים Isa 65:4 they who sit in the tombs (occult rite, probably in necromancy, etc., compare Che and RSSemitic I.180 ff.; 2nd ed. 197 ff.); קֶבֶר בְּנֵי הָעָם 2Kgs 23:6 i.e. burial-place of common people, so קִבְרֵי בְּנֵי הָעָם Jer 26:23 plural intensive Job 17:1, also of stately (royal) sepulchre 2Kgs 22:20=2Chr 34:28; Neh 3:16; 2Chr 16:14 compare 2Chr 35:24; Job 21:32 conceived as in lower world Ezek 32:22; Ezek 32:23; Ezek 32:25; Ezek 32:26, || אֲבַדּוֺן Ps 88:12; Ps 49:12 read קְבָרִים for || קִרְבָּם Vrss and most; פָּתוּחַ ׳ ק simile of quiver Jer 5:16 figurative גְּרֹנָם ׳ פ ׳ ק Ps 5:10 of exile Ezek 37:12 (twice in verse); Ezek 37:13 (twice in verse).


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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