Burying the Dead

קָבַר132 vb. bury (NH id.; Ph. קבר, bury, קבר tomb; Arabic قَبَرَ, Assyrian ḳibîru, Aramaic קְבַר, ܩܒܰܪ, Nab. קבר, all bury; Palm. Nab. קברא tomb, so Sab. קבר HomChrest. 126 Liḥy. קבר bury; DHMEpigr. Denkm. No. 35, 2, 3, cf. מקבר(הם) burial-place CISiv, No. 20, 1, 2, 4);— Qal86 Pf. 3 ms. ק׳ Gn 23:19; 2 ms. sf. consec. וּקְבַרִתַּנְי 47:30, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. וַיִּקְבֹּר Dt 34:6; 2 K 21:26, etc.; Imv. קְבֹר Gn 23:6 +, etc.; Inf. abs. קָבוֹר Dt 21:23; cstr. לִקְבּוֹר Je 19:11 +, etc.; Pt. act. קֹבֵר 2 K 9:10 +, etc.; pass. קָבוּר 1 K 13:31, pl. קְבֻרִים Ec 8:10 bury, acc. pers., bones, etc., usually c. ב loc., 2 S 2:32; 1 K 13:31(×2) Gn 23:6 Jos 24:30, 32(×2) Ju 2:9 + 33 times; c. בֵּיתוֹ loc. 2 Ch 33:20 (בְּגַן־בֵּיתוֹ ‖ 2 K 21:18, also בְּבֵיתוֹ 1 S 25:1; 1 K 2:34); c. שָׁם Nu 11:34, תַּחַת 1 S 31:13 = 1 Ch 10:12; pregn. c. אֶל loc. Gn 23:19; 25:9; Ez 39:15; אֶל־אֲבֹתָ֑י Gn 49:29; cf. עִם־אֲבוֹתָיו 2 K 12:22; 15:7; 2 Ch 25:28; 26:23 (v. also Niph., and תָּבוֹא אֶל־אֲבֹתֶיךָ Gn 15:15); c. שָׁ֫מָּה Gn 23:13; 49:31(×3); 50:5; c. acc. pers. alone 2 S 2:4, 5 + 22 times; + מִלְּפָנַי Gn 23:4, 8; pass. Ec 8:10; acc. om. 2 K 9:10 + 3 times + (c. ב) 2 S 4:12. Niph.39 Impf. 3 ms. יִקָּבֵר Je 22:19, etc.;—be buried Gn 15:15 Je 8:2; 16:4, 6; 25:33 (+ אסף), as read perhaps Ez 29:5 for תִּקָּבֵץ (+ id.); קְבֻרַת חֲמוֹר יִקּ׳ Je 22:19; usually c. ב loc. Gn 35:19 Ju 8:32 + 6 times Ju, 2 S 17:23; 1 K 2:10, 34 + 16 times K Ch (+ עִם־אֲבוֹתַיו 1 K 14:31; 15:24 + 6 times; עִם־מַלְכֵי יִשְׂר׳ 2 K 13:13; 14:16); c. שָׁם Nu 20:1 + 3 times; c. תַּחַת, מִתַּחַת Gn 35:8. †Pi. bury (in masses), c. acc.: Impf. 3 fs. sf. תְּקַבְּרֵם Ho 9:6; Inf. cstr. לְקַבֵּר 1 K 11:15; Pt. pl. מְקַבְרִים Nu 33:4 Ez 39:14; as n. intens., of office, burier, sg. מְקַבֵּר Je 14:16, pl. הַמּ׳ Ez 39:15. †Pu. Pf. 3 ms. שָׁ֫מַּה קֻבַּר אַבְרָהָם Gn 25:10.

θάπτω, future θάψω Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, future τᾰφήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist 1 ἐθάφθην Refs 5th c.BC+; more frequently aorist 2 ἐτάφην [ᾰ] Refs, and alwaysin Attic dialect, as Refs 5th c.BC+; participle ἐν-θαφείς Refsperfect τέθαμμαι, Ionic dialect3rd.pers. plural τετάφαται variant{τεθάφαται} Refs 5th c.BC+; infinitive τεθάφθαι Refs 4th c.BC+: pluperfect passive ἐτέθαπτο Refs 8th c.BC+:—honour with funeral rites, ὅτε μιν θάπτωσιν Ἀχαιοί Refs 8th c.BC+ (but frequently used later with reference to cremation, Refs 5th c.BC+; θ. ἐς χῶρον Refs 5th c.BC+; θ. ἐξ οἰκίας to carry out to burial from a house, Refs 4th c.BC+; καταλείψει μηδὲ ταφῆναι not even his burial expenses, Refs 5th c.BC+

ἐντᾰφ-ιάζω, prepare for burial, lay out, LXX+NT+1st c.AD+:—middle, τὸ λοιπὸν ἐντεταφιασμένος περιπατεῖ Refs 1st c.BC+

συγκομ-ίζω, carry or bring together, collect, Refs 5th c.BC+:—middle, Refs 5th c.BC+; bring together to oneself, collect round one, ἰατροὺς ἀρίστους πρὸς αὑτόν Refs 5th c.BC+; συγκεκόμισθε κάλλιστον κτῆμα εἰς τὰς ψυχάς you have stored up in your souls,Refs 2nd c.AD+; σ. πρὸς ἐμαυτόν concentrate in myself, Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, ἐκέατο ἁλέες συγκεκομισμένοι heaped together, Refs 5th c.BC+ are gained both at once, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 of the harvest, gather in, Refs 5th c.BC+: frequently in middle, Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, of the harvest, ὀργᾷ συγκομίζεσθαι it is ripe for carrying, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐλαχίστοις πόνοις συγκομίζεται is got in.. , Refs 1st c.BC+ __II help in burying or cremating, τόνδε τὸν νεκρὸν.. μὴ συγκομίζειν Refs 5th c.BC+; ἔφθη τὸ σῶμα συγκομισθέν the body was already cremated, Refs 1st c.AD+

† חֲנֻטִים n.[m.]pl.abstr. embalming, only יְמֵי הַח׳ Gn 50:3 i.e. the days consumed in the embalming process = אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם v. Di