1. tomb, grave, burial place — A burial site or sepulchre, referring to a rock-cut tomb or grave where the dead are laid. Universally consistent across all target languages: Spanish 'sepulcro/tumba,' Hindi 'kabr/kabron,' Arabic 'qabr/qubur,' Korean 'mudeom,' Swahili 'kaburi.' The two original clusters differ only in grammatical number (singular N-GMS/N-AMS/N-NMS vs plural N-DMP/N-AMP), not in semantic content. Used both for individual tombs (e.g., Christ's tomb) and whitewashed tombs as a metaphor for hypocrisy (Matt 23:27), but the referent remains a physical burial place in every occurrence. 7×
AR["القَبرَ","الْقَبْرَ","الْقَبْرُ","الْقَبْرِ","قَبرٌ","قُبورًا","قُبورَ"]·ben["কবর","কবরগুলি","কবরগুলির","কবরের"]·DE["Grab","τάφοις","τάφον","τάφου","τάφους"]·EN["grave","tomb","tombs"]·FR["tombeau"]·heb["הַ-קֶבֶר","לִקְבָרִים","קִבְרֵי","קֶבֶר"]·HI["कब्र","कब्रें","कब्रों-से"]·ID["Kubur","kubur","kubur-kubur"]·IT["sepolcro","tomba"]·jav["kubur","kubur,","kubur.","kuburan"]·KO["무덤","무덤-을","무덤들-을"]·PT["sepulcro","túmulo"]·RU["гроб","гроба","гробницам","гробницу","гробницы"]·ES["a-sepulcros","sepulcro","sepulcros","tumba"]·SW["kaburi","ya-","yaliyopakwa-chokaa"]·TR["mezar","mezara","mezarlara","mezarlarını","mezarı","mezarın"]·urd["قبر","قبر-کو","قبر-کے","قبروں-سے","قبریں"]
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τάφος [ᾰ], ὁ, (θάπτω) __A funeral-rites, Refs 8th c.BC+; δαινύναι τάφον to give a funeral-feast, Refs 8th c.BC+; τελέσαι τάφον Ἕκτορι δίῳ to perform the funeral-rites, Refs 8th c.BC+; so ὃν πόλις στυγεῖ, σὺ τιμήσεις τάφ; Refs 5th c.BC+; τάφου τυχεῖν obtain the rites of burial, Refs 5th c.BC+: plural of a single funeral, Refs 5th c.BC+; so of cremation, Refs 1st c.AD+ __A.2 the act of performing…