קְבוּרָה
qᵉbûwrâh · keb-oo-raw'
sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchre
Lexicon
Derivation: or קְבֻרָה; feminine passive participle of H6912 (קָבַר);
sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchre
- sepulture
- (concretely) a sepulchre
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: burial, burying place, grave, sepulchre.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the house, what is within › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest › to reveal, behold
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the house, what is within that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קְבוּרָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- her grave2 · 14%
- upon her grave1 · 7%
- grave1 · 7%
- me in their buryingplace1 · 7%
- of his sepulchre1 · 7%
- sepulchre1 · 7%
- him in his sepulchre1 · 7%
- in his sepulchre1 · 7%
- him in his own sepulchre1 · 7%
- of the burial1 · 7%
- and also that he have no burial1 · 7%
- with them in burial1 · 7%
- with the burial1 · 7%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.