קָבַר
qâbar · kaw-bar'
to inter
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to inter
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] in any wise, bury(-ier).
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › the house, what is within › the head, the highest
What comes behind, the returning cycle of the house, what is within of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קָבַר 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
133 occurrences · 133 OT · 0 NT · 82 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and was buried24 · 25%
- and they buried21 · 22%
- and buried9 · 9%
- buried8 · 8%
- to bury5 · 5%
- and he was buried3 · 3%
- bury3 · 3%
- and bury2 · 2%
- he had buried2 · 2%
- shall bury2 · 2%
- there they buried2 · 2%
- him, and buried2 · 2%
- but that thou mayest bury1 · 1%
- i pray thee, and bury1 · 1%
- there shalt thou bury me1 · 1%
- with you, that i may bury1 · 1%
- and i buried her1 · 1%
- with me; bury1 · 1%
- and she was buried1 · 1%
- me and thee? bury1 · 1%
- it of me, and i will bury1 · 1%
- and there i buried1 · 1%
- i it thee: bury1 · 1%
- that i should bury1 · 1%
- thou shalt be buried1 · 1%
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.