Words the Bible translates as grave
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- Hadēsᾍδηςthe realm of the dead: where everyone goes when they die, pictured as a temporary holding place until the resurrection
- taphosτάφοςa grave: the place where a dead body is laid, named from the act of burying it
- qeverקֶבֶרa grave: the place where a dead body is laid to rest
- borבּוֹרa pit dug or hewn into the ground: a cistern for water, a hole that holds a person or traps an animal, and, in poetry, the grave.
- mnēmeionμνημεῖονa tomb: the place where a dead body is laid to rest
- mnēmaμνῆμαa tomb: a grave or rock-cut burial chamber, named as the lasting marker of the person laid there
- shaḥatשַׁחַתa pit: a deep hole dug in the ground, and by extension the grave, or the ruin that swallows the dying
- qevurahקְבֻרָהthe burying of a dead body, and the grave or ground where the body is laid
- semnosσεμνόςworthy of respect: dignified and honorable, carrying a weight of character or worth that draws esteem and even reverence
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