6912. qabar
Strong's Lexicon
qabar: To bury, to inter

Original Word: קָבַר
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: qabar
Pronunciation: kah-VAHR
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-bar')
Definition: To bury, to inter
Meaning: to inter

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2290 (θάπτω, thapto) - to bury

- G5028 (τάφος, taphos) - a grave, tomb

Usage: The Hebrew verb "qabar" primarily means to bury or inter. It is used in the context of placing a deceased body into the ground, a tomb, or a burial site. This action is often associated with the customs and rituals surrounding death and mourning in ancient Israelite culture.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, burial was the customary method of disposing of a body. It was considered an act of respect and honor for the deceased. The Israelites placed significant importance on proper burial practices, often involving family tombs or burial sites. The act of burial was not only a practical necessity but also held religious and cultural significance, reflecting beliefs about the afterlife and the dignity of the human body.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to bury
NASB Translation
burial (1), buried (93), buriers have buried (1), bury (30), burying (5), surely bury (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
קָבַר132 verb bury (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician קבר, bury, קבר tomb; Arabic , Assyrian ‡ibiru, Aramaic קְבַר, , Nabataean קבר, all bury; Palmyrene Nabataean קברא tomb, so Sabean קבר HomChrest. 126, Lihyanian קבר bury, DHMEpigr. Denkm. No, 35, 2, 3, compare מקבר(הםׅ burial- place CISiv,No, 20,1.2,4); —

Qal86 Perfect3masculine singular ׳ק Genesis 23:19; 2masculine singular Sf. consecutive וּקְבַרְתַּנְי Genesis 47:30, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיִּקְבֹּד Deuteronomy 34:6; 2 Kings 21:26, etc.; Imperative קְבֹר Genesis 23:6 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute קָבוֺר Deuteronomy 21:23; construct לִקְכּוֺר Jeremiah 19:11 +, etc.; Participle active קֹבֵר 2 Kings 9:10 +, etc.; pass. קָבוּר 1 Kings 13:31, plural קְבֻרִים Ecclesiastes 8:10 bury, acc. person, bones, etc., usually with ב location, 2 Samuel 2:32; 1 Kings 13:31 (twice in verse); Genesis 23:6; Joshua 24:30,32 (twice in verse); Judges 2:9 33t.; with בֵּיתוֺ location 2 Chronicles 33:20 (בְּגַןבֵּֿיתוֺ "" 2 Kings 21:18, also בְּבֵיתוֺ 1 Samuel 25:1; 1 Kings 2:34); with שָׁם Numbers 11:34, תַּחַת 1 Samuel 31:13 = 1 Chronicles 10:12; pregnantly with אֶל location Genesis 23:19; Genesis 25:9; Ezekiel 39:15; אֶלאֲֿבֹתָ֑י Genesis 49:29; compare עִםאֲֿבוֺתָיו 2 Kings 12:22; 2 Kings 15:7; 2Chronicles 25:28; 26:23 (see also

Niph`al, and תָּבוֺא אֶלֿ אֲבֹתֶיךָ Genesis 15:15); with שָׁ֫תָּה Genesis 23:13; Genesis 49:31 (3 t. in verse); Genesis 50:5; with accusative of person Alone 2 Samuel 2:4,5 22t.; + מִלְּפָנַי Genesis 23:4,8; passive Ecclesiastes 8:10; accusative omitted 2 Kings 9:10 3t. + (with ב) 2 Samuel 4:12.

Niph`al30 Imperfect3masculine singular יִקָּבֵר Jeremiah 22:19, etc.; — be buried Genesis 15:15Jer Genesis 8:2; Genesis 16:4,5; Genesis 25:33 (+ אסף), so read perhaps Ezekiel 29:5 for תִּקָּבֵץ (+ id.); ׳קְבֻרַת חֲמוֺר יִקּ Jeremiah 22:19; usually with ב location Genesis 35:19; Judges 8:32 6t. Judges; 2 Samuel 17:23; 1 Kings 2:10,34 16t. Kings Chronicles (+ עִםאֲֿבוֺתָיו 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:24 6t.; ׳עִםמַֿלְכֵי יִשְׂר 2 Kings 13:13; 2 Kings 14:16); with שָׁם Numbers 20:1 3t.; with תַּחַת, מִתַּחַת Genesis 35:8.

Pi`el bury (in masses), with accusative: Imperfect3feminine singular suffix תְּקַכְּרֵם Hosea 9:6; Infinitive construct לְקַבֵּר 1 Kings 11:15; Participle plural מְקַכְּרִים Numbers 33:4; Ezekiel 39:14; as intensive noun, of office, burier, singular מְקַכֵּר Jeremiah 14:16, plural ׳הַמּ Ezekiel 39:15.

Pu`al Perfect3masculine singular שָׁ֫מָּה קֻבַּר אַבְרָהָם Genesis 25:10.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
in any wise

A primitive root; to inter -- X in any wise, bury(-ier).

Forms and Transliterations
אֶקָּבֵ֑ר אקבר הַֽמְקַבְּרִ֔ים המקברים וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה וְקִבְר֔וּהָ וְקָ֣בְרוּ וְקָֽבְרוּ֙ וְקָבְר֣וּ וְקָבְר֥וּ וַֽיִּקְבְּר֥וּ וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֑הוּ וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֔הוּ וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֖הוּ וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙ וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֤הוּ וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻהוּ֮ וַֽתִּקְבְּר֖וּ וַיִּ֨קָּבֵ֔ר וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ וַיִּקְבְּר֤וּ וַיִּקְבְּר֥וּ וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּ וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֣הוּ וַיִּקְבְּרֻ֥הוּ וַיִּקְבֹּ֥ר וַיִּקְבֹּ֨ר וַיִּקָּבֵ֖ר וַיִּקָּבֵ֗ר וַיִּקָּבֵ֣ר וַיִּקָּבֵ֤ר וַיִּקָּבֵ֥ר וַיִּקָּבֵ֧ר וַיִּקָּבֵר֙ וַתִּקָּבֵ֖ר וַתִּקָּבֵ֛ר וַתִּקָּבֵר֙ וָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָ וּלְקָבְרֽוֹ׃ וּקְבַרְתֶּ֣ם וּקְבַרְתַּ֖נִי וּקְבַרְתּ֑וֹ וּקְבָרוּם֙ וּקְבֹ֥ר ואקברה ויקבר ויקברהו ויקברו ולקברו׃ וקבר וקברו וקברוה וקברום וקברתו וקברתם וקברתני ותקבר ותקברו יִקְבְּר֔וּ יִקָּבֵ֑ר יִקָּבֵ֑רוּ יִקָּבֵ֔רוּ יקבר יקברו לְקַבֵּ֖ר לְקָבְרָ֑הּ לִקְבֹּ֣ר לִקְבֹּ֤ר לִקְבּֽוֹר׃ לקבור׃ לקבר לקברה מְקַבְּרִ֗ים מְקַבְּרִ֣ים מְקַבֵּר֙ מִקְּבֹ֥ר מקבר מקברים קְבָרֻ֖הוּ קְבֹ֖ר קְבֹ֥ר קְבֹֽר׃ קְבֻרִ֜ים קִבְר֥וּ קָֽבְר֔וּ קָֽבְר֞וּ קָב֣וּר קָב֤וֹר קָבְר֖וּ קָבְר֣וֹ קָבְר֣וּ קָבְר֤וּ קָבַ֖רְתִּי קָבַ֨ר קֹבְרִ֣ים קֹבֵ֑ר קֻבַּ֥ר קבור קבר קבר׃ קברהו קברו קברים קברתי קוֹבֵֽר׃ קובר׃ תְּקַבְּרֵ֑ם תִּקְבְּרֵ֑נִי תִּקְבְּרֶ֙נּוּ֙ תִּקָּבֵ֔ר תִּקָּבֵ֖ר תִקְבְּרֵ֖נִי תקבר תקברם תקברנו תקברני ’eq·qā·ḇêr ’eqqāḇêr ekkaVer ham·qab·bə·rîm hamkabbeRim hamqabbərîm kaVar kaVarti kaveRo kaveRu kaVor kaVur kevaRuhu keVor kevuRim kivRu koeRim koVer kubBar lə·qā·ḇə·rāh lə·qab·bêr lekabBer lekaveRah ləqabbêr ləqāḇərāh likBor liq·bō·wr liq·bōr liqbōr liqbōwr mə·qab·bə·rîm mə·qab·bêr mekabBer mekabbeRim məqabbêr məqabbərîm mikkeVor miq·qə·ḇōr miqqəḇōr qā·ḇar qā·ḇar·tî qā·ḇə·rōw qā·ḇə·rū qā·ḇō·wr qā·ḇūr qāḇar qāḇartî qāḇərōw qāḇərū qāḇōwr qāḇūr qə·ḇā·ru·hū qə·ḇōr qə·ḇu·rîm qəḇāruhū qəḇōr qəḇurîm qiḇ·rū qiḇrū qō·ḇə·rîm qō·ḇêr qō·w·ḇêr qōḇêr qōḇərîm qōwḇêr qub·bar qubbar tə·qab·bə·rêm tekabbeRem təqabbərêm tikbeReni tikbeRennu tikkaVer tiq·bə·rê·nî ṯiq·bə·rê·nî tiq·bə·ren·nū tiq·qā·ḇêr tiqbərênî ṯiqbərênî tiqbərennū tiqqāḇêr ū·lə·qā·ḇə·rōw ū·qə·ḇā·rūm ū·qə·ḇar·ta·nî ū·qə·ḇar·tem ū·qə·ḇar·tōw ū·qə·ḇōr ukevarTani ukevarTem ukevarTo ukevaRum ukeVor ulekaveRo ūləqāḇərōw ūqəḇartanî ūqəḇartem ūqəḇartōw ūqəḇārūm ūqəḇōr vaekbeReha vaiyikBer vaiyikbeRu vaiyikbeRuhu vaiyikBor vaiyikkaVer vattikbeRu vattikkaVer veekbeRah vekaveRu vekivRuha wā’eqbərehā wā·’eq·bə·re·hā wat·tiq·bə·rū wat·tiq·qā·ḇêr wattiqbərū wattiqqāḇêr way·yiq·bə·rū way·yiq·bə·ru·hū way·yiq·bər way·yiq·bōr way·yiq·qā·ḇêr wayyiqbər wayyiqbərū wayyiqbəruhū wayyiqbōr wayyiqqāḇêr wə’eqbərāh wə·’eq·bə·rāh wə·qā·ḇə·rū wə·qiḇ·rū·hā wəqāḇərū wəqiḇrūhā yikbeRu yikkaVer yikkaVeru yiq·bə·rū yiq·qā·ḇê·rū yiq·qā·ḇêr yiqbərū yiqqāḇêr yiqqāḇêrū
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Genesis 15:15
HEB: אֲבֹתֶ֖יךָ בְּשָׁל֑וֹם תִּקָּבֵ֖ר בְּשֵׂיבָ֥ה טוֹבָֽה׃
NAS: in peace; you will be buried at a good
KJV: in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good
INT: your fathers peace will be buried old A good

Genesis 23:4
HEB: קֶ֙בֶר֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה מֵתִ֖י מִלְּפָנָֽי׃
NAS: among you that I may bury my dead
KJV: of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead
INT: A burial among may bury my dead of my sight

Genesis 23:6
HEB: בְּמִבְחַ֣ר קְבָרֵ֔ינוּ קְבֹ֖ר אֶת־ מֵתֶ֑ךָ
NAS: among us; bury your dead
KJV: of our sepulchres bury thy dead;
INT: the choicest of our graves bury your dead another

Genesis 23:6
HEB: יִכְלֶ֥ה מִמְּךָ֖ מִקְּבֹ֥ר מֵתֶֽךָ׃
NAS: you his grave for burying your dead.
KJV: from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
INT: will refuse for burying your dead

Genesis 23:8
HEB: אֶֽת־ נַפְשְׁכֶ֗ם לִקְבֹּ֤ר אֶת־ מֵתִי֙
NAS: it is your wish [for me] to bury my dead
KJV: your mind that I should bury my dead
INT: be is your wish bury my dead of my sight

Genesis 23:11
HEB: נְתַתִּ֥יהָ לָּ֖ךְ קְבֹ֥ר מֵתֶֽךָ׃
NAS: I give it to you; bury your dead.
KJV: give I it thee: bury thy dead.
INT: of my people give bury your dead

Genesis 23:13
HEB: קַ֣ח מִמֶּ֔נִּי וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה אֶת־ מֵתִ֖י
NAS: accept [it] from me that I may bury my dead
KJV: take [it] of me, and I will bury my dead
INT: accept at may bury my dead there

Genesis 23:15
HEB: וְאֶת־ מֵתְךָ֖ קְבֹֽר׃
NAS: is that between me and you? So bury your dead.
KJV: what [is] that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead.
INT: he your dead bury

Genesis 23:19
HEB: וְאַחֲרֵי־ כֵן֩ קָבַ֨ר אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת־
NAS: this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife
KJV: this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife
INT: After this buried Abraham Sarah

Genesis 25:9
HEB: וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּ אֹת֜וֹ יִצְחָ֤ק
NAS: and Ishmael buried him in the cave
KJV: and Ishmael buried him in the cave
INT: buried Isaac and Ishmael

Genesis 25:10
HEB: חֵ֑ת שָׁ֛מָּה קֻבַּ֥ר אַבְרָהָ֖ם וְשָׂרָ֥ה
NAS: Abraham was buried with Sarah
KJV: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah
INT: of Heth there was buried Abraham Sarah

Genesis 35:8
HEB: מֵינֶ֣קֶת רִבְקָ֔ה וַתִּקָּבֵ֛ר מִתַּ֥חַת לְבֵֽית־
NAS: died, and she was buried below
KJV: died, and she was buried beneath Bethel
INT: nurse Rebekah's was buried under Bethel

Genesis 35:19
HEB: וַתָּ֖מָת רָחֵ֑ל וַתִּקָּבֵר֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אֶפְרָ֔תָה
NAS: died and was buried on the way
KJV: died, and was buried in the way
INT: died Rachel was buried the way to Ephrath

Genesis 35:29
HEB: וּשְׂבַ֣ע יָמִ֑ים וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ עֵשָׂ֥ו
NAS: Esau and Jacob buried him.
KJV: Esau and Jacob buried him.
INT: of ripe age buried Esau and Jacob

Genesis 47:29
HEB: אַל־ נָ֥א תִקְבְּרֵ֖נִי בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃
NAS: Please do not bury me in Egypt,
KJV: and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
INT: nay Please bury Egypt

Genesis 47:30
HEB: וּנְשָׂאתַ֙נִי֙ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם וּקְבַרְתַּ֖נִי בִּקְבֻרָתָ֑ם וַיֹּאמַ֕ר
NAS: me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place.
KJV: me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace.
INT: shall carry of Egypt and bury their burial said

Genesis 48:7
HEB: לָבֹ֣א אֶפְרָ֑תָה וָאֶקְבְּרֶ֤הָ שָּׁם֙ בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ
NAS: to Ephrath; and I buried her there
KJV: unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way
INT: to go to Ephrath buried her there the way

Genesis 49:29
HEB: אֶל־ עַמִּ֔י קִבְר֥וּ אֹתִ֖י אֶל־
NAS: to my people; bury me with my fathers
KJV: unto my people: bury me with my fathers
INT: to my people bury about my fathers

Genesis 49:31
HEB: שָׁ֣מָּה קָֽבְר֞וּ אֶת־ אַבְרָהָ֗ם
NAS: There they buried Abraham
KJV: There they buried Abraham and Sarah
INT: There buried Abraham Sarah

Genesis 49:31
HEB: אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ שָׁ֚מָּה קָבְר֣וּ אֶת־ יִצְחָ֔ק
NAS: there they buried Isaac
KJV: his wife; there they buried Isaac
INT: and his wife there buried Isaac Rebekah

Genesis 49:31
HEB: אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וְשָׁ֥מָּה קָבַ֖רְתִּי אֶת־ לֵאָֽה׃
NAS: Rebekah, and there I buried Leah--
KJV: his wife; and there I buried Leah.
INT: and his wife and there buried Leah

Genesis 50:5
HEB: כְּנַ֔עַן שָׁ֖מָּה תִּקְבְּרֵ֑נִי וְעַתָּ֗ה אֶֽעֱלֶה־
NAS: there you shall bury me. Now
KJV: of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up,
INT: of Canaan there shall bury Now go

Genesis 50:5
HEB: אֶֽעֱלֶה־ נָּ֛א וְאֶקְבְּרָ֥ה אֶת־ אָבִ֖י
NAS: let me go up and bury my father;
KJV: Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father,
INT: go please and bury my father again

Genesis 50:6
HEB: פַּרְעֹ֑ה עֲלֵ֛ה וּקְבֹ֥ר אֶת־ אָבִ֖יךָ
NAS: Go up and bury your father,
KJV: Go up, and bury thy father,
INT: Pharaoh Go and bury your father he

Genesis 50:7
HEB: וַיַּ֥עַל יוֹסֵ֖ף לִקְבֹּ֣ר אֶת־ אָבִ֑יו
NAS: went up to bury his father,
KJV: went up to bury his father:
INT: went Joseph to bury his father went

132 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 6912
132 Occurrences


’eq·qā·ḇêr — 1 Occ.
ham·qab·bə·rîm — 1 Occ.
qā·ḇar — 1 Occ.
qā·ḇar·tî — 1 Occ.
qā·ḇə·rōw — 1 Occ.
qā·ḇə·rū — 6 Occ.
qā·ḇō·wr — 1 Occ.
qā·ḇūr — 1 Occ.
qə·ḇā·ru·hū — 1 Occ.
qə·ḇōr — 3 Occ.
qə·ḇu·rîm — 1 Occ.
qiḇ·rū — 1 Occ.
qō·ḇə·rîm — 1 Occ.
qō·ḇêr — 2 Occ.
qub·bar — 1 Occ.
lə·qab·bêr — 1 Occ.
lə·qā·ḇə·rāh — 1 Occ.
liq·bōr — 4 Occ.
mə·qab·bêr — 1 Occ.
mə·qab·bə·rîm — 2 Occ.
miq·qə·ḇōr — 1 Occ.
tə·qab·bə·rêm — 1 Occ.
ṯiq·bə·rê·nî — 2 Occ.
tiq·bə·ren·nū — 1 Occ.
tiq·qā·ḇêr — 2 Occ.
ū·qə·ḇar·ta·nî — 1 Occ.
ū·qə·ḇar·tem — 1 Occ.
ū·qə·ḇar·tōw — 1 Occ.
ū·qə·ḇā·rūm — 1 Occ.
ū·qə·ḇōr — 1 Occ.
ū·lə·qā·ḇə·rōw — 1 Occ.
wā·’eq·bə·re·hā — 1 Occ.
way·yiq·bər — 1 Occ.
way·yiq·bə·rū — 23 Occ.
way·yiq·bə·ru·hū — 15 Occ.
way·yiq·bōr — 1 Occ.
way·yiq·qā·ḇêr — 27 Occ.
wat·tiq·bə·rū — 1 Occ.
wat·tiq·qā·ḇêr — 3 Occ.
wə·’eq·bə·rāh — 3 Occ.
wə·qā·ḇə·rū — 4 Occ.
wə·qiḇ·rū·hā — 1 Occ.
yiq·bə·rū — 1 Occ.
yiq·qā·ḇêr — 1 Occ.
yiq·qā·ḇê·rū — 5 Occ.















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