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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Of the Hebrews were generally excavated in the solid rock, or were natural caves. Mention is made of such tombs in Judges 8:32; 2 Samuel 2:32; 2 Kings 9:28; 23:30. They were sometimes made in gardens (2 Kings 21:26; 23:16; Matthew 27:60). They are found in great numbers in and around Jerusalem and all over the land. They were sometimes whitewashed (Matthew 23:27, 29). The body of Jesus was laid in Joseph's new rock-hewn tomb, in a garden near to Calvary. All evidence is in favour of the opinion that this tomb was somewhere near the Damascus gate, and outside the city, and cannot be identified with the so-called "holy sepulchre." The mouth of such rocky tombs was usually closed by a large stone (Hebrews golal), which could only be removed by the united efforts of several men (Matthew 28:2; Comp. John 11:39). (see GOLGOTHA.)

Greek

3419. mnemeion -- a memorial, a monument
... Word Origin from mneme Definition a memorial, a monument NASB Word Usage
monuments (1), tomb (30), tombs (7). grave, sepulcher, tomb. ...
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5028. taphos -- a burial, hence a grave
... grave. Word Origin from thapto Definition a burial, hence a grave NASB Word
Usage grave (5), tombs (2). sepulchre, tomb. Masculine ...
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3418. mnema -- a memorial, a sepulcher
... Word Origin from mnaomai (in the sense of to be mindful of) Definition a memorial,
a sepulcher NASB Word Usage tomb (7), tombs (3). grave, sepulcher, tomb. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6913. qeber -- a grave, sepulcher
... Word Origin from qabar Definition a grave, sepulcher NASB Word Usage burial (6),
burial place (1), grave (28), graves (16), tomb (8), tombs (8). ...
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Library

The Tombs of Martyrs and the Cemeteries to be Transferred to the ...
... Book II. Chapter XL."The Tombs of Martyrs and the Cemeteries to be
transferred to the Possession of the Churches. "Again, with ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xl the tombs of martyrs.htm

Imperial Tombs.
... CHAPTER IV. IMPERIAL TOMBS. The death and burial of Augustus."His
will."The Monumentum Ancyranum."Description and history ...
/.../lanciani/pagan and christian rome/chapter iv imperial tombs.htm

Papal Tombs.
... CHAPTER V. PAPAL TOMBS. Portraits of the early Popes."Those of SS.
Peter and Paul."The tombs of the Popes."Their interest ...
/.../lanciani/pagan and christian rome/chapter v papal tombs.htm

What He Likewise Wrote of the Place of Our Lord's Ascension, and ...
... BOOK V CHAP. XVII. What he likewise wrote of the place of our Lord's
Ascension, and the tombs of the patriarchs. CONCERNING the ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xvii what he likewise.htm

Thus Tightening his Hold Upon Himself, Antony Departed to the ...
... Life of Antony. Section 8. Thus tightening his hold upon himself, Antony
departed to the tombs? 8. Thus tightening his hold upon ...
/.../athanasius/select works and letters or athanasius/life of antony section 8.htm

"Woe unto You, Because Ye Build the Tombs of the Prophets, and ...
... Homily LXXIV. "Woe unto you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish
their sepulchers, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of saint matthew/homily lxxiv woe unto you.htm

Would that the Memory of the Fathers Would Exhale from the Tombs
... Hymn VI. Would that the memory of the fathers would exhale from the tombs.
1. Would that the memory of the fathers would exhale from ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/hymn vi would that the.htm

The Church is not to be Blamed for the Conduct of Bad Christians ...
... Of the Morals of the Catholic Church. Chapter 34. "The Church is Not to Be Blamed
for the Conduct of Bad Christians, Worshippers of Tombs and Pictures. 74. ...
/.../chapter 34 name church is.htm

Jesus Heals Two Gergesene Demoniacs.
... and the stamp of a ship on its coins suggests that its territory extended to the
Lake of Galilee], ^b straightway there met him out of the tombs ^ca certain ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/lvi jesus heals two gergesene.htm

Li. Dining with a Pharisee, Jesus Denounces that Sect.
... 44 Woe unto you! for ye are as the tombs which appear not, and the men
that walk over them know it not. [According to the Mosaic ...
/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/li dining with a pharisee.htm

Thesaurus

Tombs (27 Occurrences)
... Mention is made of such tombs in Judges 8:32; 2 Samuel 2:32; 2 Kings 9:28; 23:30. ...
John 11:39). (see GOLGOTHA.). Multi-Version Concordance Tombs (27 Occurrences). ...
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Wo (92 Occurrences)
... For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly
are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. ...
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Woe (102 Occurrences)
... For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly
are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. ...
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Lampstand (38 Occurrences)
... Niches for lamps are found in the tombs of Tell el-Amarna (Archaeological
Survey of Egypt, Tell el-Amarna Letters, Part IV, 14). ...
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Graves (37 Occurrences)
... For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
(See NIV). ... Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. ...
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Gadara
... "The most interesting remains of Gadara are its tombs, which dot the cliffs for
a considerable distance round the city, chiefly on the north-east declivity ...
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Lamp (45 Occurrences)
... Niches for lamps are found in the tombs of Tell el-Amarna (Archaeological
Survey of Egypt, Tell el-Amarna Letters, Part IV, 14). ...
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Teachers (87 Occurrences)
... For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly
are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. (See NIV). ...
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Met (118 Occurrences)
... 28 When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people
possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce ...
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Alas (62 Occurrences)
... Matthew 23:29 "Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you repair the
sepulchres of the Prophets and keep in order the tombs of the righteous, (WEY ...
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Resources

Why are there two demon-possessed men in the Gerasene tombs in Matthew, but only one in Mark and Luke? | GotQuestions.org

How many people were raised from the dead in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Is there any reason to fear going into a cemetery / graveyard? | GotQuestions.org

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Tombs (27 Occurrences)

Matthew 8:28
When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gergesenes, two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass that way.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 23:27
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitened tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 23:29
"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 27:52
The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised;
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 27:53
and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 5:2
When he had come out of the boat, immediately a man with an unclean spirit met him out of the tombs. The Good News According to Luke
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 5:3
He lived in the tombs. Nobody could bind him any more, not even with chains,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 5:5
Always, night and day, in the tombs and in the mountains, he was crying out, and cutting himself with stones.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 8:27
When Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man out of the city who had demons for a long time met him. He wore no clothes, and didn't live in a house, but in the tombs.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 11:44
Alas for you! for you are like the tombs which lie hidden, and the people who walk over them are not aware of their existence."
(WEY ASV YLT NAS)

Luke 11:47
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
(WEB WEY ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Luke 11:48
So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.
(WEB ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 5:28
Don't marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,
(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)

Revelation 11:9
and they shall behold -- they of the peoples, and tribes, and tongues, and nations -- their dead bodies three days and a half, and their dead bodies they shall not suffer to be put into tombs,
(YLT)

Genesis 23:6
"Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead."
(WEB NIV)

1 Samuel 13:6
When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in coverts, and in pits.
(See RSV)

2 Kings 23:16
As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the word of Yahweh which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
(WEB RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 21:20
Thirty-two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years: and he departed without being desired; and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 24:25
When they were departed for him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they didn't bury him in the tombs of the kings.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 28:27
Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem; for they didn't bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 32:33
Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the tombs of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 35:24
So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 2:3
I said to the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and its gates are consumed with fire?
(WEB NAS)

Nehemiah 2:5
I said to the king, If it please the king, and if your servant have found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may build it.
(WEB NAS)

Nehemiah 3:16
After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, to the place over against the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Isaiah 65:4
Who are seated in the resting-places of the dead, and by night are in the secret places; who take pig's flesh for food, and have the liquid of disgusting things in their vessels.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 8:1
At that time, says the Lord, they will take the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his rulers, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem out of their resting-places:
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Tombs

Related Terms

Wo (92 Occurrences)

Woe (102 Occurrences)

Lampstand (38 Occurrences)

Graves (37 Occurrences)

Gadara

Lamp (45 Occurrences)

Teachers (87 Occurrences)

Met (118 Occurrences)

Alas (62 Occurrences)