Dictionaries :: Burial, Bury, Burying

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Burial, Bury, Burying:

lit., "an entombing" (from en, "in," taphos, "a tomb"), "burying," occurs in Mar 14:8; Jhn 12:7. Cp. B.1.

Burial, Bury, Burying:

"a burial" (cp. No. 1, and Eng., "epitaph"), is found in Mat 27:7, with eis, "unto," lit. "with a view to a burial (place) for strangers."

Burial, Bury, Burying:

see A, No. 1, "to prepare a body for burial," is used of any provision for this purpose, Mat 26:12; Jhn 19:40.

Burial, Bury, Burying:

occurs in Mat 8:21, 22, and parallels in Luke; Mat 14:12; Luk 16:22; Act 2:29; 5:6, 9, 10; of Christ's "burial," 1Cr 15:4.

Burial, Bury, Burying:

akin to A. 2, "to bury with, or together" (sun), is used in the metaphorical sense only, of the believer's identification with Christ in His "burial," as set forth in baptism, Rom 6:4; Col 2:12.