Greek word · G5027

ταφή

taphē

burial (place)

The act of burial, burial rites, or a burial place.

Appears once in the Greek New Testament. ·

What it means

ταφή, -ῆς, ἡ

(θάπτω), [in LXX chiefly for קָבַר and cognate forms ;]

burial: Matthew 27:7 (Hdt., al.; for other meanings, see LS, see word, Deiss., BS, 355 f., MM xxiv).†

(AS)

From G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Matthew 27:7

Range of meaning

The act of burial, burial rites, or a burial place.

Against the English

BSB, ESV, NASB 'as a burial place'; KJV/WEB 'to bury strangers in'; YLT 'for the burial of'; NLT 'made it into a cemetery.' All convey it.

Used elsewhere in the period

Used in this verse only in the New Testament. In the Greek Old Testament it appears, for example, in Jeremiah 22:19, where Jehoiakim is to be buried 'with the burial of a donkey,' a dishonourable burial.

Where it appears

Matthew · 1

  1. Matthew 27:7 ταφὴν a burial place

    After conferring together, they used the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.

    Here: Burial, here in the sense of a place for burying. This is the only time the word appears in the New Testament.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.