taphos · tomb

What it means

taphos (τάφος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “tomb”.

Grave.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The place where a dead person is laid.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• grave ×5
• tombs ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×6
• Romans×1

• Matthew 23:27

  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of all uncleanness.

• Matthew 23:29

  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,

• Matthew 27:61

  And Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the grave.

• Matthew 27:64

  So order the grave to be made secure until the third day, so that his disciples may not come and steal him and say to the people, ‘He has been raised from the dead,’ and the last deception will be worse than the first.”

• Matthew 27:66

  And they went and made the grave secure, sealing the stone, with the guard.

• Matthew 28:1

  Now after the Sabbath, as it was dawning toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the grave.

• Romans 3:13

  An open grave is their throat; with their tongues they deceive; the venom of asps is under their lips;