To bury
θάπτωStrong’s G2290thaptō
Appears in 11 verses of the New Testament
In short
Thaptō is the Greek word usually translated “bury”, “was buried” and “buried”. It appears in 11 verses of the New Testament.
“And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.”
Meaning
Usually translated “bury”, “was buried” and “buried”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- to bury 4
- was buried 2
- they buried 2
- buried 1
- having buried 1
- he was buried 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 4
- Matthew 3
- Luke 3
- 1 Corinthians 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 8:22But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
- Matthew 14:12And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
- Luke 9:59And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
- Luke 9:60Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
- Luke 16:22And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
- Acts 2:29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Greek dictionary
θάπτω thaptō · to bury
θάπτω [in LXX chiefly for קָבַר ;] to bury: with accusative, Mat.8:21-22 14:12, Luk.9:59-60, Act.5:6, 9-10; pass., Luk.16:22, Act.2:29, 1Co.15:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bury” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BURY, noun
ber'ry. This word is a different orthography of burg, burh, borough. It signifies a house, habitation or castle, and is retained in many names of places, as in Shrewsbury, Danbury, Aldermanbury. The word is used by Grew, for burrow.
All definitions and other forms of “bury”
BURY, verb transitive
ber'ry.
- To deposit a deceased person in the grave; to inter a corpse; to entomb.
- To cover with earth, as seed sown.
- To hide; to conceal; to overwhelm; to cover with any thing; as, to bury any one in the ruins of a city.
- To withdraw or conceal in retirement; as, to bury one's self in a monastery or in solitude.
- To commit to the water; to deposit in the ocean; as dead bodies buried in the deep.
- To place one thing within another.
- To forget and forgive; to hide in oblivion; as, to bury an injury.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.