Thapto is used for burying a dead person, whether reported as completed or requested as an intended act.

The attested use concerns burial after death: active forms describe people taking and burying a body, passive forms report that someone was buried, and infinitives name burial as the action sought or commanded in sayings about following and proclaiming.

1. Burial of a dead person · dominant

   Active forms describe those who take a body out and bury it in Acts 5:6 and those who take up and bury a body in Matthew 14:12. Passive forms report that David, the rich man, and the one raised on the third day were buried in Acts 2:29, Luke 16:22, and 1 Corinthians 15:4; the infinitives in Matthew 8:21 and Luke 9:59 name the requested act of burying a father.

   Acts 5:6Matthew 14:12Acts 2:29Luke 16:221 Corinthians 15:4Matthew 8:21

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently uses forms of “buried” or “bury,” including completed burial, a request to bury a father, and the command “let the dead bury their own dead.” These renderings confirm the clauses' overall presentation rather than isolating every contribution of the Greek form.