Lexicon
קֶ֫בֶר
qe.ver
H6913
H:N-M Hebrew

grave

67
Occurrences
15
Books
Hebrew
Language

qe.ver denotes a burial place, whether an individual resting place, a family tomb, or graves collectively.

The term consistently denotes a place associated with burial: an individual burial site, a family or royal tomb, or graves considered collectively. The same burial-place imagery also frames mortality and restoration, as people are brought to or raised from such places.

Senses in use

  1. Burial place, tomb, or collective graves · dominant

    The singular and plural noun forms identify places where the dead are buried or where bones lie: in Genesis 23:4 the APB renders a requested burial possession as “a possession of a grave,” while Genesis 50:5 describes a prepared place for burial. Family and royal burial locations occur in 2 Samuel 21:14 and 2 Chronicles 21:20; collective graves surround the slain in Ezekiel 32:22, and Ezekiel 37:12 describes graves being opened and people brought up from them.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the burial location as “grave,” “tomb,” “graves,” “burial place,” and “burial possession.” These variations reflect the surrounding clauses rather than separate meanings of the term.

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Across Scripture