קָבַר qavar

Hebrew word for “to bury” · Strong’s H6912 · used 133 times in 122 verses

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Meaning

1) to bury; 1a) (Qal) to bury; 1b) (Niphal) to be buried; 1c) (Piel) to bury, bury (in masses); 1d) (Pual) to be buried

How it is translated

Glosses given for qavar in context, with how often each is used:

• buried 57
• people buried 22
• bury 14
• will be buried 9
• will bury 9
• burying 3
• people will bury 3
• me bury 2
• have buried 2
• may bury 1
• had buried he 1
• certainly 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 23 (7), Genesis 50 (5), Ezekiel 39 (5), Judges 12 (4), 2 Kings 9 (4), 2 Kings 13 (4), Genesis 35 (3), Joshua 24 (3), 2 Samuel 2 (3), 1 Kings 2 (3)

Forms

• ויקבר 29
• ויקברו 23
• ויקברהו 15
• קברו 9
• קבר 6
• יקברו 6
• ואקברה 4
• לקבר 4
• וקברו 4
• ותקבר 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with qavar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אָב av “father” 46
• שָׁכַב shakhav “to lie down” 28
• מוּת mut “to die” 37
• תַּחַת tachat “underneath” 32
• קֶבֶר qever “grave” 21
• מָלַךְ malakh “to reign” 28
• עִם im “with” 34
• עִיר ir “city” 30
• דָּוִד david “David” 28
• סָפַד saphad “to mourn” 8
• קְבֻרָה qevurah “tomb” 7
• שָׁם sham “there” 12

Key verses

The verses using qavar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 15:15 — And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
• Genesis 23:4 — I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.
• Genesis 47:29 — And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy…
• Numbers 20:1 — Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died…
• Deuteronomy 21:23 — His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be…
• 2 Samuel 17:23 — And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in…
• 1 Kings 2:10 — So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
• 1 Kings 11:43 — And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
• Jeremiah 8:2 — And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have…
• Jeremiah 16:4 — They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they…
• Jeremiah 16:6 — Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald…
• Hosea 9:6 — For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.