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G1779 ἐνταφιάζω (entaphiázō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I embalm, prepare for burial

Strong's Definition

to inswathe with cerements for interment

Derivation: from a compound of G1722 (ἐν) and G5028 (τάφος);

KJV Usage: bury

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἐνταφιάζω; 1 aorist infinitive ἐνταφιάσαι; to see to τά ἐνταφια (from ἐν and τάφος), i. e. to prepare a body for burial, by the use of every requisite provision and funereal adornment, to wit, baths, vestments, flowers, wreaths, perfumes, libations, etc.; to lay out a corpse (Latinpollingere): Mat_26:12; Joh_19:40. (Gen_50:2 f; Anthol. 11, 125, 5; Plutarch, de esu earn. 1, 5, 7 mor., p. 995 c.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐνταφιάζω entaphiazō 2x to prepare a body for burial, Mat_26:12 ; absol. to make the ordinary preparations for burial, Joh_19:40

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

† ἐνταφιάζω , [in LXX : Gen_50:2 ( H2590 ; cf. ἐνταφιαστής , Gen_50:2 for H7495 ; v. Deiss., BS , 120 f .; MM , Exp., xiii) * ;] a κοινή word ( Deiss., LAE , 723), to prepare for burial: Mat_26:12 , Joh_19:40 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐνταφιάζω [page 217] On the use of the corresponding subst. ἐνταφιαστής in LXX Gen_50:2 to describe the Egyptian physicians who embalmed the body of Jacob, see Deissmann BS p. 120 f., where the professional designation is illustrated from P Par 7 .6 (B.C. 99). It occurs again in P Oxy III. 476 .8 (ii/A.D.), the report of two ἐνταφιασταί who had been commissioned to examine a dead body an indication, as Lumbroso has pointed out ( Archiv iii. p. 163 f.), that the ἐνταφιασταί were trained physicians, and able to conduct the work not only of embalming but of autopsy : cf. also Archiv v. p. 26 f. and Otto Priester ii. p. 195 n .1 . The mummy-tablet Preisigke 25 is inscribed τῷ Πανεχάτῃ ἐνταφιαστῇ , similarly ib. 3442. The verb is found in Test. xii. patr. Jud. xxvi. 3 (ed. Charles) μηδείς με ἐνταφιάσει ἐν πολυτελεῖ ἐσθῆτι .

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἐνταφιάζω [Etym: from ἐντά^φιος] "to prepare for burial", NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἐνταφιάζω [in LXX: Gen.50:2 (חָנַט; cf. ἐνταφιαστής, Gen.50:2 for רָפָא; see Deiss., BS, 120 f.; MM, Exp., xiii)* ;] a κοινή word (Deiss., LAE, 723), to prepare for burial: Mat.26:12, Jhn.19:40.† (AS)

Bible Occurrences (2)

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