Quick Definition
I bury
Strong's Definition
to celebrate funeral rites, i.e. inter
Derivation: a primary verb;
KJV Usage: bury
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θάπτω: 1 aorist ἔθαψα; 2 aorist passive ἐτάφην; from Homer down; the Sept. for χΘαΗψ; to bury, inter (BB. DD. under the word ; cf. Recker, Charicles, namely, ix. Excurs., p. 390f): τινα, Mat_8:21; Mat_14:12; Luk_9:59; Luk_16:22; Act_2:29; Act_5:6; Act_5:9; 1Co_15:4. (Compare: συνθάπτω.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
θάπτω thaptō 11x
to bury, Mat_8:21-22 ; Mat_14:12 bury.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
θάπτω ,
[in LXX chiefly for H6912 ;]
to bury: c . acc , Mat_8:21-22 ; Mat_14:12 , Luk_9:59-60 , Act_5:6 ; Act_5:9-10 ; pass ., Luk_16:22 , Act_2:29 , 1Co_15:4 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
θάπτω [page 283]
P Par 22 .17 (ii/B.C.) μέχρι τοῦ νῦν οὐ τετόλμηκεν αὐτὸν ἡ Νέφορις θάψαι , BGU IV. 1131 .35 (B.C. 13) ἐπεὶ ἡ ἐμὴ . . . μήτηρ . . μετήλ (λαχε ) καὶ . . χι . . . . . . οὐδέπω τετάφθαι , ὁ̣μ̣ο̣λ̣ο̣γ̣ω̣ι̣ κτλ ., ib. 1024 iv. 2 (iv/v A.D.) ν̣ε̣κ̣ροῦ [μετ᾽εὐσε ]βείας ταφθέν [τος . In P Giss I. 68 .7 (ii/A.D.) δεῖ αὐτὸν δευτέρᾳ ταφῇ ταφῆναι , the meaning seems to be that the body must be buried in a second mummy-wrapping : see further s.v. ταφή . On the mummy-ticket Preisigke 3580 we read, Ἀπολλώνιος . . . . Ἀθὺρ ῑγ̄ ἐ̣τάφη : cf. Meyer Ostr 68 .4 (ii/A.D.) ἐτάφησεν Θὼτ ιδ̄ . The verb appears in MGr as θάβω , θάφτω , with a subst. θαφτό = grave, and a nomen actionis θάψιμο = burial.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
θάπτω [Etym: from Root ΤΑΦ, cf. ταφθῆναι, τάφος] "to pay the last dues to a corpse, to honour with funeral rites", i. e. in early times by "burning the body", Hom. : then, simply, "to bury, inter", Hdt. , attic
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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.†
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