Bible Thesaurus: Coffin

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Coffin (2 Occurrences)
... 5. (n.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which
is the coffin bone. 6. (vt) To enclose in, or as in, a coffin. Int. ...COFFIN. ...
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Chest (15 Occurrences)
... In Genesis 50:26 it is rendered "coffin." In Ezek. 27:24 a different Hebrew word,
genazim (plur.), is used. It there means "treasure-chests.". ... 2. (n.) A coffin. ...
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Bier (3 Occurrences)
... grave (Luke 7:14). Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A portable frame on
which a coffin is taken to the grave. 2. (n.) A count of ...
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Shell (1 Occurrence)
... of a house. 10. (n.) A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin
enclosed in a more substantial one. 11. (n.) An instrument ...
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Coffer (3 Occurrences)

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Quarter (33 Occurrences)
... to the vamp. 7. (n.) That part on either side of a horse's hoof between
the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin. 8. (n.) A ...
/q/quarter.htm - 21k

Lie (291 Occurrences)
... to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as,
the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin. ...
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Gerizim (4 Occurrences)
... It was probably at this time that the coffin containing the embalmed body of Joseph
was laid in the "parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor ...
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Funeral (3 Occurrences)
... As a rule the burial (qv) took place on the very day of the death (Acts 5:6, 10),
and the body was removed to the grave in an open coffin or on a bier (Luke 7 ...
/f/funeral.htm - 10k

Touched (96 Occurrences)
... and made them all well. (BBE). Luke 7:14 He came near and touched the coffin,
and the bearers stood still. He said, "Young man, I ...
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Bible Concordance

Coffin (2 Occurrences)

Luke 7:14 He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!"
(WEB NAS NIV)

Genesis 50:26 So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Coffin

[BURIAL, SEPULCHRES]

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Used in Genesis 50:26 with reference to the burial of Joseph. Here, it means a mummy-chest. The same Hebrew word is rendered "chest" in 2 Kings 12:9, 10.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The case in which a dead human body is enclosed for burial.

2. (n.) A basket.

3. (n.) A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.

4. (n.) A conical paper bag, used by grocers.

5. (n.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.

6. (v. t.) To enclose in, or as in, a coffin.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

COFFIN

kof'-in.

See CHEST; BURIAL.

Greek

4673. soros -- a cinerary urn, by anal. a coffin
... a coffin. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: soros Phonetic Spelling:
(sor-os') Short Definition: a bier, an open coffin Definition: a bier, an ...
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Strong's Hebrew

727. aron -- a chest, ark
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition a chest, ark NASB Word Usage
ark (194), chest (6), coffin (1). ark, chest, coffin. ...
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Library

A Coffin in Egypt
... GENESIS A COFFIN IN EGYPT. 'They embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin
in Egypt.' "Genesis 50:26. So closes the book of Genesis. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/a coffin in egypt.htm

Proceedings of Macedonius in Mantinium. His Removal from his See ...
... Book IV. Chapter XXI."Proceedings of Macedonius in Mantinium. His Removal from his
See when he attempted to remove the Coffin of Constantine the Great. ...
/.../chapter xxi proceedings of macedonius in.htm

How Sebbi, King of the Same Province, Ended his Life in a ...
... A stone coffin had been prepared for his burial, but when they came to lay
him in it, they found his body a span longer than the coffin. ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xi how sebbi king.htm

How Queen Ethelthryth Always Preserved Her virginity, and Her Body ...
... to the Lord, in the midst of her flock, seven years after she had been made abbess;
and, as she had ordered, was buried among them in a wooden coffin in her ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xix how queen ethelthryth.htm

How his Body was Found Altogether Uncorrupted after it had Been ...
... to find them dry and all the rest of the body consumed and turned to dust, after
the manner of the dead, and they desired to put them into a new coffin, and to ...
/.../bede/bedes ecclesiastical history of england/chap xxx how his body.htm

Of the Prediction of the Pedagogue.
... "Sophist," said he, "the Creator of all things, whom you in derision call carpenter's
son, is making a coffin." [656]. ... He was carried out lying in his coffin. ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter xviii of the prediction of.htm

Discovery of the Relics of Forty Holy Martyrs.
... place to some orthodox monks, and bound them by oath to bury her there, and to hew
out separately a place above her head at the top of her coffin, and to ...
/.../the ecclesiastical history of sozomenus/chapter ii discovery of the relics.htm

A Catholic Household
... Once I found myself close to the coffin in the passage. I stood looking at it for
a long time; I had never seen one before, but I knew what it was. ...
/.../martin/the story of a soul/chapter ii a catholic household.htm

a Catholic Household
... Once I found myself close to the coffin in the passage. I stood looking at it for
a long time; I had never seen one before, but I knew what it was. ...
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The Great Reparation
... In every city through which the coffin was carried it was received by the rejoicing
homage of multitudes of ecclesiastics, as well as of the people. ...
/.../chapter lxxii the great reparation.htm

Subtopics

Coffin

Coffin: General Scriptures Concerning

Related Terms

Chest (15 Occurrences)

Bier (3 Occurrences)

Shell (1 Occurrence)

Coffer (3 Occurrences)

Quarter (33 Occurrences)

Lie (291 Occurrences)

Gerizim (4 Occurrences)

Funeral (3 Occurrences)