Isaiah 22:15-16

Graves or burial places, often cut out of rock. People were usually buried in family tombs and kings were often buried in royal tombs.

See also

Tombs cut out of rock

2 Kings 23:16
2 Chronicles 16:14
Matthew 27:59-60

pp Mk 15:46

pp Lk 23:53

Genesis 50:13

Caves used as tombs

See also

Genesis 23:17-20; 25:8-10
John 11:38
John 11:38

Tombs sealed with a stone

See also

Matthew 27:60
Matthew 27:64-66; 28:2
Mark 16:3

pp Mk 15:46

Luke 24:2
Genesis 23:19; 25:8-10; 47:29-30; 49:29-32

Burial in a family tomb

Judges 8:32; 16:31
2 Samuel 2:32; 17:23; 19:37; 21:12-14
1 Kings 13:22
2 Chronicles 16:14

Royal tombs

See also

2 Chronicles 21:20; 24:25; 26:23; 28:27; 32:33
Nehemiah 3:16
2 Kings 21:18

Tombs in gardens

See also

2 Kings 21:26
John 19:41
Numbers 19:16

Contact with a tomb rendered a person ritually unclean

See also

2 Kings 23:6
Matthew 23:27-28

Figurative use of tombs

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Luke 11:43-44

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2535 Christ, family of
2565 Christ, second coming
4221 cistern
4260 rivers & streams
4357 salt
5242 buying & selling
5321 furnace
8768 idolatry
9020 death
9040 grave, the
9040 grave, the
9610 hope