Word Study · Strong's H6913 · Hebrew
קֶבֶר
qeber
keh'-ber
“a sepulchre”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a sepulchre
Rendered in the KJV as
burying place, grave, sepulchre.
- 67occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 15 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 51inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 67 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 51
- קָ֑בֶר4
- קָֽבֶר׃3
- בְּקֶ֙בֶר֙2
- בְּקֶ֣בֶר2
- בְּקִבְר֥וֹת2
- הַקְּבָרִ֔ים2
- מִקִּבְרוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם2
- קֶ֗בֶר2
- קֶ֥בֶר2
- קִבְר֔וֹ2
- קִבְרֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם2
- קִבְרֵ֣י2
and 39 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 37
- a burial site6
- in [the] tomb of6
- graves its4
- graves your4
- [the] grave3
- [the] grave of3
- [the] tombs of3
- in [the] graves of3
- in the grave3
- the graves3
- [the] graves of2
- from graves your2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 28
- noun · masculine singular12
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)7
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)4
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular4
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular3
- noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
- preposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine plural3
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural2
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 12
- HR/Ncmsc · 7
- HNcmsc · 4
- HRd/Ncmsa · 4
- HNcfpc/Sp3fs · 3
- HNcmpc · 3
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 3
- HR/Ncfpc · 3
- HTd/Ncmpa · 3
- HNcfpc · 2
- HNcfpc/Sp2mp · 2
- HNcfpc/Sp2ms · 2
All 67, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Ezekiel9 of 67 · 13%
- Genesis8 of 67 · 12%
- 2 Chronicles8 of 67 · 12%
- 2 Samuel6 of 67 · 9%
- 2 Kings6 of 67 · 9%
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Genesis8 occurrences
- Genesis 23:4קֶ֙בֶר֙kevernoun · masculine singular“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”here: a burial site
- Genesis 23:6קְבָרֵ֔ינוּkevareinunoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”here: burial sites our
- Genesis 23:6קִבְר֛וֹkivronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”here: burial site his
- Genesis 23:9קָֽבֶר׃kavernoun · masculine singularto sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”here: a burial site
- Genesis 23:20קָ֑בֶרkavernoun · masculine singularSo the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.here: a burial site
- Genesis 49:30קָֽבֶר׃kavernoun · masculine singularThe cave is in the field of Machpelah near Mamre, in the land of Canaan. This is the field Abraham purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.here: a burial site
- Genesis 50:5בְּקִבְרִ֗יbekivripreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularmy father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”here: in grave my
- Genesis 50:13קֶ֗בֶרkevernoun · masculine singularThey carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave at Machpelah in the field near Mamre, which Abraham had purchased from Ephron the Hittite as a burial site.here: a burial site
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 19:16בְקָ֑בֶרvekaverpreposition + noun · masculine singularAnyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.here: in a grave
- Numbers 19:18בַקָּֽבֶר׃vakaverpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThen a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.here: in the grave
Judges2 occurrences
- Judges 8:32בְּקֶ֙בֶר֙bekeverpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Later, Gideon son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.here: in [the] tomb of
- Judges 16:31בְּקֶ֖בֶרbekeverpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.here: in [the] tomb of
2 Samuel6 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 2:32בְּקֶ֣בֶרbekeverpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Later, they took Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men marched all night and reached Hebron at daybreak.here: in [the] tomb of
- 2 Samuel 3:32קֶ֣בֶרkevernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)When they buried Abner in Hebron, the king wept aloud at Abner’s tomb, and all the people wept.here: [the] grave of
- 2 Samuel 4:12בְקֶֽבֶר־vekever-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.here: in [the] tomb of
- 2 Samuel 17:23בְּקֶ֥בֶרbekeverpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.here: in [the] tomb of
- 2 Samuel 19:37קֶ֥בֶרkevernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”here: [the] grave of
- 2 Samuel 21:14בְּקֶ֙בֶר֙bekeverpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.here: in [the] tomb of
1 Kings4 occurrences
- 1 Kings 13:22קֶ֥בֶרkevernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)but you went back and ate bread and drank water in the place where He told you not to do so, your body shall never reach the tomb of your fathers.’”here: [the] grave of
- 1 Kings 13:30בְּקִבְר֑וֹbekivropreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThen he laid the body in his own tomb, and they lamented over him, “Oh, my brother!”here: in own grave his
- 1 Kings 13:31בַּקֶּ֕בֶרbakeverpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAfter he had buried him, the prophet said to his sons, “When I die, you must bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones,here: in the grave
- 1 Kings 14:13קָ֑בֶרkavernoun · masculine singularAll Israel will mourn for him and bury him. For this is the only one belonging to Jeroboam who will receive a proper burial, because only in him has the LORD, the God of Israel, found any good in the house of Jeroboam.here: a grave
2 Kings6 occurrences
- 2 Kings 13:21בְּקֶ֣בֶרbekeverpreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders, so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. And as soon as his body touched the bones of Elisha, the man was revived and stood up on his feet.here: in [the] grave of
- 2 Kings 22:20קִבְרֹתֶיךָ֮kivroteichanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular‘Therefore I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.here: graves your
- 2 Kings 23:6קֶ֖בֶרkevernoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people.here: [the] burial site of
- 2 Kings 23:16הַקְּבָרִ֤יםhakevarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.here: the graves
- 2 Kings 23:16הַקְּבָרִ֔יםhakevarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralAnd as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs there on the hillside, and he sent someone to take the bones out of the tombs, and he burned them on the altar to defile it, according to the word of the LORD proclaimed by the man of God who had foretold these things.here: the graves
- 2 Kings 23:17הַקֶּ֤בֶרhakeverthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then the king asked, “What is this monument I see?” And the men of the city replied, “It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and pronounced these things that you have done to the altar of Bethel.”here: the grave of
2 Chronicles8 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 16:14בְקִבְרֹתָ֗יוvekivrotavpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes; then they made a great fire in his honor.here: in own graves his
- 2 Chronicles 21:20בְּקִבְר֥וֹתbekivrotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.here: in [the] graves of
- 2 Chronicles 24:25בְּקִבְר֥וֹתbekivrotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.here: in [the] graves of
- 2 Chronicles 28:27לְקִבְרֵ֖יlekivreipreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)And Ahaz rested with his fathers and was buried in the city of Jerusalem, but he was not placed in the tombs of the kings of Israel. And his son Hezekiah reigned in his place.here: to [the] graves of
- 2 Chronicles 32:33קִבְרֵ֣יkivreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)And Hezekiah rested with his fathers and was buried in the upper tombs of David’s descendants. All Judah and the people of Jerusalem paid him honor at his death. And his son Manasseh reigned in his place.here: [the] graves of
- 2 Chronicles 34:4הַקְּבָרִ֔יםhakevarimthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine pluralThen in his presence the altars of the Baals were torn down, and he cut to pieces the incense altars that were above them. He shattered the Asherah poles, the carved idols, and the cast images, crushed them to dust, and scattered them over the graves of those who had sacrificed to them.here: the graves
- 2 Chronicles 34:28קִבְרֹתֶיךָ֮kivroteichanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular‘Now I will indeed gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the calamity that I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.’” So they brought her answer back to the king.here: graves your
- 2 Chronicles 35:24בְּקִבְר֣וֹתbekivrotpreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.here: in [the] graves of
Nehemiah3 occurrences
- Nehemiah 2:3קִבְר֤וֹתkivrotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”here: [the] tombs of
- Nehemiah 2:5קִבְר֥וֹתkivrotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”here: [the] tombs of
- Nehemiah 3:16קִבְרֵ֣יkivreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth-zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Mighty.here: [the] tombs of
Job5 occurrences
- Job 3:22קָֽבֶר׃kavernoun · masculine singularwho rejoice and greatly exult when they can find the grave?here: [the] grave
- Job 5:26קָ֑בֶרkavernoun · masculine singularYou will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.here: [the] grave
- Job 10:19לַקֶּ֥בֶרlakeverpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularIf only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave.here: to the grave
- Job 17:1קְבָרִ֥יםkevarimnoun · masculine plural“My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.here: graves
- Job 21:32לִקְבָר֣וֹתlikvarotpreposition + noun · feminine pluralHe is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.here: to [the] graves
Psalms3 occurrences
- Psalms 5:9קֶֽבֶר־kever-noun · masculine singularFor not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.here: [is] a grave
- Psalms 88:5קֶ֗בֶרkevernoun · masculine singularI am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.here: [the] grave
- Psalms 88:11בַּקֶּ֣בֶרbakeverpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularCan Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon?here: in the grave
Isaiah5 occurrences
- Isaiah 14:19מִֽקִּבְרְךָ֙mikivrechapreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularBut you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.here: from tomb your
- Isaiah 22:16קָ֑בֶרkavernoun · masculine singularWhat are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?here: a tomb
- Isaiah 22:16קִבְר֔וֹkivronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhat are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?here: tomb his
- Isaiah 53:9קִבְר֔וֹkivronoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularHe was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.here: grave his
- Isaiah 65:4בַּקְּבָרִ֔יםbakevarimpreposition with the article + noun · masculine pluralsitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.here: among the graves
Jeremiah4 occurrences
- Jeremiah 5:16כְּקֶ֣בֶרkekeverpreposition + noun · masculine singularTheir quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.here: [is] like a grave
- Jeremiah 8:1מִקִּבְרֵיהֶֽם׃mikivreihempreposition + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural“At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.here: from graves their
- Jeremiah 20:17קִבְרִ֔יkivrinoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularbecause he did not kill me in the womb so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb forever enlarged.here: grave my
- Jeremiah 26:23קִבְרֵ֖יkivreinoun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him put to the sword and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.here: [the] graves of
Ezekiel9 occurrences
- Ezekiel 32:22קִבְרֹתָ֑יוkivrotavnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAssyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.here: graves its
- Ezekiel 32:23קִבְרֹתֶ֙יהָ֙kivroteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularHer graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who once spread terror in the land of the living.here: graves its
- Ezekiel 32:25קִבְרֹתֶ֑הָkivrotehanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularAmong the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.here: graves its
- Ezekiel 32:26קִבְרוֹתֶ֑יהָkivroteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularMeshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.here: graves its
- Ezekiel 37:12קִבְרֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗םkivroteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralTherefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.here: graves your
- Ezekiel 37:12מִקִּבְרוֹתֵיכֶ֖םmikivroteikhempreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralTherefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel.here: from graves your
- Ezekiel 37:13קִבְרֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗םkivroteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralThen you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.here: graves your
- Ezekiel 37:13מִקִּבְרוֹתֵיכֶ֖םmikivroteikhempreposition + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralThen you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them.here: from graves your
- Ezekiel 39:11קֶ֜בֶרkevernoun · masculine singularAnd on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his hordes will be buried there. So it will be called the Valley of Hamon-gog.here: a burial site