Dictionary of Bible Themes – 9050 tombs
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9050 tombs

9050 tombs

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

Tombs cut out of rock Isa 22:15-16 See also 2Ki 23:16; 2Ch 16:14; Mt 27:59-60 pp Mk 15:46 pp Lk 23:53

Caves used as tombs

Ge 50:13 See also Ge 23:17-20; Ge 25:8-10; Jn 11:38

Tombs sealed with a stone

Jn 11:38 See also Mt 27:60 pp Mk 15:46; Mt 27:64-66; Mt 28:2; Mk 16:3; Lk 24:2

Burial in a family tomb

Ge 23:19; Ge 25:8-10; Ge 47:29-30; Ge 49:29-32; Jdg 8:32; Jdg 16:31; 2Sa 2:32; 2Sa 17:23; 2Sa 19:37; 2Sa 21:12-14; 1Ki 13:22

Royal tombs

2Ch 16:14 See also 2Ch 21:20; 2Ch 24:25; 2Ch 26:23; 2Ch 28:27; 2Ch 32:33; Ne 3:16

Tombs in gardens

2Ki 21:18 See also 2Ki 21:26; Jn 19:41

Contact with a tomb rendered a person ritually unclean

Nu 19:16 See also 2Ki 23:6

Figurative use of tombs

Mt 23:27-28 See also Lk 11:43-44

See also

2530Christ, death of
2560Christ, resurrection
4218cave
4257pit
4354rock
5241burial
5320funeral
8767hypocrisy
9020death
9030dead bodies
9040grave, the
9540Sheol

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