Topical Bible: Grave

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The term "grave" in the Bible is often used to refer to the place where the dead are laid to rest. It is a concept that appears throughout both the Old and New Testaments, symbolizing not only physical death but also spiritual realities.

Old Testament Usage

In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word most commonly translated as "grave" is "qeber," which refers to a burial site or tomb. For example, in Genesis 23:4, Abraham speaks to the Hittites, saying, "I am a foreigner and stranger among you. Sell me a burial site here so I can bury my dead." This reflects the cultural importance of having a designated place for burial.

Another significant term is "Sheol," which is often translated as "the grave" or "the pit." It represents the abode of the dead, a shadowy place where both the righteous and the wicked go after death. In Psalm 16:10, David expresses his hope in God's deliverance from Sheol: "For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay."

New Testament Usage

In the New Testament, the Greek word "mnēmeion" is frequently used to denote a grave or tomb. This term is used in the context of Jesus' burial, as seen in Matthew 27:60: "and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away."

The New Testament also introduces the concept of "Hades," which, like Sheol, is a temporary abode of the dead. In Revelation 20:13-14, Hades is depicted as giving up the dead for final judgment: "The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire."

Theological Significance

The grave is a powerful symbol of mortality and the consequences of sin, as stated in Romans 6:23: "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." However, the grave is not the final word for believers. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is central to Christian hope, as it signifies victory over death and the grave. In 1 Corinthians 15:55, Paul triumphantly declares, "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"

Cultural and Historical Context

In biblical times, burial practices varied, but the importance of a proper burial was universally recognized. The patriarchs, such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, were buried in family tombs, signifying the continuation of the covenant promises. The New Testament era saw the use of rock-hewn tombs, as evidenced by the burial of Jesus.

Symbolism and Metaphor

The grave is often used metaphorically in Scripture to describe spiritual death or separation from God. In Ezekiel 37, the vision of the dry bones coming to life symbolizes Israel's restoration from spiritual death. Similarly, in Ephesians 2:1, Paul speaks of believers being "dead in your trespasses and sins" before being made alive in Christ.

Conclusion

The grave, while a stark reminder of human mortality, is also a testament to the hope of resurrection and eternal life through Jesus Christ. The biblical narrative consistently points to the grave as a temporary state, ultimately overcome by the power of God.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Grave

[BURIAL, SEPULCHRES]

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Among the ancient Hebrews graves were outside of cities in the open field (Luke 7:12; John 11:30). Kings (1 Kings 2:10) and prophets (1 Samuel 25:1) were generally buried within cities. Graves were generally grottoes or caves, natural or hewn out in rocks (Isaiah 22:16; Matthew 27:60). There were family cemeteries (Genesis 47:29; 50:5; 2 Samuel 19:37). Public burial-places were assigned to the poor (Jeremiah 26:23; 2 Kings 23:6). Graves were usually closed with stones, which were whitewashed, to warn strangers against contact with them (Matthew 23:27), which caused ceremonial pollution (Numbers 19:16).

There were no graves in Jerusalem except those of the kings, and according to tradition that of the prophetess Huldah.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for this purpose.

2. (superl.) of great weight; heavy; ponderous.

3. (superl.) of importance; momentous; weighty; influential; sedate; serious; -- said of character

4. (superl.) Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color; a grave face.

5. (superl.) Not acute or sharp; low; deep; -- said of sound; as, a grave note or key.

6. (superl.) Slow and solemn in movement.

7. (n.) To dig. [Obs.] Chaucer.

8. (n.) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave.

9. (n.) To carve out or give shape to, by cutting with a chisel; to sculpture; as, to grave an image.

10. (n.) To impress deeply (on the mind); to fix indelibly.

11. (n.) To entomb; to bury.

12. (v. i.) To write or delineate on hard substances, by means of incised lines; to practice engraving.

13. (n.) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction.

14. (n.) A final syllable signifying a ruler, as in landgrave, margrave. See Margrave.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GRAVE; GRAVING

grav'-ing.

See CRAFTS; ENGRAVING.

GRAVE (1)

grav.

See BURIAL.

GRAVE (2)

(Adj.).

See GRAVITY.

Greek

5028. taphos -- a burial, hence a grave
... a burial, hence a grave. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: taphos
Phonetic Spelling: (taf'-os) Short Definition: a tomb, burial-place Definition ...
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2750. keiria -- a bandage, grave-clothes
... a bandage, grave-clothes. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: keiria
Phonetic Spelling: (ki-ree'-ah) Short Definition: a bandage, grave clothes ...
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4586. semnos -- reverend, ie venerable, spec. serious
... Speech: Adjective Transliteration: semnos Phonetic Spelling: (sem-nos') Short
Definition: honorable Definition: venerable, honorable, grave, serious, dignified ...
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3419. mnemeion -- a memorial, a monument
... grave, sepulcher, tomb. From mneme; a remembrance, ie Cenotaph (place of interment) --
grave, sepulchre, tomb. see GREEK mneme. (mnemeia) -- 4 Occurrences. ...
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3418. mnema -- a memorial, a sepulcher
... grave, sepulcher, tomb. From mnaomai; a memorial, ie Sepulchral monument
(burial-place) -- grave, sepulchre, tomb. see GREEK mnaomai. (mnema) -- 3 Occurrences. ...
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86. hades -- Hades, the abode of departed spirits
... grave, hell. From a (as negative particle) and eido; properly, unseen, ie "Hades"
or the place (state) of departed souls -- grave, hell. see GREEK a. ...
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926. barus -- heavy
... grievous, heavy, burdensome. From the same as baros; weighty, ie (fig) burdensome,
grave -- grievous, heavy, weightier. see GREEK baros. (barea) -- 2 Occurrences ...
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1125. grapho -- to write
... describe, write. A primary verb; to "grave", especially to write; figuratively,
to describe -- describe, write(-ing, -ten). (gegrammena) -- 7 Occurrences. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6900. qeburah -- a grave, burial
... 6899, 6900. qeburah or qeburah. 6901 . a grave, burial. Transliteration: qeburah
or qeburah Phonetic Spelling: (keb-oo-raw') Short Definition: grave. ...
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6913. qeber -- a grave, sepulcher
... 6912, 6913. qeber. 6914 . a grave, sepulcher. Transliteration: qeber
Phonetic Spelling: (keh'-ber) Short Definition: grave. Word ...
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1164. bei -- grave
... bei. 1165 . grave. Transliteration: bei Phonetic Spelling: (beh-ee') Short Definition:
grave. Word Origin see i. grave From ba'ah; a prayer -- grave. ...
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2801. charath -- to grave, engrave
... 2800, 2801. charath. 2802 . to grave, engrave. Transliteration: charath Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-rath') Short Definition: engraved. Word Origin a prim. ...
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439. Allon Bakuth -- "oak of weeping," a tree near the grave of ...
Allon Bakuth. 438, 439. Allon Bakuth. 440 . "oak of weeping," a tree near the
grave of Rebekah's nurse. Transliteration: Allon Bakuth Phonetic Spelling: (al ...
/hebrew/439.htm - 6k

2672. chatsab -- to hew, hew out, cleave
... cut, dig, divide, grave, hew out made, mason. Or chatseb {khaw-tsabe'};
a primitive root; to cut or carve (wood), stone or other ...
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7585. sheol -- underworld (place to which people descend at death)
... Word Origin of uncertain derivation Definition underworld (place to which people
descend at death) NASB Word Usage Sheol (66). grave, hell, pit. ...
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6458. pasal -- to hew, hew into shape
... root Definition to hew, hew into shape NASB Word Usage carved (1), cut (5). grave,
hew. A primitive root; to carve, whether wood or stone -- grave, hew. ...
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2710. chaqaq -- to cut in, inscribe, decree
... appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, portray, print,. A primitive
root; properly, to hack, ie Engrave (Judges 5:14, to ...
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7845. shachath -- a pit
... corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit. From shuwach; a pit (especially as a
trap); figuratively, destruction -- corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit. ...
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Library

The Grave in a Garden
... THE GRAVE IN A GARDEN. ... The grave was fittingly in the garden, because nature too
is subject to the law of decay and death. The flowers fade and men die. ...
/.../expositions of holy scripture st john chaps xv to xxi/the grave in a garden.htm

The Grave Stone.
... XIII. THE GRAVE STONE. They have now reached the grave. It was a rocky sepulchre. ...
O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction.". ...
//christianbookshelf.org/macduff/memories of bethany/xiii the grave stone.htm

The Open Grave at Bethany
... THE OPEN GRAVE AT BETHANY. ... Jesus therefore again groaning in Himself, cometh
to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture i/the open grave at bethany.htm

The Grave of the Dead John and the Grave of the Living Jesus
... THE GRAVE OF THE DEAD JOHN AND THE GRAVE OF THE LIVING JESUS. 'And John's
disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/the grave of the dead.htm

Whether it is a Grave Sin for the Listener to Suffer the Backbiter ...
... OF BACKBITING [*Or detraction] (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether it is a grave sin
for the listener to suffer the backbiter? Objection 1: It ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether it is a grave.htm

March the Fifteenth Jesus at a Grave
... MARCH The Fifteenth JESUS AT A GRAVE. JOHN xi.32-45. Here is Jesus weeping.
"Jesus wept." Why did He weep? Perhaps He wept out of ...
/.../my daily meditation for the circling year/march the fifteenth jesus at.htm

Hope Beyond the Grave.
... FUNERAL HYMNS. Hymn 75 Hope beyond the grave. John Newton 8,6,8,6. Hope beyond the
grave. My soul, this curious house of clay,. Thy present frail abode; ...
//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 75 hope beyond the.htm

The Grave of John, and Another Grave
... XV. The Grave of John, and Another Grave. (Matthew 14:12.) "When some beloved
voice, that was to you Both sound and sweetness, faileth ...
//christianbookshelf.org/meyer/john the baptist/xv the grave of john.htm

My Harp Upon the Willows, Grave,
... ASPIRATIONS My harp upon the willows, grave,. tr., John Brownlie 8,8,8,8. I. My
harp upon the willows, grave,. In weeping days is sadly hung,. ...
/.../brownlie/hymns from the morningland/my harp upon the willows.htm

The Sailor's Grave.
... SEAMEN'S HYMNS. 834. " The Sailor's Grave. 834. CM Anonymous. The Sailor's
Grave. 1 Not in the church-yard shall he sleep, Amid ...
/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/834 the sailors grave.htm

Thesaurus

Grave (128 Occurrences)
... 4. (superl.) Not light or gay; solemn; sober; plain; as, a grave color;
a grave face. 5. (superl.) Not acute or sharp; low; deep ...
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Grave's (1 Occurrence)
...Grave's (1 Occurrence). Psalms 141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth,
as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. (KJV JPS WBS). ...
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Grave-clothes (1 Occurrence)
Grave-clothes. Graveclothes, Grave-clothes. Graved . Multi-Version
Concordance Grave-clothes (1 Occurrence). John 11 ...
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Rachel's (5 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia RACHEL'S TOMB. (matstsebheth qebhurath rachel):
In Genesis 35:20 we read: "Jacob set up a pillar upon her grave: the same is ...
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Bier (3 Occurrences)
... The frame on which dead bodies were conveyed to the grave (Luke 7:14). ... 1. (n.)
A portable frame on which a coffin is taken to the grave. ...
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Hades (11 Occurrences)
... All the dead alike go into this place. To be buried, to go down to the grave,
to descend into hades, are equivalent expressions. In the LXX. ...
/h/hades.htm - 23k

Sheol (64 Occurrences)
... (see HELL.). Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) The place of departed spirits; Hades;
also, the grave. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SHEOL. ...
/s/sheol.htm - 34k

Monthly (11 Occurrences)
... The old prophet hears of the death and explains it as due to disobedience to God;
he then buries the dead body in his own grave and expresses a wish that he ...
/m/monthly.htm - 93k

Tomb (70 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A pit in which the dead body of a human
being is deposited; a grave; a sepulcher. 2. (n.) A house ...
/t/tomb.htm - 31k

Raddai (1 Occurrence)
... place, since the evangelist, reporting the slaughter of the innocents of Bethlehem,
represents Rachel as weeping for her children from her neighboring grave. ...
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Resources

What is grave sucking / grave soaking / mantle grabbing? | GotQuestions.org

Why are the circumstances of the death of Moses so mysterious? | GotQuestions.org

How many prophecies did Jesus fulfill? | GotQuestions.org

Grave: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance

Grave (128 Occurrences)

Matthew 27:61
Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the tomb.
(See NAS)

Matthew 27:64
Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people,'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception will be worse than the first."
(See NAS)

Matthew 27:66
So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure, sealing the stone.
(See NAS)

Matthew 28:1
Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to see the tomb.
(See NAS)

Mark 12:27
He is not the God of dead, but of living men. You are in grave error."
(WEY)

John 11:17
Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
(KJV WBS)

John 11:31
The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there.
(KJV WBS)

John 11:38
Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
(KJV WBS)

John 11:44
And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
(Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NIV)

John 12:17
The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record.
(KJV WBS)

Acts 2:27
because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.
(See NIV)

Acts 2:31
he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul left in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.
(See NIV)

Acts 3:26
It is to you first that God, after raising His Servant from the grave, has sent Him to bless you, by causing every one of you to turn from your wickedness."
(WEY)

Acts 25:7
Upon Paul's arrival, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood round him, and brought many grave charges against him which they were unable to substantiate.
(WEY)

Romans 3:13
"Their throats resemble an opened grave; with their tongues they have been talking deceitfully." "The venom of vipers lies hidden behind their lips."
(WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 10:7
"nor 'Who shall go down into the abyss?'" --that is, to bring Christ up again from the grave.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 15:55
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
(KJV WBS)

Philippians 4:8
As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as 'are' grave, as many as 'are' righteous, as many as 'are' pure, as many as 'are' lovely, as many as 'are' of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;
(YLT)

1 Timothy 3:8
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

1 Timothy 3:11
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Titus 2:2
That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
(KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Genesis 18:20
Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
(See NAS RSV)

Genesis 23:6
"Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead."
(See NAS)

Genesis 35:20
Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Genesis 37:35
And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
(KJV JPS WBS NIV)

Genesis 42:38
And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
(KJV JPS WBS NIV)

Genesis 44:29
And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
(KJV JPS WBS NIV)

Genesis 44:31
It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
(KJV JPS WBS NIV)

Genesis 50:5
'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am dying. Bury me in my grave which I have dug for myself in the land of Canaan." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come again.'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Exodus 28:9
You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the children of Israel:
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 28:36
"You shall make a plate of pure gold, and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet,'HOLY TO YAHWEH.'
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 16:30
But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh."
(See NIV)

Numbers 16:33
So they, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into Sheol: and the earth closed on them, and they perished from among the assembly.
(See NIV)

Numbers 19:16
"Whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 19:18
and a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who were there, and on him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the dead, or the grave:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 10:1
At that time hath Jehovah said unto me, Grave for thee two tables of stone, like the first, and come up unto Me, into the mount, and thou hast made for thee an ark of wood,
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 10:3
and I make an ark of shittim wood, and grave two tables of stone like the first, and go up to the mount, and the two tables in my hand.
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 34:6
He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab over against Beth Peor: but no man knows of his tomb to this day.
(See NIV)

1 Samuel 2:6
The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
(KJV JPS WBS NIV)

1 Samuel 10:2
In thy going to-day from me -- then thou hast found two men by the grave of Rachel, in the border of Benjamin, at Zelzah, and they have said unto thee, The asses have been found which thou hast gone to seek; and lo, thy father hath left the matter of the asses, and hath sorrowed for you, saying, What do I do for my son?
(YLT)

2 Samuel 3:32
They buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 4:12
David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron.
(WEB JPS ASV NAS)

2 Samuel 19:37
Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

2 Samuel 21:14
They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. After that God was entreated for the land.
(See NAS)

2 Samuel 22:6
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death caught me.
(See NIV)

1 Kings 2:6
Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
(KJV JPS WBS NIV)

1 Kings 2:9
Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
(KJV JPS WBS NIV)

1 Kings 13:22
but came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, "Eat no bread, and drink no water;" your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.'"
(See NAS)

1 Kings 13:30
He laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother!"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)

1 Kings 13:31
It happened, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, "When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb in which the man of God is buried. Lay my bones beside his bones.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 14:13
All Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward Yahweh, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Kings 9:28
His servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his tomb with his fathers in the city of David.
(See NAS)

2 Kings 21:26
He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Kings 22:20
'Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil which I will bring on this place.'"'" They brought back this message to the king.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

2 Kings 23:6
He brought out the Asherah from the house of Yahweh, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the graves of the common people.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Kings 23:17
And he saith, 'What 'is' this sign that I see?' and the men of the city say unto him, 'The grave of the man of God who hath come from Judah, and proclaimeth these things that thou hast done concerning the altar of Beth-El.'
(YLT NAS)

2 Kings 23:30
And his servants cause him to ride dying from Megiddo, and bring him in to Jerusalem, and bury him in his own grave, and the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and anoint him, and cause him to reign instead of his father.
(YLT)

2 Chronicles 2:7
Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave all manner of engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

2 Chronicles 2:14
the son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any manner of engraving, and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT)

2 Chronicles 26:23
So Uzziah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the field of burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his place.
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2 Chronicles 34:28
Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring on this place, and on its inhabitants. They brought back word to the king.
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Job 3:22
who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
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Job 5:26
You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.
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Job 7:9
As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
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Job 10:19
I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.
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Job 11:8
They are high as heaven. What can you do? They are deeper than Sheol. What can you know?
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Job 14:13
O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
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Job 17:1
"My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me.
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Job 17:13
If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
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Job 17:14
I cry to the grave, Thou art my father! to the worm, My mother, and my sister!
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Job 21:13
They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
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Job 21:32
Yet he will be borne to the grave. Men shall keep watch over the tomb.
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Job 24:19
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
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Job 30:24
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction.
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Job 33:22
Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
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Job 40:13
Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.
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Psalms 5:9
For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart 'is' mischiefs, An open grave 'is' their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.
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Psalms 6:5
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
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Psalms 9:17
The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.
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Psalms 16:10
For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.
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Psalms 18:5
The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.
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Psalms 30:3
O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
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Psalms 31:17
Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
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Psalms 49:14
Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
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Psalms 49:15
But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.
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Psalms 55:15
Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
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Psalms 86:13
For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
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Psalms 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
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Psalms 88:5
set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
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Psalms 88:11
Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
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Psalms 89:48
What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
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Psalms 107:20
He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their graves.
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Psalms 116:3
The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow.
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Psalms 141:7
Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
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Proverbs 1:12
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
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Proverbs 5:5
Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld;
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Proverbs 7:27
Her house is the way to the underworld, going down to the rooms of death.
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Proverbs 9:18
But he does not see that the dead are there, that her guests are in the deep places of the underworld.
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Proverbs 15:24
Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.
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Proverbs 30:16
The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
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