- ταφή
- ταφή, ῆς, ἡ (θάπτω, cp. τάφος)① burial (Soph., Hdt.+; OGI 90, 32 [II B.C.]; PSI 328,2 and 5 [III B.C.]; PAmh 125, 1; PTebt 479 al.; LXX: TestJob 40:13; AssMos Fgm. k Denis p. 67; Philo, Mos. 2, 283; Jos., Bell. 4, 317, Ant. 6, 292; 9, 182; Ath. 22, 6) αἰτεῖν τὸ σῶμα πρὸς ταφήν ask for the corpse for burial GPt 2:3 (Diod S 10, 29, 1 ἵνα λάβῃ τὸ σῶμα εἰς ταφήν). δώσω τοὺς πονηροὺς ἀντὶ τῆς ταφῆς αὐτοῦ I will deliver up the wicked for his burial, i.e. for putting him in the grave (par. to θάνατος) 1 Cl 16:10 (Is 53:9).② burial-place (2 Ch 26:23 ἡ τ. τῶν βασιλέων; O. Joach 2, 2; 3, 2 al.; 18, 11 [I B.C.] ταφὴ ἰβίων καὶ ἱεράκων ͵α=‘a burial-place for 1,000 mummies of ibises and falcons’. In the sense ‘grave’ oft. Hdt. et al.; Dt 34:6; Mel., P. 71, 522) εἰς ταφὴν τοῖς ξένοις as a burial ground for strangers Mt 27:7.—DELG s.v. θάπτω. M-M.
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