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קְבוּרָה H6900
H6900 is the Hebrew word קְבוּרָה, transliterated qᵉbûwrâh and said keb-oo-raw'. The King James Version most often renders it grave.
What it means
sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchre.
Where it comes from
or קְבֻרָה; feminine passive participle of H6912 (קָבַר).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 14 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: burial, burying place, grave, sepulchre.
Verses using קְבוּרָה
All 13 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 35:20 · KJV
And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel’s grave unto this day.
Genesis 47:30 · KJV
But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said.
Deuteronomy 34:6 · KJV
And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
1 Samuel 10:2 · KJV
When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
2 Kings 9:28 · KJV
And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David.
2 Kings 21:26 · KJV
And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.
2 Kings 23:30 · KJV
And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.
2 Chronicles 26:23 · KJV
So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead.
Ecclesiastes 6:3 · KJV
If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.
Isaiah 14:20 · KJV
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
Jeremiah 22:19 · KJV
He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 32:23 · KJV
Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.
Ezekiel 32:24 · KJV
There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6900 mean?
H6900 is the Hebrew word קְבוּרָה (qᵉbûwrâh), meaning sepulture; (concretely) a sepulchre.
How is H6900 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it grave (4 times), sepulchre (4 times), burial (3 times), buryingplace (1 time), own sepulchre (1 time), among others.
How many times does H6900 appear in the Bible?
קְבוּרָה (qᵉbûwrâh) is tagged in 13 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6900 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: or קְבֻרָה; feminine passive participle of H6912 (קָבַר).
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