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tomb, grave, burial place

Definition

The terms "tomb" and "grave" refer to a place where people put the body of a person who has died. A "burial place" is a more general term that also refers to this.

• The Jews sometimes used natural caves as tombs, and sometimes they dug caves into the rock on the side of a hill.
• In New Testament times, it was common to roll a large, heavy stone in front of the opening of a tomb in order to close it.
• If the word for a tomb or a grave can only refer to a hole in which the body is placed below the ground, other ways to translate this could include, "cave" or "hole in a hill."
• The phrase "the grave" is often used generally and figuratively to refer to the condition of being dead or a place where the souls of dead people are.