What does "Burial" mean in the Bible?
It was customary among the Jews, and ancients generally, for the children or near kindred to close the eyes of the dying. Burial appears in 6 verses across 4 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Burial?
BURIAL, BURY . Gen 23:4; Matt 26:12. It was customary among the Jews, and ancients generally, for the children or near kindred to close the eyes of the dying. Gen 46:4. A loud and general wailing followed the decease, John 11:19, 1 Chr 24:31, 1 Sam 15:33, and continued many days after burial. The body of the deceased was washed and laid out. Acts 9:37. It was wrapped in folds of linen cloth, and the head bound around with a napkin. It is said that Lazarus was bound "hand and foot with grave clothes," John 11:44, and it is supposed by many that each limb had its separate wrapper, as it was customary in Egypt to wrap even each finger in a separate cloth or band, so that hundreds of yards of cloth are often unwound from one of their mummies. When thus bound around, it was placed on a bier, in readiness to be borne to the grave. See Bier, Embalm. The climate, and the uncleanness which was contracted, under the law, from contact with a dead body, or even by coming into the same apartment with it, would naturally lead to the custom of early interments. In Persia, we are told, it is not customary to keep the dead over two or three hours, and the European Jews universally bury their dead early. There were many exceptions in this respect, however. The practice of embalming was not general among the Jews, though spices, etc., were used in their burials. 2 Chr 16:14; John 19:40. Jacob and Joseph, whose bodies were embalmed, both died in Egypt, where the art of embalming was very skilfully practised. In Jacob's case we are told that Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm
Definition text: Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible · 1898. Public domain.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
What is the Hebrew word for Burial?
Where does Burial appear in the Bible?
Burial is referenced in 6 verses across 4 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- Ezekiel 39:11
- Genesis 23:4
- Genesis 23:9
- Genesis 23:20
- John 19:40
- Matthew 26:12
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Burial.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Burial?
Burial appears in 6 verses across 4 books, most often in Genesis, which accounts for 3 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Burial?
Genesis, Ezekiel, John, Matthew.
Where can I read every verse about Burial?
This page lists 6 of them. Protos carries all 6, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
