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burying

Meaning of “burying”

Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of bury, meaning to place a dead body in a grave or tomb. Sense 2: To cover or conceal beneath earth or another substance.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
4 occurrences4 verses4 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 2 Kings 13:21

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Every verse containing “burying”

KJV PCE
2 Kings 13:21
And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 13:21 · retained source text

And it came to passe as they were burying a man, that behold, they spyed a band of men, and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let downe, and touched the bones of Elisha, he reuiued, and stood vp on his feete.

1611 marginal noteHeb. went downe.

1611 marginal noteEcclus. 48.14.

Ezekiel 39:12
And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 39:12 · retained source text

And seuen moneths shall the house of Israel bee burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.

Mark 14:8
She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 14:8 · retained source text

She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.

John 12:7
Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 12:7 · retained source text

Then said Iesus, Let her alone, against the day of my burying hath she kept this.

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

The act of interring the dead; sepulture.

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