KJV dictionary & concordance

coffin

Meaning of “coffin”

The chest or box in which a dead human body is buried, or deposited in a vault.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

1 occurrence1 verse1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 50:26

Complete exact-word concordance

KJV PCE

So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · Genesis 50:26 · retained source text

So Ioseph died, being an hundred and ten yeeres old: and they imbalmed him, and he was put in a coffin, in Egypt.

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Historical English dictionary sources

The chest or box in which a dead human body is buried, or deposited in a vault.

Webster 1828 facsimile, volume 1, leaf 418