Lexical Summary entaphiazō: to prepare for burial Original Word: ἐνταφιάζωTransliteration: entaphiazō Phonetic Spelling: (en-taf-ee-ad'-zo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to prepare for burial Meaning: to prepare for burial Strong's Concordance bury. From a compound of en and taphos; to inswathe with cerements for interment -- bury. see GREEK en see GREEK taphos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1779: ἐνταφιάζωἐνταφιάζω; 1 aorist infinitive ἐνταφιάσαι; to see to τά ἐνταφια (from ἐν and τάφος), i. e. to prepare a body for burial, by the use of every requisite provision and funereal adornment, to wit, baths, vestments, flowers, wreaths, perfumes, libations, etc.; to lay out a corpse (Latinpollingere): Matthew 26:12; John 19:40. (Genesis 50:2f; Anthol. 11, 125, 5; Plutarch, de esu earn. 1, 5, 7 mor., p. 995 c.) |