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The concept of the grave is intertwined with themes of mortality, judgment, and resurrection. The Hebrew word often used for grave is "qeber," while the Greek equivalent is "mnēma" or "mnēmeion."<br><br><b>Old Testament Context</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, graves are primarily seen as places of burial, often marked by a tomb or a sepulcher. The patriarchs, such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, were buried in the cave of Machpelah (<a href="/genesis/23-19.htm">Genesis 23:19, 25</a>:9, 49:29-31). This site was significant as it represented a tangible connection to God's promises regarding the land of Canaan.<br><br>The grave is also depicted as a place of rest and finality. Job, in his suffering, speaks of the grave as a place where "the wicked cease from turmoil, and the weary are at rest" (<a href="/job/3-17.htm">Job 3:17</a>). This reflects the ancient Near Eastern view of Sheol, the abode of the dead, as a shadowy existence distinct from the living world.<br><br><b>New Testament Context</b><br><br>In the New Testament, graves continue to serve as physical locations for the dead, but they also take on deeper theological significance. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is central to Christian faith, and His empty tomb is a powerful symbol of victory over death. The Gospel of Matthew records, "The angel said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He lay'" (<a href="/matthew/28-5.htm">Matthew 28:5-6</a>).<br><br>The New Testament also uses the imagery of the grave to illustrate spiritual truths. In <a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28-29</a>, Jesus speaks of a future resurrection: "Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment" . This passage underscores the Christian belief in bodily resurrection and eternal life.<br><br><b>Symbolism and Spiritual Lessons</b><br><br>Graves in the Bible often symbolize the transient nature of human life and the certainty of death. <a href="/ecclesiastes/3-20.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:20</a> reminds us, "All go to one place: All come from dust, and to dust all return" . This serves as a humbling reminder of human mortality and the need for spiritual readiness.<br><br>Moreover, the grave is a metaphor for spiritual death and separation from God. In <a href="/ephesians/2.htm">Ephesians 2:1</a>, Paul writes, "As for you, you were dead in your trespasses and sins" , highlighting the state of spiritual death from which believers are redeemed through Christ.<br><br><b>Cultural and Historical Practices</b><br><br>Burial practices in biblical times varied, but they often involved placing the body in a cave or hewn tomb, sometimes with grave goods. The practice of marking graves with stones or monuments is noted in <a href="/genesis/35-20.htm">Genesis 35:20</a>, where Jacob sets up a pillar over Rachel's tomb.<br><br>The Bible also records instances of grave desecration as acts of judgment or dishonor. In <a href="/2_kings/23-16.htm">2 Kings 23:16</a>, King Josiah defiles the high places by burning bones on the altar, fulfilling a prophecy against idolatry.<br><br><b>Conclusion</b><br><br>Graves in the Bible are more than mere resting places for the dead; they are rich with theological meaning and spiritual lessons. They remind believers of the reality of death, the hope of resurrection, and the promise of eternal life through Jesus Christ.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>n. pl.</I>) The sediment of melted tallow. Same as Greaves.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6914.htm"><span class="l">6914. Qibroth Hattaavah -- "the <b>graves</b> of desire," a place in the <b>...</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> "the <b>graves</b> of desire," a <b>...</b> Word Origin from qeber and taavah Definition "the <b>graves</b><br> of desire," a place in the desert NASB Word Usage Kibroth-hattaavah (5). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6914.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6913.htm"><span class="l">6913. qeber -- a grave, sepulcher</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from qabar Definition a grave, sepulcher NASB Word Usage burial (6),<br> burial place (1), grave (28), <b>graves</b> (16), tomb (8), tombs (8). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6913.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/murray/kalli_the_esquimaux_christian_/the_esquimaux_graves.htm"><span class="l">The Esquimaux <b>Graves</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Esquimaux <b>Graves</b>. On entering <b>...</b> race. Near the huts was the burial-ground,<br> with several well-formed <b>graves</b> of heaps of stones. On <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../murray/kalli the esquimaux christian /the esquimaux graves.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/the_clementine_homilies/chapter_xxi_their_graves_are_still.htm"><span class="l">Their <b>Graves</b> are Still to be Seen.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Homily VI. Chapter XXI."Their <b>Graves</b> are Still to Be Seen. "For instance,<br> as I have mentioned already, in the Caucasian mountains <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter xxi their graves are still.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/on_the_resurrection_of_the_flesh/chapter_xxxvii_christs_assertion_about_the.htm"><span class="l">Christ's Assertion About the Unprofitableness of the Flesh <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Then again, when He says, "Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in which<br> all that are in the <b>graves</b> shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and shall <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../on the resurrection of the flesh/chapter xxxvii christs assertion about the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/life_and_works_of_rufinus_with_jeromes_apology_against_rufinus_/44_but_that_you_may.htm"><span class="l">But that You May not Suppose this to be a Novel Doctrine Peculiar <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> "Behold," saith he, "I will open your <b>graves</b> and bring you forth out of your <b>graves</b>."<br> Let me recall, further, how Job, who abounds in mystical language <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../44 but that you may.htm</font><p><a href="/library/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_a/the_dry_bones_and_the.htm"><span class="l">The Dry Bones and the Spirit of Life</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, O My people,<br> I will open your <b>graves</b>, and cause you to come up out of your <b>graves</b>, and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/the dry bones and the.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bangs/an_alphabetical_list_of_m_e_preachers/letter_g.htm"><span class="l">Letter G</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Grant, John "Received 1827, Located 1830 * Grant, Loring "Received 1809 * Granville,<br> William "Received 1828, Withdrew 1836 * <b>Graves</b>, Hubert "Received <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/bangs/an alphabetical list of m e preachers/letter g.htm</font><p><a href="/library/john/exposition_of_the_orthodox_faith/chapter_xxvii_concerning_the_resurrection.htm"><span class="l">Concerning the Resurrection.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Further Isaiah says: The dead shall rise again, and they that are in the<br> <b>graves</b> shall awake [2735] . And it is clear that the souls <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../exposition of the orthodox faith/chapter xxvii concerning the resurrection.htm</font><p><a href="/library/mcgarvey/the_four-fold_gospel/li_dining_with_a_pharisee.htm"><span class="l">Li. Dining with a Pharisee, Jesus Denounces that Sect.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> That they might not touch <b>graves</b> and be made unclean without knowing it,<br> the Jews white-washed their <b>graves</b> and tombs once a year. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../mcgarvey/the four-fold gospel/li dining with a pharisee.htm</font><p><a href="/library/moody/moodys_anecdotes_and_illustrations/it_will_kill_her.htm"><span class="l">"It Will Kill Her. "</span></a> <br><b>...</b> I know several members of families who are just stumbling into their <b>graves</b><br> over trouble. I know two widows in Chicago who are weeping <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../moody/moodys anecdotes and illustrations/it will kill her.htm</font><p><a href="/library/stalker/the_trial_and_death_of_jesus_christ/chapter_xxi_the_signs.htm"><span class="l">The Signs</span></a> <br><b>...</b> II. The second sign was the resurrection of certain of the dead""The <b>graves</b> were<br> opened, and many bodies of the saints which slept arose and came out of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../stalker/the trial and death of jesus christ/chapter xxi the signs.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/g/graves.htm"><span class="l"><b>Graves</b> (37 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Graves</b> (37 Occurrences). <b>...</b> Matthew 27:52 And the <b>graves</b> were<br> opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, (KJV WBS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/graves.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kibroth-hattaavah.htm"><span class="l">Kibroth-hattaavah (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> avah . Easton's Bible Dictionary The <b>graves</b> of the longing or of lust,<br> one of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness. It <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kibroth-hattaavah.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kibrothhattaavah.htm"><span class="l">Kibrothhattaavah (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary The <b>graves</b> of the longing or of lust, one of<br> the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness. It was <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kibrothhattaavah.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/kidron.htm"><span class="l">Kidron (11 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> It is probable that the "<b>graves</b> of the common people," where King Jehoiakim cast<br> the body of the prophet Uriah, were here (Jeremiah 26:23), and it has been <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/kidron.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/grave.htm"><span class="l">Grave (128 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Easton's Bible Dictionary Among the ancient Hebrews <b>graves</b> were outside<br> of cities in the open field (Luke 7:12; John 11:30). Kings <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/grave.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/instilled.htm"><span class="l">Instilled (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 32:25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude;<br> her <b>graves</b> are around her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/instilled.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/defileth.htm"><span class="l">Defileth (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2 Kings 23:16 And Josiah turneth, and seeth the <b>graves</b> that 'are' there in the mount,<br> and sendeth and taketh the bones out of the <b>graves</b>, and burneth 'them' on <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/defileth.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/powder.htm"><span class="l">Powder (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and<br> stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the <b>graves</b> of the <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/powder.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/assemblage.htm"><span class="l">Assemblage (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (DBY). Ezekiel 32:22 There is Asshur and all his assemblage, his <b>graves</b> round<br> about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword; (DBY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/assemblage.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hordes.htm"><span class="l">Hordes (24 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ezekiel 32:25 They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude;<br> her <b>graves</b> are around her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hordes.htm - 14k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/evidence-of-the-Exodus.html">Is there any evidence of the exodus? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/day-of-the-dead.html">What is the Day of the Dead? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/right-religion.html">What is the right religion for me? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/graves.htm">Graves: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Graves (37 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/23-29.htm">Matthew 23:29</a></span><br />"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and decorate the tombs of the righteous,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-52.htm">Matthew 27:52</a></span><br />And the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-53.htm">Matthew 27:53</a></span><br />And came out of the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/11-44.htm">Luke 11:44</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like hidden <span class="boldtext">graves</span>, and the men who walk over them don't know it."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WBS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28</a></span><br />Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> shall hear his voice,<br /><span class="source">(KJV WEY WBS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/3-13.htm">Romans 3:13</a></span><br />"Their throats resemble an opened grave; with their tongues they have been talking deceitfully." "The venom of vipers lies hidden behind their lips." <br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/revelation/11-9.htm">Revelation 11:9</a></span><br />And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in <span class="boldtext">graves</span>.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/23-6.htm">Genesis 23:6</a></span><br />"Hear us, my lord. You are a prince of God among us. Bury your dead in the best of our tombs. None of us will withhold from you his tomb. Bury your dead."<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/14-11.htm">Exodus 14:11</a></span><br />They said to Moses, "Because there were no <span class="boldtext">graves</span> in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us forth out of Egypt?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/23-6.htm">2 Kings 23:6</a></span><br />He brought out the Asherah from the house of Yahweh, outside of Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and beat it to dust, and cast its dust on the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> of the common people.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_kings/23-16.htm">2 Kings 23:16</a></span><br />And Josiah turneth, and seeth the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> that 'are' there in the mount, and sendeth and taketh the bones out of the graves, and burneth 'them' on the altar, and defileth it, according to the word of Jehovah that the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/16-14.htm">2 Chronicles 16:14</a></span><br />and they bury him in 'one of' his <span class="boldtext">graves</span>, that he had prepared for himself in the city of David, and they cause him to lie on a bed that 'one' hath filled 'with' spices, and divers kinds of mixtures, with perfumed work; and they burn for him a burning -- very great.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-20.htm">2 Chronicles 21:20</a></span><br />A son of thirty and two 'years' was he in his reigning, and eight years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and he goeth without desire, and they bury him in the city of David, and not in the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> of the kings.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-25.htm">2 Chronicles 24:25</a></span><br />And in their going from him -- for they left him with many diseases -- his servants themselves have conspired against him, for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slay him on his bed, and he dieth; and they bury him in the city of David, and have not buried him in the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> of the kings.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/28-27.htm">2 Chronicles 28:27</a></span><br />And Ahaz lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city, in Jerusalem, but have not brought him in to the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> of the kings of Israel, and reign doth Hezekiah his son in his stead.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/32-33.htm">2 Chronicles 32:33</a></span><br />And Hezekiah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the uppermost of the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> of the sons of David, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have done honour to him at his death, and reign doth Manasseh his son in his stead.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-4.htm">2 Chronicles 34:4</a></span><br />They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the incense altars that were on high above them he cut down; and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> of those who had sacrificed to them.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/34-28.htm">2 Chronicles 34:28</a></span><br />Lo, I am gathering thee unto thy fathers, and thou hast been gathered unto thy <span class="boldtext">graves</span> in peace, and thine eyes do not look on all the evil that I am bringing upon this place, and upon its inhabitants;' and they bring the king back word.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-24.htm">2 Chronicles 35:24</a></span><br />And his servants remove him from the chariot, and cause him to ride on the second chariot that he hath, and cause him to go to Jerusalem, and he dieth, and is buried in the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem are mourning for Josiah,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm">Nehemiah 2:3</a></span><br />and say to the king, 'Let the king to the age live! wherefore should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> of my fathers, 'is' a waste, and its gates have been consumed with fire?'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/2-5.htm">Nehemiah 2:5</a></span><br />and say to the king, 'If to the king 'it be' good, and if thy servant be pleasing before thee, that thou send me unto Judah, unto the city of the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> of my fathers, and I built it.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/nehemiah/3-16.htm">Nehemiah 3:16</a></span><br />After him hath Nehemiah son of Azbuk, head of the half of the district of Beth-Zur, strengthened, unto over-against the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> of David, and unto the pool that is made, and unto the house of the mighty ones.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/17-1.htm">Job 17:1</a></span><br />My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> are ready for me.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/21-32.htm">Job 21:32</a></span><br />Yet is he carried to the <span class="boldtext">graves</span>, and watch is kept over the tomb.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/49-11.htm">Psalms 49:11</a></span><br />Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/55-15.htm">Psalms 55:15</a></span><br />Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/107-20.htm">Psalms 107:20</a></span><br />He sends his word, and heals them, and delivers them from their <span class="boldtext">graves</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/65-4.htm">Isaiah 65:4</a></span><br />who sit among the <span class="boldtext">graves</span>, and lodge in the secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/8-1.htm">Jeremiah 8:1</a></span><br />At that time, says Yahweh, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their <span class="boldtext">graves</span>;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/26-23.htm">Jeremiah 26:23</a></span><br />and they fetched forth Uriah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who killed him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the <span class="boldtext">graves</span> of the common people.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/32-22.htm">Ezekiel 32:22</a></span><br />Asshur is there and all her company; her <span class="boldtext">graves</span> are all around her; all of them slain, fallen by the sword;<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/32-23.htm">Ezekiel 32:23</a></span><br />whose <span class="boldtext">graves</span> are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/32-25.htm">Ezekiel 32:25</a></span><br />They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude; her <span class="boldtext">graves</span> are around her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of those who are slain.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/32-26.htm">Ezekiel 32:26</a></span><br />There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude; their <span class="boldtext">graves</span> are around them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Ezekiel 37:12</a></span><br />Therefore prophesy, and tell them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will open your <span class="boldtext">graves</span>, and cause you to come up out of your graves, my people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/37-13.htm">Ezekiel 37:13</a></span><br />You shall know that I am Yahweh, when I have opened your <span class="boldtext">graves</span>, and caused you to come up out of your graves, my people.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ezekiel/39-11.htm">Ezekiel 39:11</a></span><br />And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of <span class="boldtext">graves</span> in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/g/graves.htm">Graves</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/graves.htm">Graves (37 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/g/gravest.htm">Gravest (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cleaveth.htm">Cleaveth (26 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cleaves.htm">Cleaves (11 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cutteth.htm">Cutteth (37 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/g/graven_images.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Graven Images"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Graven Images" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/g/grave's.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Grave's"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Grave's" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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