Bible Dictionaries
Tomb
King James Dictionary
TOMB, n. toom. L. tumulus, a heap or hillock tumeo, to swell.
1. A grave a pit in which the dead body of a human being is deposited.
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.
2. A house or vault formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof for the reception of the dead.
3. A monument erected to preserve the memory of the dead.
TOMB, To bury to inter. See Entomb.
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Entry for 'Tomb'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/t/tomb.html.