sepulchre
A sepulchre, or sepulcher, is a type of tomb or burial chamber Dictionary.com definition
The word is sometimes confused with "sepulture", the act of burying a dead person.
Referring from the Easton's Bible Dictionary, 'Sepulchre' is first mentioned as having been purchased by Abraham for Sarah from Ephron the Hittite (Gen. 23:20). This was the "cave of the field of Machpelah", where Abraham and Rebekah and Jacob and Leah were also buried (79:29-32). In Acts 7:16 it is said that Jacob was "laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money[Joshua 24:32] of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem." [It has been proposed, as a way of reconciling the apparent discrepancy between this verse and Gen. 23:20, to read Acts 7:16 thus: "And they our fathers were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Emmor son of Sychem." In this way the purchase made by Abraham is not confounded with the purchase subsequently made by Jacob in the same district. Of this purchase by Abraham there is no direct record in the Old Testament. (See Thomas Campbell)]
Tombs of the Hebrews were generally excavated in the solid rock or
were natural caves. Mention is made of such tombs in Judges 8:32;
2 Samuel 2:32; and 2 Kings 9:28; 23:30. They were sometimes made in gardens (2 Kings 21:26; 23:16; Matthew 27:60). They are found in
great numbers in and around Jerusalem and all over the land. They were sometimes whitewashed (Matthew 23:27, 29). The body of Jesus was laid in Joseph of Arimathea's new rock-hewn tomb[Mark 15:46], in a garden near to Calvary perhaps the site of the Holy Sepulchre. The mouth of such rocky tombs was usually closed by a large stone (Hebrew golal), which could only be removed by the united efforts of several men (Matthew 28:2; John 11:39)
"Sepulchre" is also the name of a novel written by Kate Mosse.
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