The word in Scripture
Tomb in the Bible
The word tomb appears 3 times in the King James Version of the Bible. The tomb is the place of the dead, which Jesus turned into a doorway of life. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.
What tomb means in the Bible
The tomb is the place of the dead, which Jesus turned into a doorway of life.
Where the word tomb appears
Here is every passage where the word tomb appears, in the words of the King James Bible:
“Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb.”Job 21:32
“And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.”Matthew 27:60
“And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.”Mark 6:29
Tomb and the Lord Jesus
They laid Jesus in a tomb, but on the third day it was empty, for He is risen.
Questions people ask
How many times does the word tomb appear in the Bible?
The word tomb appears 3 times in the King James Version of the Bible. That number counts the exact word, in its King James spelling, wherever it occurs.
What does tomb mean in the Bible?
The tomb is the place of the dead, which Jesus turned into a doorway of life.
How does tomb point to Jesus?
They laid Jesus in a tomb, but on the third day it was empty, for He is risen.