Coffin
Bible Usage:
- coffin used once.
- Bible Reference: Genesis 50:26
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: Yes
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: Yes
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H727 Used 1 time
Used in Genesis 50:26 with reference to the burial of Joseph. Here, it means a mummy-chest. The same Hebrew word is rendered "chest" in 2 Kings 12:9, 10.
General references
Genesis 50:26
Burial
COFFIN, noun
1. The chest or box in which a dead human body is buried, or deposited in a vault.
2. A mold of paste for a pie.
3. A paper case, in the form of a cone, used by grocers.
4. In farriery, the hollow part of a horses hoof; or the whole hoof above the coronet, including the coffin-bone, which is a small spungy bone in the midst of the hoof, and possessing the whole form of the hoof.
COFFIN, verb transitive To put in or inclose in a coffin
COFFINED, participle passive Inclosed in a coffin.
COFFIN-MAKER, noun One who makes, or whose occupation is to make coffins.