Tombs
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Of the Hebrews were generally excavated in the solid rock, or were natural caves. Mention is made of such tombs in Judg 8:32; 2 Sam 2:32; 2 Kgs 9:28; 23:30. They were sometimes made in gardens (2 Kgs 21:26; 23:16; Matt 27:60). They are found in great numbers in and around Jerusalem and all over the land. They were sometimes whitewashed (Matt 23:27, 29). The body of Jesus was laid in Joseph’s new rock-hewn tomb, in a garden near to Calvary. All evidence is in favour of the opinion that this tomb was somewhere near the Damascus gate, and outside the city, and cannot be identified with the so-called “holy sepulchre.” The mouth of such rocky tombs was usually closed by a large stone (Heb. golal), which could only be removed by the united efforts of several men (Matt 28:2; comp. John 11:39).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Dig
(qur, "to dig", chathar; diorusso, "to dig through"): "I have digged (dug) and drunk strange waters" (2 Kgs 19:24). In his campaigns on foreign soil, where the enemy had stopped up the watersprings, Sennacherib would at once dig fresh wells for his armies. "They dig through houses" (Job 24:16; Matt 6:19; Matt 6:20 margin). Walls of eastern houses are often made of mud or clay, and frequently have no windows; and as the threshold of a Syrian house is sacred, the thief breaks in through the wall (see Trumbull, The Threshold Covenant).
M. O. Evans
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