Bible Lexicons

ταφ-ή, ἡ,

(v. θάπτω)

burial, ταφῆς τυχεῖν, κυρῆσαι, Hdt. 1.24, 112: in pl., mode of burial, Id. 2.85, 5.8: pl. also of the burials of those who had fallen in battle, δημοσίᾳ ταφὰς ἐποιήσαντο Th. 2.34; νόμοι.., οἷς ἐχρῶντο περὶ τὰς ταφάς ib. 52, cf. OGI 90.32 (Rosetta, ii B.C.).

2. pl. also, burial-place, Hdt. 4.71, 5.63, S. Aj. 1090, 1109: later in sg., Sammelb. 6028.2, al. (i B.C.): but σῆς εἰ στερήσομαι ταφῆς, of the urn supposed to contain the ashes of Orestes, S. El. 1210; so in Egypt, mummy, POxy. 736.13 (i A.D.), Wilcken Chr. 499 (ii/iii A.D.), etc.; also, sarcophagus, δευτέρα τ., of a double sarcophagus, PGiss. 68.7 (ii A.D.), Arch.Pap. 4.133 (ii A.D.).

3. payment for burial, burial-fee, τὸν τὴν τ. τοῦ πατ ρὸς οὐκ ἀπειληφότα D. 25.58; ἐνδεεῖς γενόμενοι εἰς τὴν τ. τὴν Φιλίππου PEnteux. 32.6 (iii B.C.); ὑπὲρ τέλους ταφῆς μιᾶς Ostr.Bodl. ii 45 (ii A.D.).