Coffin
Every entry below is printed as its editors wrote it, with the edition named.
Easton's 1897
Used in Gen. 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.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain
Smith's 1884
[BURIAL, SEPULCHRES]
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · public domain
ISBE 1915
From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Where it reports or adopts critical theories, those are the views of its writers or the scholars they cite; Gospel Companion holds the historic Christian view of Scripture.
kof'-in.
See CHEST; BURIAL.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain
In Scripture
3 references found in the entries above · verse links open the World English Bible
See also
Sources
- Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Public domain
- Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · Public domain
- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · Public domain