UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

Sense 1: burial place

Semantic entry: 52.9

Semantic domains: Funerals and Burial

Definition: a place for burying

Notes: It is also possible to understand ταφή in the context of RV MAT 27:7 · LV MAT 27:7 · Read together MAT 27:7 as a reference to the process of burial, and one may therefore translate RV MAT 27:7 · LV MAT 27:7 · Read together MAT 27:7 as ‘they used the money to buy the Potter’s Field to bury foreigners.’