Bible Dictionary

Coffin

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)

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.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)

[Burial, Sepulchres]

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary

COF'FIN. See Bury.