棺
guān
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How is 棺 read in the Chinese Bible?
棺 is read guān in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 3 times in 2 verses across 2 books, first in Genesis 50:26. Common words: 棺材.
- Occurrences
- 3
- Verses
- 2
- Books
- 2
- First in
- Genesis 50:26
Words it forms in the Bible
Meaning: coffin
In the text
- Genesis 50:26
约瑟死了，正一百一十岁。人用香料将他薰了，把他收殓在棺材里，停在埃及。
- 2 Samuel 3:31
大卫吩咐约押和跟随他的众人说：「你们当撕裂衣服，腰束麻布，在押尼珥棺前哀哭。」大卫王也跟在棺后。
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.