Euphemism in the Bible

he covereth his feet

A modest expression is used for a private bodily function.

to cover his feet

The phrase functions as a modest circumlocution for relieving oneself.

be as that young man is

Cushi avoids bluntly stating Absalom's death.

sleep with your fathers

Death is expressed through the gentler idiom of sleeping with one's fathers.

David slept with his fathers

Death is described by the softened expression of sleep.

Lazarus sleeps

Jesus uses sleep for death before clarifying the literal sense.

he fell asleep

Stephen's death is described through sleep-language.

those who have fallen asleep

Believers who have died are described with sleep-language in resurrection context.

those who are asleep

Paul uses sleep-language for dead believers to frame resurrection hope.

put off my tabernacle

Peter uses a softened periphrastic image for his approaching death.

desire shall fail

The aging/death context uses modest and poetic wording for bodily decline.

Adam knew Eve

The verb 'knew' functions as a modest expression for marital relations.

knew her not till

The idiom uses 'know' in the modest marital sense.

uncovered his feet / lay down

The narrative uses restrained wording in a delicate setting; interpretation must remain context-governed.

earthly tent

The body and death are described indirectly through tent imagery.