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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #1942 - ἐπικάλυμα

Transliteration

epikályma

Phonetics

ep-ee-kal'-oo-mah

Origin

from (G1943)

Parts of Speech

Noun Neuter

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

a covering, veil
metaph. a pretext, cloak

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4374 ‑ מְכַסֶּה (mek‑as‑seh'); 4539 ‑ מָסָךְ (maw‑sawk);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (1)

1 Peter

NAS (1)

1 Peter

HCS (1)

1 Peter

BSB (1)

1 Peter

ESV (1)

1 Peter

WEB (1)

1 Peter

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπικάλυμμα [ κᾰ], ατος, τό,

I cover, veil, πλοῦτος πολλῶν ἐ. ἐστιν κακῶν Men. 90.

II. in animals, covering of any orifice, of the gills of fish, Arist. HA 505a1, PA 696b3; of the opercula of crabs and other crustacea, Id. HA 527b26, 541b26, cf. 530a21.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐπι -κάλυμμα , -τος , τό

(< ἐπικαλύπτω ),

[in LXX: Exodus 26:14; Exodus 39:34, (H4374), 2 Kings 17:19 (H4539), Job 19:29 (aliter in Heb.)*;]

a cover, veil: metaph., τ . κακίας , 1 Peter 2:16.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

επικαλυμμα επικάλυμμα ἐπικάλυμμα επικαλύμματα επικαλύμματος epikalumma epikalymma epikálymma

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