Lexicon epikalumma: a cover, veil Original Word: ἐπικάλυμμα, ατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: epikalumma Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-kal'-oo-mah) Short Definition: a covering, cloak, pretext Definition: a covering, cloak, veil, pretext. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom epikaluptóDefinitiona cover, veil NASB Translationcovering (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1942: ἐπικάλυμμαἐπικάλυμμα, ἐπικαλυμτος, τό ( ἐπικαλύπτω), a covering, veil; properly, in the Sept.: Exodus 26:14; Exodus 36:19 Complutensian (cf. 39:21 Tdf.); metaphorically, equivalent to a pretext, cloak: τῆς κακίας, 1 Peter 2:16 ( πλοῦτος δέ πολλῶν ἐπικαλυμμ' ἐστι κακῶν, Menander quoted in Stobaeus, flor. 91, 19 (iii. 191, Gaisf. edition); quaerentes libidinibus suis patrocinium et velamentum, Seneca, vita beata 12).
Strong's cloak. From epikalupto; a covering, i.e. (figuratively) pretext -- cloke. see GREEK epikalupto |
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