Lexical Summary epikalymma: a cover, veil Original Word: ἐπικάλυμμαTransliteration: epikalymma Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-kal'-oo-mah) Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Short Definition: a cover, veil Meaning: a cover, veil Strong's Concordance cloak.From epikalupto; a covering, i.e. (figuratively) pretext -- cloke. see GREEK epikalupto Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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). |