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Thursday, October 31st, 2024
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1942 - ἐπικάλυμα

Transliteration

epikályma

Phonetics

ep-ee-kal'-oo-mah

Origin

from (G1943)

Parts of Speech

neuter noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a covering, veil
metaph. a pretext, cloak

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

1 Peter 1

BSB (1)

1 Peter 1

CSB (1)

1 Peter 1

ESV (1)

1 Peter 1

KJV (1)

1 Peter 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

1 Peter 1

N95 (1)

1 Peter 1

NAS (1)

1 Peter 1

NLT (1)

1 Peter 2

WEB (1)

1 Peter 1

YLT (1)

1 Peter 1

ASV (1)

a cloak 1

BSB (1)

a cover-up 1

CSB (1)

conceal 1

ESV (1)

cover-up 1

KJV (1)

cloke 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

covering 1

N95 (1)

covering 1

NAS (1)

covering 1

NLT (1)

do 1

WEB (1)

a cloak 1

YLT (1)

the cloak 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASN 1

ANT

N-ASN 1

BEZ

N-ASN 1

BGB

N-ASN 1

BMT

N-ASN 1

BYZ

N-ASN 1

ELZ

N-ASN 1

NA26

N-ASN 1

SBL

N-ASN 1

SCV

N-ASN 1

STV

N-ASN 1

TIS

N-ASN 1

TRG

N-ASN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

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.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐπικάλυμμα, 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).

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