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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2571 - κάλυμα

Transliteration

kályma

Phonetics

kal'-oo-mah

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G2572)

Parts of Speech

Noun Neuter

TDNT

3:558,405

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a veil, covering

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 3681 ‑ כָּסוּי (kaw‑soo'ee); 4374 ‑ מְכַסֶּה (mek‑as‑seh'); 4533 ‑ מַסְוֶה (mas‑veh'); 4539 ‑ מָסָךְ (maw‑sawk); 4908 ‑ מִשְׁכָּן (mish‑kawn');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (4)

2 Corinthians 4

NAS (4)

2 Corinthians 4

HCS (4)

2 Corinthians 4

BSB (4)

2 Corinthians 4

ESV (4)

2 Corinthians 4

WEB (4)

2 Corinthians 4

KJV (4)

vail 4

NAS (4)

veil 4

HCS (4)

a veil 2

veil 2

BSB (4)

a veil 2

veil 2

ESV (4)

veil 4

WEB (4)

a veil 2

the veil 1

veil 1

RAH

N-APN 2

N-ASN 10

N-DSN 3

N-NSN 2

ANT

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

BEZ

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

BGB

N-ANS 1

N-NNS 3

BMT

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

BYZ

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

ELZ

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

NA26

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

SBL

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

SCV

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

STV

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

TIS

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

N-ASN 1

N-NSN 3

Thayer's Expanded Definition

κάλυμμα, καλυμματος, τό (καλύπτω), a veil, a covering: 2 Corinthians 3:13 (Exodus 35:33); (κάλυμμα, or its equivalent, is suggested to the reader by the context in 1 Corinthians 11:4 κατά κεφαλῆς ἔχων; see ἔχω, I. 1 b.); metaphorically, 2 Corinthians 3:14-16, of that which prevents a thing from being understood. (Homer, Tragg., Aristophanes, others; the Sept..)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κάλυμμα , -τος , τό

(< καλύπτω ),

[in LXX: Numbers 3:25; Numbers 4:8 ff. (H4374), Exodus 34:33 ff. (H4533), etc.;]

a covering, veil: 2 Corinthians 3:13-16 †

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

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

The plur. is used of ";tabulae ligneae"; in Syll 537.57 (2nd half iv/B.C.) ἐπιθεὶς καλύμματα, πάχος δακτύλου, πλάτος ἓξ δακτύλων.

List of Word Forms

καλυμμα κάλυμμα καλύμματα καλύμματι καλυπτήρα kalumma kalymma kálymma