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Strong's #4629 - σκέπασμα
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σκέπ-ασμα, ατος, τό,
a covering, τῶν ς. ὑποπετάσματα μὲν ἄλλα, περικαλύμματα δὲ ἕτερα Pl. Plt. 279d; of a cap or shoe, Id. Lg. 942d; of clothing generally, Arist. Pol. 1336a17; also ὄνυχες ς. τῶν ἀκρωτηρίων εἰσίν Id. PA 687b24; covering membrane, Id. GA 780b28; τὸ φύλλον περικαρπίου ς ., in plants, Id. de An. 412b2; οἰκία ς. ἐκ πλίνθων καὶ λίθων Id. Metaph. 1043a32 .
σκέπασμα, σκεπασματος, τό (σκεπάζω to cover), a covering, specifically, clothing (Aristotle, pol. 7, 17, p. 1336{a}, 17; Josephus, b. j. 2, 8, 5): 1 Timothy 6:8.
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* σκέπασμα , -τος , τό
(< σκεπάζω , to cover),
a covering, esp. clothing: 1 Timothy 6:8.†
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For this late word, lit. ";keep in a tight place,"; cf. P Petr II. 12 (1).13 (B.C. 241) ἐπεὶ στενοχωροῦμεν σταθμοῖς, ";since we are short of billets"; (Ed.). See also the Hawara papyrus in Archiv v. p. 381, No. 56.3 (late i/A.D.) στενοχωρεῖν ἐν τῷ κ ̣α ̣ . . [.]ῳ οὐκ ἠδυνάσθη.
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