King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1942
Transliteration: epikalymma
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-kal'-oo-mah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: a cover, veil
Meaning: a cover, veil
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).
Word 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).