Word Summary
parakalyptō: to cover (by hanging something beside), to hide
Original Word: παρακαλύπτωTransliteration: parakalyptō
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ak-al-oop'-to)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to cover (by hanging something beside), to hide
Meaning: to cover (by hanging something beside), to hide
Strong's Concordance
hide.
From para and kalupto; to cover alongside, i.e. Veil (figuratively) -- hide.
see GREEK para
see GREEK kalupto
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3871: παρακαλύπτωπαρακαλύπτω:
to cover over, cover up, hide, conceal: tropically,
ἦν παρακεκαλυμμένον ἀπ' αὐτῶν ((
it was concealed from them), a Hebraism, on which see in
ἀποκρύπτω, b.),
Luke 9:45 (
Ezekiel 22:26;
Plato,
Plutarch, others).