- ἐπικάλυμμα
- a covering, cloak, pretext
- a covering, cloak, veil, pretext.
- ἐπικάλυμμα
- covering
- G:N-N
- ἐπι-κάλυμμα, -τος, τό
(< ἐπικαλύπτω), [in LXX:, (מְכַסֶּה), 4Ki.17:19 (מָסָךְ), Job.19:29 (aliter in Heb.)* ;]Refs
Exo.26:14 39:34
a cover, veil: metaph., τ. κακίας, 1Pe.2:16.†
(AS)
ἐπι-κάλυμμα, -τος, τό (ὲπικαλύπτω), a covering, veil; prop. in Sept. Ex. xxvi. 14; xxxvi. 19 Compl. [cf. xxxix. 21 Tdf.]; metaph. i. q. a pretext, cloak: τῆς κακίας, 1 Pet. ii. 16 (πλοῦτος δὲ πολλῶν ἐπικάλυμμ᾿ ἐστὶ κακῶν, Menand. ap. Stob. flor. 91, 19 [iii. 191 ed. Gaisf.]; "quaerentes libidinibus suis patrocinium et velamentum," Seneca, vita beata 12).*
1) a covering, veil
2) metaph. a pretext, cloak
2) metaph. a pretext, cloak
ἐπικάλυμα
epikaluma
ep-ee-kal'-oo-mah
From G1943; a covering, that is, (figuratively) pretext
KJV Usage: cloke.