ἘΠΙΚΑΛΥΜΜΑΤΑ, ἐπικαλυμματα
EPIKALYMMATA, epikalymmata
Sounds Like: eh-pee-KA-loo-mah-tah
Translations: coverings, veils
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΑΛΥΜΜΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to coverings or veils, often used for protection or concealment. It is a compound word formed from the prefix ἐπί (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'over,' and κάλυμμα (kalyma), meaning 'covering' or 'veil.' Thus, it denotes something placed over another object as an additional covering.
Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G1943 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΚΑΛΥΜΜΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΥΜΜΑ — covering, a covering, veil, a veil, lid, a lid
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΥΜΜΑΤΟΣ — of a covering, of a veil
- ΕΠΙΚΑΛΥΜΜΑ — cloak, a cloak, covering, a covering, pretext, a pretext
- ΕΠΙΚΑΛΥΜΜΑΤΟΣ — (of) a covering, (of) a veil
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