ἘΠΙΚΑΛΥΜΜΑ, ἐπικαλυμμα
EPIKALYMMA, epikalymma
Sounds Like: eh-pee-KA-loom-mah
Translations: covering, a covering, veil, a veil, lid, a lid
From the root: ΕΠΙΚΑΛΥΜΜΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to something that covers or conceals, such as a covering, a lid, or a veil. It is often used to describe something that is placed over an object or a person to hide, protect, or adorn it. It is a compound word formed from the preposition 'ἐπί' (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'over', and 'κάλυμμα' (kalyma), meaning 'covering' or 'veil'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G1943 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:37
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Samuel — 17:19
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- 1 Peter — 2:16
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.
- ἘΠΙΚΑΛΥΜΜΑΤΑ — coverings, veils
- 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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