Word

κάλυμα

kályma · G2571 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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VeilClothing19 verses

Meanings

veil

A piece of material worn over the face, thin enough for the wearer to see through, but not for observers to recognize facial features through it

Examples
2 Corinthians 3:13 and we are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not stare at the end of what was fading away.
2 Corinthians 3:14 But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ.
2 Corinthians 3:15 But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts;

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

κεῖμαιto lie, to be laid, to be set 1
μένωto remain, to stay, to abide 1
περιαιρέωto take from around 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

τίθημιto put 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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In the other Testament 3 words

מָסָךְ mâçâk · H4539 · screen, covering: Hebrew מָסָךְ (mâçâk, H4539) denotes a covering or curtain used in tabernacle contexts (Exodus 26-27, 35-40), translated by Greek κάλυμα (kályma, G2571) in LXX passages where both terms refer to physical veils or hangings that cover or screen sacred spaces.
מַסְוֶה maçveh · H4533 · veil, mask: Hebrew מַסְוֶה (masveh) and Greek κάλυμα (kalymma) are direct translation equivalents denoting a covering cloth or veil, with both terms used for Moses' face-covering in the Exodus 34 account and its New Testament theological interpretation in 2 Corinthians 3.
מִכְסֶה mikçeh · H4372 · covering: מִכְסֶה (mikçeh, H4372) is the direct Hebrew equivalent denoting a physical covering or veil, semantically matching κάλυμα (kályma, G2571)'s core sense.

Semantic domains 1 entry

Veil6.177: In 2 Corinthians 3:15, Paul writes that “whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart,” naming this cloth covering used to obscure the face or an object.

Word family 12 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

καλύπτω kalýptō · G2572 · to cover, to cover over, to hide · 8×ἀποκαλύπτω apokalýptō · G601 · to reveal, to disclose, to make fully known · 26×ἀποκάλυψις apokálypsis · G602 · to reveal, to disclose, to make fully known · 18×κάλυμαkályma · G2571κατακαλύπτω katakalýptō · G2619 · to have one’s head covered, to cover one’s head · 3×περικαλύπτω perikalýptō · G4028 · to cover, to cover around · 3×ἀκατακάλυπτος akatakályptos · G177 · uncovered · 2×ἀνακαλύπτω anakalýptō · G343 · to unveil, to remove a veil, to uncover · 2×ἐπικάλυμα epikályma · G1942 · means of hiding, pretext · 1×ἐπικαλύπτω epikalýptō · G1943 · to forgive, to cause forgiveness · 1×παρακαλύπτω parakalýptō · G3871 · to cause to not be known, to hide, to conceal · 1×συγκαλύπτω synkalýptō · G4780 · to keep secret, to hide, to conceal · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon καλυμματος, τό (καλύπτω), a veil, a covering: 2 Cor 3:13 (Ex 35:33); (κάλυμμα, or its…

καλυμματος, τό (καλύπτω), a veil, a covering: 2 Cor 3:13 (Ex 35:33); (κάλυμμα, or its equivalent, is suggested to the reader by the context in 1 Cor 11:4 κατά κεφαλῆς ἔχων; see ἔχω, I. 1 b.); metaphorically, 2 Cor 3:14-16, of that which prevents a thing from being understood. (Homer, Tragg., Aristophanes, others; the Sept..)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Cloth, Leather, and Objects Made of Such Materials4 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0