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Word

κατακαλύπτω

katakalýptō · G2619 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to have one’s head covered, to cover one’s head

    To wear a covering over one’s head

    Examples

    1 Corinthians 11:6 For if a woman does not cover her head, have her also cut her hair off; however, if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, have her cover her head.

    1 Corinthians 11:7 For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man.

How it’s used In 4 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

3 occurrences in 3 groups

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

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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Semantic domains 1 entry
To have one’s head covered, to cover one’s head49.16
In 1 Corinthians 11:6, Paul writes, “if a woman does not cover her head, have her also cut her hair off,” using this word for the act of covering one's head.
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×κάλυμα kályma · G2571 · veil · 4×κατακαλύπτωkatakalýptō · G2619περικαλύπτω 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 : the Sept. for כִּסָּה; from Homer down; to cover up (see κατά, III. 3); middle present…
: the Sept. for כִּסָּה; from Homer down; to cover up (see κατά, III. 3); middle present κατακαλύπτομαι, to veil or cover oneself: 1 Cor 11:6; τήν κεφαλήν, one's head, 1 Cor 11:7.

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Activities Involving Clothing and Adorning3 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

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