περικαλύπτω
perikalýptō · G4028 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to cover, to cover around
To cover by putting something around
ExamplesMark 14:65 And some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists and say to Him, “Prophesy!” Then the officers took custody of Him and slapped Him in the face.
Luke 22:64 and they blindfolded Him and repeatedly asked Him, saying, “Prophesy, who is the one who hit You?”
Hebrews 9:4 having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna, Aaron’s staff which budded, and the tablets of the covenant;
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 2 groups
- Not stated (participle) 2
- Not stated (infinitive) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- πρόσωπονface 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πάντοθενfrom everywhere 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἄρχωto be first 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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Contrasting words 1 word
- φανερόω phaneróō · G5319 · to make appear, to make visible, to cause to be seen
- Greek verb meaning 'to make manifest, reveal,' semantically opposite to covering in that it makes something visible rather than concealing it under a cover.
In the other Testament 2 words
- כָּסָה kâçâh · H3680 · to cover, to be covered, to cover oneself
- Hebrew verb for 'to cover,' the standard Old Testament equivalent for Greek covering vocabulary; used for covering in both literal and figurative senses, making it a natural translation equivalent for περικαλύπτω's sense of covering entirely.
- סָכַךְ çâkak · H5526 · to cover, to cover oneself
- Hebrew verb meaning 'to cover, screen,' often with the nuance of covering for protection or concealment, semantically overlapping with περικαλύπτω's sense of covering all around.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To cover, to cover around79.115
- περικαλύπτω describes covering something entirely, often to conceal it from view. Mark's account of Jesus's mocking before the council describes this act: “some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists” (Mark 14:65, where the verb governs the blindfolding of His face).
Word family 12 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon 1 aorist participle περικαλυψας; perfect passive participle περικεκαλυμμενος; from Homer…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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