1942. epikalumma
Strong's Concordance
epikalumma: a cover, veil
Original Word: ἐπικάλυμμα, ατος, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: epikalumma
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-kal'-oo-mah)
Definition: a cover, veil
Usage: a covering, cloak, veil, pretext.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from epikaluptó
Definition
a cover, veil
NASB Translation
covering (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1942: ἐπικάλυμμα

ἐπικάλυμμα, ἐπικαλυμτος, τό (ἐπικαλύπτω), a covering, veil; properly, in the Sept.: Exodus 26:14; Exodus 36:19 Complutensian (cf. 39:21 Tdf.); metaphorically, equivalent to a pretext, cloak: τῆς κακίας, 1 Peter 2:16 (πλοῦτος δέ πολλῶν ἐπικαλυμμ' ἐστι κακῶν, Menander quoted in Stobaeus, flor. 91, 19 (iii. 191, Gaisf. edition); quaerentes libidinibus suis patrocinium et velamentum, Seneca, vita beata 12).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
cloak.

From epikalupto; a covering, i.e. (figuratively) pretext -- cloke.

see GREEK epikalupto

Forms and Transliterations
επικαλυμμα επικάλυμμα ἐπικάλυμμα επικαλύμματα επικαλύμματος epikalumma epikalymma epikálymma
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Englishman's Concordance
1 Peter 2:16 N-ANS
GRK: μὴ ὡς ἐπικάλυμμα ἔχοντες τῆς
NAS: your freedom as a covering for evil,
KJV: for a cloke of maliciousness,
INT: not as a covering having of the

Strong's Greek 1942
1 Occurrence


ἐπικάλυμμα — 1 Occ.

















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