Words the Bible translates as cover
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 17 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kasahכָּסָהto cover: to spread or lay something over a thing so that it is no longer bare or exposed
- kipherכִּפֶּרto make atonement: to set right the damage that sin or impurity has done, by a ritual, a payment, or an equivalent life, so that the offender and the holy place are cleared and God's anger turned away.
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- to coat with pitch, to smear something over with tar to make it watertight.
- kaluptōκαλύπτωto cover: to lay something over a thing so that what is underneath is shielded, swallowed from sight, or kept from being known.
- tsaphahצָפָהto overlay a surface with a thin applied layer, especially to plate wood or stone with metal
- katakaluptōκατακαλύπτωto covernot studied yet
- kapporetכַּפֹּרֶתthe gold cover over the ark: the slab of pure gold on top of the chest in the innermost room, where the LORD met Israel and where blood was applied to make things right
- sakhakhסָכַךְto cover or screen something by spreading a covering over or around it, often to shelter and protect
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- to weave or knit together, to lace separate strands into one whole
- to stir people up against one another, to incite to conflict
- epikaluptōἐπικαλύπτωto covernot studied yet
- atahעָטָהto wrap oneself in a covering, or to drape a covering over: to enfold, cover, or clothe.
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- to grip or seize firmly: to take tight hold of.
- ataphעָטַףto cover: to wrap or clothe something so that it is wholly enveloped
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- to grow faint: to weaken and give way, in body or in spirit
- to turn aside: to move off to one side (uncertain)
- ḥaphahחָפָהto put a covering over a surface: to cover a person's head or face, or to clad a wall or object with a layer of gold, silver, or fine wood
- perikaluptōπερικαλύπτωto covernot studied yet
- saphanסָפַןto covernot studied yet
- qaramקָרַםto covernot studied yet
- talalטָלַלto covernot studied yet
- ya'atיָעַטto covernot studied yet
- la'atלָאַטto covernot studied yet
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