Words the Bible translates as curtain
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- yeri'ahיְרִיעָהa tent-cloth: a single woven panel of fabric joined with others to roof or wall a tent
- katapetasmaκαταπέτασμαthe curtain hung inside the tabernacle or the temple to shut off a sanctuary room, above all the innermost room where God's presence dwelt.
- masakhמָסָךְa screen or covering: a woven cloth hung across an entrance, or a cover spread over something to shield or conceal it
- porekhetפָּרֹכֶתthe veil: the heavy, richly woven curtain hung across the sanctuary that sealed off the innermost room where God's presence dwelt.
- qelaקֶלַעa sling: the leather-strap weapon that whirls a stone and hurls it at a target.
+1 more meaning
- the hangings: lengths of woven linen hung between posts to fence in the tabernacle courtyard.
- doqדֹּקcurtainnot studied yet
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