Words the Bible translates as veil
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- kaluptōκαλύπτωto cover: to lay something over a thing so that what is underneath is shielded, swallowed from sight, or kept from being known.
- 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.
- porekhetפָּרֹכֶתthe veil: the heavy, richly woven curtain hung across the sanctuary that sealed off the innermost room where God's presence dwelt.
- kalummaκάλυμμαveilnot 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.
- alaphעָלַףto cover something over: to overlay a surface, or to draw a covering close around a body
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- to grow faint: to be overcome until strength fails and the body gives way
- tsammahצַמָּהveilnot studied yet
- masvehמַסְוֶהveilnot studied yet
- mispaḥahמִסְפָּחָהveilnot studied yet
- radidרְדִידveilnot studied yet
- ra'alahרְעָלָהveilnot studied yet
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