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Cover, Covering
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or signifies "to cover," Matthew 8:24; 10;26; Luke 8:16; 23:30; James 5:20 (RV); 1 Peter 4:8; to veil, in 2 Corinthians 4:3 (RV; AV, "hid"). See HIDE.
Note: Cp. the corresponding noun kalumma, "a veil," 2 Corinthians 3:13-16 . See VEIL."to cover up or over" (epi, "over"), is used in Romans 4:7 , lit., "whose sins are covered over." Cp. epikalumma, "a cloke," 1 Peter 2:16 .
"to cover around" (peri, "around"), e.g., the face, and so, to blindfold, is translated "cover" in Mark 14:65 , "blindfold" in Luke 22:64 . In Hebrews 9:4 , it signifies "to overlay." See BLINDFOLD , OVERLAY.
lit., "to cover together;" the sun--, however, is intensive, and the verb signifies "to cover wholly, to cover up," Luke 12:2 .
"to cover up" (kata, intensive), in the Middle Voice, "to cover oneself," is used in 1 Corinthians 11:6,7 (RV, "veiled").
Note: In 1 Corinthians 11:4 , "having his head covered" is, lit., "having (something) down the head."lit. denotes "something thrown around" (peri, "around," ballo, "to throw"); hence, "a veil, covering," 1 Corinthians 11:15 (marg.), or "a mantle around the body, a vesture," Hebrews 1:12 . See CLOTHING , Note (1), VESTURE.
"a covering" (skepazo, "to cover"), strictly, "a roofing," then, "any kind of shelter or covering," is used in the plural in 1 Timothy 6:8 (AV, "rainment;" RV, "covering").
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Cover, Covering'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/c/cover-covering.html. 1940.
